Laureate Education, Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F
LAUR · Consumer Defensive
Major red flags
Screening Summary
Management Signals
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 52 days, change +8 days YoY
AR outpaced revenue for 2 consecutive years
Revenue 8.6%, CFFO 57.3%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
No material inventory
CapEx growth 43.3% is >2x revenue growth 8.6%
SG&A/Gross Profit = 10.6%, excellent (<30%)
Gross margin 28.3%, change +1.5pp. Stable
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = 1.30. Profits backed by cash
FCF $0.3B, FCF/NI = 0.93
Accruals ratio = -3.8%. Low accruals
Cash $0.1B covers only 28% of debt $0.5B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $0.8B = 68% of equity. Over 50%
Debt/EBITDA = 1.0x. Healthy
Other assets -15.0% vs revenue 8.6%. Normal
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
Goodwill+Intangibles change 13% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
M-Score = -2.48 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator
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Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25