LAURMEDIUM SIGNALOPPORTUNITY10-K

Laureate Education expanded meaningfully across key metrics with 19.5% revenue growth, substantial enrollment increases to 497,700 students, and strengthened cash generation.

The company demonstrated solid operational momentum with enrollment growing from 472,000 to 497,700 students while expanding its medical school footprint from 23 to 24 institutions. The combination of revenue growth, improved operating leverage, and substantially higher operating cash flow suggests the business is successfully scaling its educational platform across Mexico and Peru.

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FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

Laureate showed broad-based financial strengthening with revenue growing 19.5% to $1.5B and operating income expanding 15.3% to $431.1M, indicating healthy operating leverage. Cash generation improved substantially with operating cash flow reaching $366.2M, while cash and equivalents grew notably to $146.7M. The balance sheet expanded proportionally with total assets reaching $2.2B and stockholders' equity growing to $1.2B, though current liabilities also increased to $472.9M as the company scales operations.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT CHANGES
Cash & Equivalents
Balance Sheet
+60.6%
$91.3M→$146.7M

Cash position surged 60.6% — strong cash generation or capital raise providing significant financial cushion.

Operating Cash Flow
Cash Flow
+57.3%
$232.7M→$366.2M

Operating cash flow surged 57.3% — exceptional cash generation, highest quality earnings signal.

Current Assets
Balance Sheet
+40%
$227.3M→$318.3M

Current assets grew 40% — improving short-term liquidity or inventory/receivables build.

Current Liabilities
Balance Sheet
+28.5%
$367.9M→$472.9M

Current liabilities rose 28.5% — increased short-term obligations, watch current ratio.

Interest Expense
P&L
+27.8%
$16.4M→$21.0M

Interest costs rose 27.8% — monitor debt levels and coverage ratio in rising rate environment.

Total Debt
Balance Sheet
+23.9%
$59.0M→$73.1M

Debt rose 23.9% — additional borrowing for investment or operations; monitor coverage ratios.

Stockholders Equity
Balance Sheet
+23.8%
$959.5M→$1.2B

Equity base grew 23.8% — retained earnings accumulation or equity issuance strengthening the balance sheet.

Revenue
P&L
+19.5%
$1.2B→$1.5B

Revenue growing 19.5% — solid top-line momentum, watch margins for quality of growth.

Total Assets
Balance Sheet
+18.5%
$1.9B→$2.2B

Asset base grew 18.5% — expansion through organic growth, acquisitions, or capital deployment.

Operating Income
P&L
+15.3%
$374.0M→$431.1M

Operating income improving — cost discipline or growing revenue base absorbing fixed costs.

LANGUAGE CHANGES
NEW — 2026-02-19
PRIOR — 2025-02-20
ADDED
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 31 Item 7A.
Collectively, we have approximately 497,700 students enrolled at five institutions with over 50 campuses as of December 31, 2025.
QS Stars , Gu a Universitaria (UVM), MERCO 2025 Institutional Reputation Ranking (UPC) 5 Our institutions in Mexico and Peru offer traditional higher education students a private education alternative, with multiple brands and price points in each market and innovative programs and strong career-driven outcomes.
In Mexico, private education providers constitute approximately 39% of the total higher-education market (47% in states in which we have operations).
Throughout Mexico and Peru we operate 24 medical and nine dental schools.
When opening a new campus or expanding existing facilities, we use best practices that we have developed to cost-effectively expedite the opening and development of that location.
Our students are supported by a workforce of more than 33,900 employees, including 18,340 academic staff.
These efforts are designed to gather valuable insights that inform decision-making and support meaningful improvements across the Company and our workforce.
In 2025, all members of our executive team continued to contribute to a range of culture-building and workforce development initiatives.
In 2025, we published our 2024 Impact Report which recognizes and celebrates the impact our people are creating, aligned to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
REMOVED
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 33 Item 7A.
Collectively, we have approximately 472,000 students enrolled at five institutions with over 50 campuses as of December 31, 2024.
In Mexico, private education providers constitute 39% of the total higher-education market (46% in states in which we have operations).
Throughout Mexico and Peru we operate 23 medical and nine dental schools.
When opening a new campus or expanding existing facilities, we use best practices that we have developed over more than the past decade to cost-effectively expedite the opening and development of that location.
We have also registered or filed applications in the applicable jurisdictions in which we operate for the trademarks La ureate Online International and Laureate Online Education.
Our students are supported by a workforce of more than 31,800 employees, including 18,000 academic staff.
In 2024, employees in Mexico and the United States responded to engagement surveys and our employees in Peru are scheduled to do so in the first half of 2025.
Our overall engagement score in Mexico increased from 72% to 73% in 2024, and the overall engagement score for our US-based corporate team was 84%, an increase from 70% in 2022.
In 2024, all members of our executive team continued to participate in an executive coaching and development program and contributed to a range of culture-building and workforce development initiatives.
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