Laureate Education

NAS:LAUR

Miscellaneous Commercial Services

Market Cap

$3.56bn

SMALL cap

Share Price ↓

$15.68 (-1.14%)

YTD Return ↑

3.2552%

since start of 2019

P/E Ratio

10.67

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Source: FactSet financial data and analytics.

Corporate Values

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About

Miscellaneous Commercial Services Founded 1991

Laureate Education, Inc. engages in the provision of higher educational services to undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Through the Laureate International Universities network, offers different fields of study including business, education, engineering, information technology, law, and medicine. The firm also provides higher education in fields of study such as Business & Management; Medicine & Health Sciences; Engineering & Information Technology; Architecture, Art & Design; Law & Legal Studies; Education, and Communications. It operates through the following geographical segments: Latin America (LatAm), Europe, Asia, Middle East and Africa (AMEA), and Global Products and Services (GPS). The LatAm segment includes Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, and Peru. The Europe segment consists of Cyprus, Germany, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, and Turkey. The AMEA segment consists of Australia, China, India, Malaysia, new Zealand, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and Thailand. The GPS segment focuses on the fully online universities and campus-based institutions in the U.S. The company was founded by Douglas L. Becker in 1989 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

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Headquarters

650 South Exeter Street

Baltimore, MD 21202-4382

1.410.843.6100

Executives

Name	Title	Gender
Robert William Zentz	Secretary, Senior Vice President & General Counsel	Male
Eilif Serck-Hanssen, MBA	President, CFO & Chief Administrative Officer	Male
Alfonso Martinez	Chief Human Resources Officer	Male
Karl D. Salnoske	Chief Information Officer	Male
Douglas L. Becker, PhD, CFA	Chairman & Chief Executive Officer	Male
Ricardo Berckemeyer, MBA	Chief Operating Officer	Male

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Carbon Footprint — N/A

Laureate Education among its competitors for its carbon footprint. A company’s performance in this category is based on its success in implementing energy efficiency measures. Investments in energy efficient technology, green building and sourcing of renewable energy can all lead to cost savings and reduce the company’s contribution to climate change.
Pollution Prevention — N/A

Laureate Education on this issue. Companies are evaluated on pollution prevention by the levels of waste (including hazardous waste) they produce and release into the environment, and can be affected by whether they develop products that can reduce exposure to pollution.
Water Conservation — N/A

Laureate Education among its peers in this category. A company’s score in this category depends on its measures to minimize water usage and impacts on stressed or drought-prone water resources.
Data & Privacy Protection — N/A

Laureate Education among its peers and competitors for data privacy and protection. Companies today digitally manage vast amounts of personal information about their clients. A company’s score on this issue is based on the systems, products and procedures it has in place to minimize the risk for data and privacy breaches.
Consumer Health, Wellness & Safety — N/A

Laureate Education compared to its peers and competitors Companies in this category manage its product and safety risks.
Employee Ownership, Satisfaction, Benefits & Pay — N/A

Laureate Education among its peers for employee satisfaction and pay. A company’s score on this issue depends on its frequency and likelihood of labor disputes as well as its practices to keep and retain talent - such as compensation, family leave, employee health care and other benefits. Employers that are rated as good to work for consistently produce higher stock returns than their peers.
Workplace Health and Safety — N/A

Laureate Education among its competitors on this issue. A company’s workplace health and safety is evaluated not only by the number of accidents and injuries in the workplace, but also by their safety policies, training procedures, and their investment in equipment that can reduce accidents.
Integrity of Corporate Governance — N/A

Laureate Education among its competitors on corporate governance. This score is determined by the company’s accounting practices, executive pay, board organization and ownership structure.
Ethical Practices — N/A

Laureate Education compared to its peers and competitors. A company’s rating on this issue is based on its history of controversies related to unethical corporate behavior, such as false claims about their products, price fixing, executive misconduct, insider trading or fraudulent practices.
Usage of Conflict Materials — N/A

Laureate Education among its competitors in this category. Certain products use raw materials that are commonly sourced from militias or other organizations that promote or engage in conflict in their region. To perform well in this category companies must provide adequate assurances that any of these metals used in their production are in fact from conflict-free sources.
Forced Labor — N/A

Laureate Education compared to its competitors on forced labor. A company’s score on this issue depends on its use of forced labor and on its work conditions for outsourced labor.
Diversity of Corporate Leadership 2 N/A

Laureate Education performs poorly based on its peers as well as companies in similar geographic regions. Companies are assessed on factors such as board diversity and senior management diversity. Companies performing well on this issue typically are more profitable than its peers, while companies with very poor scores typically have greater stock price volatility and lower returns on capital.

Laureate Education - Competitors and Related Companies

How Laureate Education stacks up to its peers in the Miscellaneous Commercial Services industry or with competing business segments.