GRAHAM HOLDINGS CO vs Laureate Education, Inc., two Education stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where GHC and LAUR diverge most: on revenue growth, GHC reads -21.6% and LAUR reads +17.3%; on return on invested capital, GHC reads 3.1% and LAUR reads 27.0%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What GHC's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What LAUR's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | GHC | LAUR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1174.62 | $39.48 |
| Market cap | $5.1B | $5.5B |
| Sector | Education | Education |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +2.4% | — |
| P/E | — | 17.9 |
| P/B | — | 4.84 |
| P/S | — | 3.02 |
| EV/EBITDA | — | 12.4 |
| Revenue growth | -21.6% | +17.3% |
| Operating margin | 6.4% | 36.3% |
| Net margin | 14.2% | 17.6% |
| Return on equity | 11.3% | 28.2% |
| Return on assets | 6.7% | 13.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 3.1% | 27.0% |
| FCF yield | — | 5.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.19 | 0.14 |
| Current ratio | 1.86 | 0.71 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.05 | 3.80 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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