Laureate Education, Inc. vs Grand Canyon Education, Inc., two Education stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where LAUR and LOPE diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), LAUR reads -2.1% and LOPE reads +1.8%; on operating margin, LAUR reads -10.1% and LOPE reads 30.9%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's LAUR price has a different growth bar priced in than LOPE (-2.1% implied for LAUR vs +1.8% for LOPE); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What LAUR's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What LOPE'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 | LAUR | LOPE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $37.01 | $139.94 |
| Market cap | $5.3B | $3.8B |
| Sector | Education | Education |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -2.1% | +1.8% |
| P/E | 19.8 | 17.5 |
| P/B | 5.02 | 5.40 |
| P/S | 3.03 | 3.34 |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.6 | 13.4 |
| Revenue growth | +14.2% | +7.6% |
| Operating margin | -10.1% | 30.9% |
| Net margin | 16.1% | 19.5% |
| Return on equity | 26.7% | 31.6% |
| Return on assets | 12.3% | 22.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 27.2% | 30.0% |
| FCF yield | 5.0% | 6.9% |
| Debt / equity | 0.15 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 0.57 | 2.75 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.37 | 10.00 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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