Laureate Education, Inc. vs UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, INC, two Education stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where LAUR and UTI diverge most: on operating margin, LAUR reads -10.1% and UTI reads 0.1%; on fcf yield, LAUR reads 4.6% and UTI reads 0.1%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What LAUR's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What UTI's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | LAUR | UTI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $40.45 | $48.48 |
| Market cap | $5.8B | $2.7B |
| Sector | Education | Education |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +16.8% | — |
| P/E | 21.6 | 63.8 |
| P/B | 5.49 | 7.95 |
| P/S | 3.31 | 3.11 |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.8 | 30.6 |
| Revenue growth | +14.2% | +11.2% |
| Operating margin | -10.1% | 0.1% |
| Net margin | 16.1% | 4.9% |
| Return on equity | 26.7% | 12.6% |
| Return on assets | 12.3% | 5.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 27.2% | 9.2% |
| FCF yield | 4.6% | 0.1% |
| Debt / equity | 0.15 | 0.39 |
| Current ratio | 0.57 | 1.17 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.61 | 4.42 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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