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Laureate Education, Inc. filings document the public reporting record for a Nasdaq-listed higher education operator with common stock trading under LAUR. Recent Form 8-K filings furnish earnings releases and related Regulation FD materials covering results of operations, financial condition, outlook, enrollment trends, currency effects, academic calendar timing, and share repurchase authorizations.
The company’s proxy filings cover annual meeting governance matters, including director elections, advisory approval of executive compensation, auditor ratification, and equity incentive plan approvals. These filings also describe shareholder voting procedures, board matters, compensation oversight, and the registered common stock structure disclosed under the Exchange Act.
Laureate Education reported strong fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 results and raised its stock repurchase authorization. Fourth-quarter revenue rose 28% to $541.4 million, with Adjusted EBITDA up 45% to $204.3 million and net income nearly doubling to $171.5 million, helped by a discrete tax benefit.
For 2025, revenue grew 9% to $1,701.9 million and Adjusted EBITDA increased to $518.9 million, while net income was $283.8 million, slightly below 2024 mainly due to foreign currency effects. New enrollments rose 8% and total enrollments 5%, reaching about 498,000 students across Mexico and Peru.
The company ended 2025 with $146.7 million in cash, $129.1 million of gross debt and net cash of $17.6 million. It generated operating cash flow of $366.2 million and free cash flow of $263.5 million, and repurchased about $217 million of stock.
Laureate’s board increased the share repurchase program by $150 million to $400 million, leaving capacity to buy back roughly $181 million of stock. For 2026, the company targets revenue of $1.89–$1.905 billion, Adjusted EBITDA of $583–$593 million, Adjusted EPS of $1.95–$2.03, and enrollment growth of 4%–5%.
Laureate Education, Inc. VP Gerard M. Knauer reported stock-based compensation transactions in company common stock. On February 6, 2026, he was awarded 1,212 restricted stock units at $0 per share, vesting in three equal installments on December 31, 2026, 2027 and 2028, if he remains employed.
He also reported 3,280 shares acquired at $0 per share on February 12, 2025, earned under performance share unit awards granted in 2023, 2024 and 2025 after the Compensation Committee certified that performance goals for the year ended December 31, 2025 were achieved.
Laureate Education EVP & Chief Operating Officer Marcelo Cardoso reported equity awards in company stock. On February 6, 2026, he acquired 12,059 restricted stock units at $0 per share, lifting his directly held beneficial ownership to 316,681 common shares. These units vest in three equal installments on December 31, 2026, 2027 and 2028, subject to continued employment.
On February 12, 2025, he also acquired 26,549 common shares at $0 per share that were earned under performance share unit awards granted in 2023, 2024 and 2025, following Compensation Committee certification of performance for the year ended December 31, 2025, bringing his directly held beneficial ownership to 343,230 common shares at that time.
Laureate Education, Inc. reported new equity awards for President & CEO Eilif Serck-Hanssen. On February 6, 2026, he received 52,486 shares of common stock in the form of restricted stock units that will vest in three equal installments on December 31, 2026, 2027 and 2028, subject to continued employment.
He was also awarded 113,024 shares of common stock earned under performance share unit awards granted in 2023, 2024 and 2025 after the Compensation Committee certified that performance goals were achieved for the year ended December 31, 2025. Following these awards, he beneficially owns 1,276,876 shares of Laureate common stock, held directly.
Laureate Education, Inc. reported that SVP and Chief Legal Officer Leslie S. Brush received new equity awards in the form of company common stock. On February 6, 2026, Brush acquired 5,923 shares tied to restricted stock units at $0 per share, which will vest in three equal installments on December 31 of 2026, 2027 and 2028, subject to continued employment. On the same date, Brush also acquired 9,795 shares earned from performance share unit awards granted in 2023, 2024 and 2025 after the Compensation Committee certified achievement of performance criteria for the year ended December 31, 2025. Following these transactions, Brush directly owned 52,255 shares of Laureate common stock.
Laureate Education SVP & Chief Financial Officer Richard M. Buskirk received equity awards totaling 37,555 shares of common stock on February 6, 2026. These were reported as acquisitions at a price of $0 per share.
The awards include 10,671 restricted stock units that will vest in three equal installments on December 31, 2026, 2027 and 2028, contingent on his continued employment. An additional 26,884 shares were earned from performance share unit awards granted in 2023, 2024 and 2025 after the Compensation Committee certified that performance goals for the year ended December 31, 2025 were achieved. Following these transactions, Buskirk beneficially owned 305,577 shares of Laureate common stock directly.
FMR LLC filed an amended Schedule 13G reporting beneficial ownership of 19,671,318 shares of Laureate Education Inc.13.3% of the class as of 12/31/2025. FMR LLC holds sole voting power over 19,668,272 shares and sole dispositive power over 19,671,318 shares.
Abigail P. Johnson is also reported as beneficial owner of 19,671,318 shares, with sole dispositive but no voting power. The filing notes that one or more other persons may receive dividends or sale proceeds, but no such person holds more than five percent. The securities are certified as held in the ordinary course, without the purpose or effect of changing or influencing control.
A director of Laureate Education, Inc. reported an insider stock transaction. On 12/15/2025, the reporting person transferred 6,200 shares of Laureate common stock as a gift, with a reported price of $0 per share. The shares were given to the Munoz Charitable Giving Foundation, where the reporting person serves as a director and retains voting and investment power over the foundation’s holdings.
After this charitable transfer, the reporting person beneficially owns 115,430 shares of Laureate Education common stock directly. This filing documents a change in how some shares are held, rather than a market sale for cash.
Laureate Education, Inc. reported an insider equity transaction by its President & CEO, who is also a director. On 12/12/2025, the company withheld 52,510 shares of common stock at $32.68 per share to satisfy the executive’s tax withholding obligations that arose when previously granted restricted stock units vested.
Following this tax-related withholding, the reporting person directly beneficially owns 1,150,065 shares of Laureate Education common stock.
Laureate Education (LAUR) disclosed an insider transaction by its Chief Operating Officer. On 11/04/2025, the officer sold 70,000 shares of common stock at $29 per share (Transaction Code S). After the sale, the officer beneficially owns 311,165 shares, held directly.