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Laureate Education (Laureate Education) Quick Ratio : 0.55 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Laureate Education Quick Ratio?

The quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its most liquid assets. It is calculated as a company's Total Current Assets excludes Total Inventories divides by its Total Current Liabilities. Laureate Education's quick ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.55.

Laureate Education has a quick ratio of 0.55. It indicates that the company cannot currently fully pay back its current liabilities.

The historical rank and industry rank for Laureate Education's Quick Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

LAUR' s Quick Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.5   Med: 0.88   Max: 1.79
Current: 0.55

During the past 13 years, Laureate Education's highest Quick Ratio was 1.79. The lowest was 0.50. And the median was 0.88.

LAUR's Quick Ratio is ranked worse than
83.52% of 267 companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 1.28 vs LAUR: 0.55

Laureate Education Quick Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Laureate Education's Quick Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Laureate Education Quick Ratio Chart

Laureate Education Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Quick Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.88 1.79 1.46 0.59 0.50

Laureate Education Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Quick Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.69 0.71 0.65 0.50 0.55

Competitive Comparison of Laureate Education's Quick Ratio

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Laureate Education's Quick Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Quick Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Laureate Education's Quick Ratio Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Laureate Education's Quick Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Laureate Education's Quick Ratio falls into.



Laureate Education Quick Ratio Calculation

The quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its most liquid assets. For this reason, the ratio excludes inventories from current assets.

Laureate Education's Quick Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (A: Dec. 2023 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(224.407-0)/453.214
=0.50

Laureate Education's Quick Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (Q: Mar. 2024 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(262.447-0)/474.141
=0.55

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Laureate Education  (NAS:LAUR) Quick Ratio Explanation

The quick ratio is more conservative than the Current Ratio because it excludes inventories from current assets. The ratio derives its name presumably from the fact that assets such as cash and marketable securities are quick sources of cash. Inventories generally take time to be converted into cash, and if they have to be sold quickly, the company may have to accept a lower price than book value of these inventories. As a result, they are justifiably excluded from assets that are ready sources of immediate cash.

In general, low or decreasing quick ratios generally suggest that a company is over-leveraged, struggling to maintain or grow sales, paying bills too quickly or collecting receivables too slowly. On the other hand, a high or increasing quick ratio generally indicates that a company is experiencing solid top-line growth, quickly converting receivables into cash, and easily able to cover its financial obligations. Such companies often have faster inventory turnover and cash conversion cycles.

The higher the quick ratio, the better the company's liquidity position.


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Laureate Education (Laureate Education) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
PMB 1158, 1000 Brickell Avenue, Suite 715, Miami, FL, USA, 33131
Laureate Education Inc is an international community of universities. The company provides higher education programs and services to students through an international network of licensed universities and higher education institutions. Its geographical segments include Peru and Mexico.
Executives
Ian Kendell Snow director, 10 percent owner 667 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10021
Wengen Alberta, Lp 10 percent owner C/O LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC., 650 SOUTH EXETER STREET, BALTIMORE MD 21202
Sinkfield Richard Harvey Iii officer: Chief Legal Officer LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC., 650 SOUTH EXETER STREET, BALTIMORE MD 21202
Gerard M. Knauer officer: VP, Acctg, Global Controller LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC., 650 SOUTH EXETER STREET, BALTIMORE MD 21202
Macedo Aristides De director C/O LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC., PMB 1158, 1000 BRICKELL AVE., SUITE 715, MIAMI FL 33131
Marcelo Cardoso officer: Chief Transformation Officer LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC., 650 SOUTH EXETER STREET, BALTIMORE MD 21202
Kkr Group Partnership L.p. 10 percent owner C/O KOHLBERG KRAVIS ROBERTS & CO. L.P., 30 HUDSON YARDS, NEW YORK NY 10001
Kkr 2006 Fund (overseas), Limited Partnership 10 percent owner 9 WEST 57TH STREET - SUITE 4200, NEW YORK NY 10019
Kkr Group Co. Inc. 10 percent owner 30 HUDSON YARDS, NEW YORK NY 10001
George Munoz director C/O MARRIOTT INTERNATONAL INC, 10400 FERNWOOD ROAD, BETHESDA MD 20817
Cohen Steven A/sac Capital Mgmt Lp 10 percent owner, other: Director-by-Deputization C/O SAC CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC, 72 CUMMINGS POINT ROAD, STAMFORD CT 06902
Barbara Mair director LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC., 78 S.W. 7TH STREET, SUITE 900, MIAMI FL 33130
Snow Phipps Group, Llc director, 10 percent owner 545 MADISON AVE., 10TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Eilif Serck-hanssen officer: Executive Vice President, CFO 7823 CHELSEA STREET, RUXTON MD 21204
Michael J Durham director 3416 CARUTH BOULEVARD, DALLAS TX 75225