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Laureate Education (Laureate Education) Cash Ratio : 0.20 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Laureate Education Cash Ratio?

The Cash Ratio measures a company’s ability to meet its short-term obligations with cash and near-cash resources. It is calculated as a company's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities divides by its Total Current Liabilities. Laureate Education's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.20.

Laureate Education has a Cash Ratio of 0.20. It indicates that there are more current liabilities than Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities, and the company does not have sufficient cash on hand to pay off its short-term debt.

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

LAUR' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.06   Med: 0.29   Max: 0.93
Current: 0.2

During the past 13 years, Laureate Education's highest Cash Ratio was 0.93. The lowest was 0.06. And the median was 0.29.

LAUR's Cash Ratio is ranked worse than
82.76% of 261 companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 0.7 vs LAUR: 0.20

Laureate Education Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Laureate Education's Cash 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 Cash Ratio Chart

Laureate Education Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cash Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.06 0.93 0.87 0.22 0.20

Laureate Education Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Cash 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 0.22 0.32 0.27 0.30 0.20

Competitive Comparison of Laureate Education's Cash Ratio

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Laureate Education's Cash Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cash 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 Cash Ratio Distribution in the Education Industry

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

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



Laureate Education Cash Ratio Calculation

The Cash Ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its cash and near-cash resources.

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

Cash Ratio (A: Dec. 2023 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=89.392/453.214
=0.20

Laureate Education's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Dec. 2023 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=89.392/453.214
=0.20

* 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) Cash Ratio Explanation

The cash ratio is more conservative than other liquidity ratios, such as Quick Ratio and Current Ratio, because it only considers a company's most liquid resources. The numerator of cash ratio only considers Cash, Cash Equivalents and marketable securities. Other current assets, such as accounts receivable and inventories, are not included. The rationale is that these assets may require time to be transformed into cash, and the amount of money received is also uncertain.

The cash ratio shows a company’s ability to pay all current liabilities immediately without selling or liquidating other assets. Generally speaking, a higher cash ratio suggests the company has a stronger ability to cover its short-term debt. However, a high cash ratio could also indicate inefficient management: the company is inefficient in making full utilization of cash to invest protential profitable project. It may also suggest that the company is not confident about future profitability.

In general, the higher the cash 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