---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-019782"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LAUR"
cik: "0000912766"
company_name: "LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC."
filed_at: "2024-05-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T01:38:59.330487+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Laureate Q1 revenue up 10% to $275.4M; net loss narrows; raises FY2024 guidance

## Summary
- Revenue $275.4M (+10% reported, +1% organic constant currency); total enrollments +5% vs prior year.
- Operating income $11.1M (down from $15.6M); Adjusted EBITDA $30.6M (down from $33.5M) due to academic calendar timing.
- Net loss $(10.8)M vs $(26.8)M; diluted EPS $(0.07); cash $126.2M, net debt $102.0M.
- FY2024 guidance raised: revenue $1,566-$1,581M (6-7% growth); Adjusted EBITDA $446-$456M (6-9% growth).
- New enrollments +1% (Peru -3%, Mexico +7%); total enrollments +5% (Peru +1%, Mexico +9%).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-019782
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LAUR
- cik: 0000912766
- company_name: LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912766/000162828024019782/0001628280-24-019782-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912766/000162828024019782/laur-20240502.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC. reported first quarter of 2024 results: revenue $275.4 million, net income $(10.8) million, EPS $(0.07). Guidance raised.
  - Period: first quarter of 2024
  - Revenue: $275.4 million
  - Net income: $(10.8) million
  - EPS: $(0.07)
  - Guidance: raised
  - Result: reported results
  source text: First Quarter 2024 Highlights (compared to first quarter 2023): • New enrollments increased 1%. • Total enrollments increased 5%. • On a reported basis, revenue increased 10% to $275.4 million. On an organic constant currency basis 1 , revenue increased 1% and was unfavorably affected by intra-year timing of semester start dates for certain programs as compared to the
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912766/000162828024019782/0001628280-24-019782-index.htm

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