$LAUR
LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC. Stock $laur

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2020 Q4 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000162828021003163 Filed on February 25, 2021

Income Statement

Concept	2020 Q4	2020 Q3	2020 Q2
Revenue	$285.2M	$243.5M	$303.9M
YoY Change	-18.94%	-12.17%	-18.08%
Cost Of Revenue	$188.3M	$185.8M	$207.8M
YoY Change	-22.41%	-19.14%	-70.62%
Gross Profit	$96.90M	$57.77M	$96.06M
YoY Change	-11.26%	21.53%	-128.55%
Gross Profit Margin	33.97%	23.72%	31.61%
Selling, General & Admin	$59.00M	$52.60M	$43.10M
YoY Change	13.68%	-20.18%	-21.06%
% of Gross Profit	60.89%	91.06%	44.87%
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$27.40M	$31.80M	$40.10M
YoY Change	-41.83%	-34.97%	-19.48%
% of Gross Profit	28.28%	55.05%	41.75%
Operating Expenses	$59.10M	$52.50M	$43.10M
YoY Change	14.09%	-20.45%	-21.06%
Operating Profit	$36.88M	-$318.2M	$29.14M
YoY Change	-35.67%	1628.5%	-43.93%
Interest Expense	-$107.6M	$24.70M	$25.71M
YoY Change	173.1%	-12.77%	-38.01%
% of Operating Profit	-291.79%		88.2%
Other Income/Expense, Net	-$3.200M	$1.300M	-$405.0K
YoY Change	1500.0%	31.05%	-105.26%
Pretax Income	-$80.60M	-$343.2M	-$2.842M
YoY Change	4641.18%	790.21%	-101.56%
Income Tax	$163.4M	-$72.20M	$8.713M
% Of Pretax Income
Net Earnings	$379.3M	-$784.4M	-$307.8M
YoY Change	523.11%	723.77%	-139.38%
Net Earnings / Revenue	132.99%	-322.12%	-101.31%
Basic Earnings Per Share		-$3.73	-$1.46
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$1.814M	-$3.73	-$1.46
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding		210.0M shares	209.9M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding		210.0M shares	209.9M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2020 Q4	2020 Q3	2020 Q2
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$750.1M	$716.8M	$629.6M
YoY Change	1117.69%	121.3%	166.33%
Cash & Equivalents	$750.1M	$716.8M	$284.0M
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets	$567.2M	$562.5M	$578.3M
YoY Change	9.18%	-15.88%	-17.06%
Inventory
Prepaid Expenses	$15.08M	$21.18M	$53.88M
Receivables	$62.00M	$62.90M	$289.1M
Other Receivables	$49.84M	$138.3M	$49.70M
Total Short-Term Assets	$1.444B	$1.480B	$1.270B
YoY Change	57.61%	31.69%	13.32%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$578.5M	$547.1M	$908.4M
YoY Change	-9.7%	-54.08%	-26.65%
Goodwill	$574.8M	$518.3M	$1.356B
YoY Change	-5.22%	-69.1%	-21.98%
Intangibles	$225.6M
YoY Change	-59.87%
Long-Term Investments
YoY Change
Other Assets	$54.79M	$47.41M	$136.3M
YoY Change	-24.16%	-72.94%	-28.24%
Total Long-Term Assets	$3.527B	$3.695B	$4.683B
YoY Change	-36.79%	-35.19%	-21.56%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$1.444B	$1.480B	$1.270B
Total Long-Term Assets	$3.527B	$3.695B	$4.683B
Total Assets	$4.971B	$5.175B	$5.954B
YoY Change	-23.48%	-24.17%	-16.05%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$41.07M	$35.42M	$68.89M
YoY Change	-35.24%	-49.32%	-2.85%
Accrued Expenses	$95.74M	$106.9M	$179.1M
YoY Change	-7.58%	-58.89%	-22.75%
Deferred Revenue	$47.18M	$62.61M	$340.3M
YoY Change	-13.98%	-86.52%	19.94%
Short-Term Debt	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change
Long-Term Debt Due	$95.80M	$88.90M	$219.4M
YoY Change	94.72%	-32.34%	45.88%
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$804.6M	$1.034B	$1.106B
YoY Change	-23.01%	-24.88%	-8.24%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$899.9M	$1.308B	$1.380B
YoY Change	-18.44%	12.91%	12.91%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$33.56M	$31.06M	$143.6M
YoY Change	7.2%	-80.49%	-15.35%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$933.5M	$1.339B	$1.524B
YoY Change	-45.45%	-18.67%	-12.47%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$804.6M	$1.034B	$1.106B
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$933.5M	$1.339B	$1.524B
Total Liabilities	$2.705B	$3.349B	$3.661B
YoY Change	-26.49%	-15.9%	-7.82%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	-$176.8M	-$556.1M	$228.3M
YoY Change	-140.51%	-248.05%	-51.51%
Common Stock
YoY Change
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)	$365.3M	$300.3M	$300.3M
YoY Change	34.75%	186.42%
Treasury Stock Shares	22.04M shares	17.63M shares	17.63M shares
Shareholders Equity	$2.277B	$1.837B	$2.294B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$4.971B	$5.175B	$5.954B
YoY Change	-23.48%	-24.17%	-16.05%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2020 Q4	2020 Q3	2020 Q2
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$379.3M	-$784.4M	-$307.8M
YoY Change	523.11%	723.77%	-139.38%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$27.40M	$31.80M	$40.10M
YoY Change	-41.83%	-34.97%	-19.48%
Cash From Operating Activities	$15.20M	$356.5M	$77.00M
YoY Change	-183.52%	-20.01%	40.77%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$12.30M	-$13.10M	-$24.60M
YoY Change	-77.01%	-66.67%	-19.34%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	$633.8M	$14.10M	$13.50M
YoY Change	429.93%	-213.71%	-98.39%
Cash From Investing Activities	$621.6M	$800.0K	-$11.00M
YoY Change	840.39%	-101.55%	-101.36%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	-530.1M	-6.000M	-4.500M
YoY Change	513.54%	-96.87%	-99.52%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	15.20M	356.5M	77.00M
Cash From Investing Activities	621.6M	800.0K	-11.00M
Cash From Financing Activities	-530.1M	-6.000M	-4.500M
Net Change In Cash	106.7M	351.3M	61.50M
YoY Change	-377.14%	73.48%	-173.65%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$15.20M	$356.5M	$77.00M
Capital Expenditures	-$12.30M	-$13.10M	-$24.60M
Free Cash Flow	$27.50M	$369.6M	$101.6M
YoY Change	-22.1%	-23.79%	19.25%

Facts In Submission

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CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Finance Lease Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term1 FinanceLeaseWeightedAverageRemainingLeaseTerm1	P5Y3M18D
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CY2019	us-gaap	Operating Lease Cost OperatingLeaseCost	75622000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Finance Lease Right Of Use Asset Amortization FinanceLeaseRightOfUseAssetAmortization	4484000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Finance Lease Right Of Use Asset Amortization FinanceLeaseRightOfUseAssetAmortization	2609000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Finance Lease Interest Expense FinanceLeaseInterestExpense	2750000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Finance Lease Interest Expense FinanceLeaseInterestExpense	1831000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Short Term Lease Cost ShortTermLeaseCost	1121000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Short Term Lease Cost ShortTermLeaseCost	904000	USD
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CY2019	us-gaap	Variable Lease Cost VariableLeaseCost	2595000	USD
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CY2019	us-gaap	Sublease Income SubleaseIncome	2826000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Lease Cost LeaseCost	80735000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Lease Cost LeaseCost	75076000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Finance Lease Liability Payments Due Year Five FinanceLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDueYearFive	4915000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Payments Due LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDue	767979000	USD
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CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Finance Lease Liability Payments Due FinanceLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDue	123952000	USD
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CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Finance Lease Liability Payments Due Next Twelve Months FinanceLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDueNextTwelveMonths	9724000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Payments Due Year Two LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDueYearTwo	87231000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Finance Lease Liability Payments Due Year Two FinanceLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDueYearTwo	9143000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Payments Due Year Three LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDueYearThree	84988000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Finance Lease Liability Payments Due Year Three FinanceLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDueYearThree	8448000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Payments Due Year Four LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDueYearFour	83941000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Finance Lease Liability Payments Due Year Four FinanceLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDueYearFour	6319000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Payments Due Year Five LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDueYearFive	82191000	USD
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CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Finance Lease Liability FinanceLeaseLiability	52638000	USD
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CY2019	us-gaap	Operating Lease Payments OperatingLeasePayments	75196000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Finance Lease Interest Payment On Liability FinanceLeaseInterestPaymentOnLiability	2750000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Finance Lease Interest Payment On Liability FinanceLeaseInterestPaymentOnLiability	1831000	USD
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CY2019	us-gaap	Finance Lease Principal Payments FinanceLeasePrincipalPayments	1267000	USD
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CY2019	us-gaap	Right Of Use Asset Obtained In Exchange For Finance Lease Liability RightOfUseAssetObtainedInExchangeForFinanceLeaseLiability	24774000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Right Of Use Asset Obtained In Exchange For Operating Lease Liability RightOfUseAssetObtainedInExchangeForOperatingLeaseLiability	13565000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Right Of Use Asset Obtained In Exchange For Operating Lease Liability RightOfUseAssetObtainedInExchangeForOperatingLeaseLiability	10038000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Business Combination Indemnification Assets Amount As Of Acquisition Date BusinessCombinationIndemnificationAssetsAmountAsOfAcquisitionDate	55940000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Business Combination Indemnification Assets Amount As Of Acquisition Date BusinessCombinationIndemnificationAssetsAmountAsOfAcquisitionDate	69040000	USD
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CY2019	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Grants In Period Gross ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodGross	698000	shares
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CY2019	us-gaap	Allocated Share Based Compensation Expense AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense	12994000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Allocated Share Based Compensation Expense AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense	10791000	USD
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CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Outstanding Intrinsic Value ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingIntrinsicValue	3396000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Outstanding Number ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber	9020000	shares
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Outstanding Weighted Average Exercise Price ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice	18.79
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Outstanding Intrinsic Value ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingIntrinsicValue	744000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Outstanding Number ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber	9903000	shares
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CY2020	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangements By Share Based Payment Award Options Exercises In Period Weighted Average Exercise Price ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice	17.60
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CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Vested And Expected To Vest Outstanding Weighted Average Exercise Price ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsVestedAndExpectedToVestOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice	18.80
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CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents	125617000	USD

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