NEW ORIENTAL EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY GROUP INC. vs GRAHAM HOLDINGS CO, two Education stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where EDU and GHC diverge most: on revenue growth, EDU reads +17.4% and GHC reads -21.6%; on debt / equity, EDU reads 0.00 and GHC reads 0.19. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What EDU's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What GHC's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | EDU | GHC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $58.62 | $1174.62 |
| Market cap | $9.1B | $5.1B |
| Sector | Education | Education |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +2.4% |
| P/B | 2.10 | — |
| P/S | 1.60 | — |
| EV/EBITDA | 8.8 | — |
| Revenue growth | +17.4% | -21.6% |
| Operating margin | 11.4% | 6.4% |
| Net margin | 8.4% | 14.2% |
| Return on equity | 11.0% | 11.3% |
| Return on assets | 5.4% | 6.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 11.8% | 3.1% |
| FCF yield | 8.6% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.19 |
| Current ratio | 1.50 | 1.86 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.69 | 3.05 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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