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 +6.7% 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 | $55.85 | $1136.64 |
| Market cap | $8.8B | $4.9B |
| Sector | Education | Education |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +2.6% |
| P/B | 2.23 | 1.02 |
| P/S | 1.80 | 1.28 |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.6 | 22.0 |
| Revenue growth | +6.7% | -21.6% |
| Operating margin | 8.7% | 6.4% |
| Net margin | 7.6% | 14.2% |
| Return on equity | 9.4% | 11.3% |
| Return on assets | 4.8% | 6.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 8.6% | 3.1% |
| FCF yield | 7.4% | 6.7% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.6% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.19 |
| Current ratio | 1.58 | 1.86 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.79 | 3.02 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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