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 debt / equity, EDU reads 0.00 and GHC reads 0.18; on return on invested capital, EDU reads 8.6% and GHC reads 2.6%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's EDU price has a different growth bar priced in than GHC (+5.9% implied for EDU vs +4.8% for GHC); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. 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 | $49.22 | $1153.78 |
| Market cap | $8.0B | $5.1B |
| Sector | Education | Education |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +5.9% | +4.8% |
| P/E | — | 17.4 |
| P/B | 2.03 | 1.05 |
| P/S | 1.64 | 1.03 |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.2 | 18.0 |
| Revenue growth | +6.7% | +2.5% |
| Operating margin | 8.7% | 3.8% |
| Net margin | 7.6% | 6.0% |
| Return on equity | 9.4% | 6.0% |
| Return on assets | 4.8% | 3.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 8.6% | 2.6% |
| FCF yield | 8.2% | 5.5% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.6% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.18 |
| Current ratio | 1.58 | 1.75 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.67 | 2.99 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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