NEW ORIENTAL EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY GROUP INC. vs Laureate Education, Inc., two Education stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where EDU and LAUR diverge most: on debt / equity, EDU reads 0.00 and LAUR reads 0.14; on operating margin, EDU reads 11.4% and LAUR reads 36.3%. 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 LAUR'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 | LAUR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $58.62 | $39.48 |
| Market cap | $9.1B | $5.5B |
| Sector | Education | Education |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| P/E | — | 17.9 |
| P/B | 2.10 | 4.84 |
| P/S | 1.60 | 3.02 |
| EV/EBITDA | 8.8 | 12.4 |
| Revenue growth | +17.4% | +17.3% |
| Operating margin | 11.4% | 36.3% |
| Net margin | 8.4% | 17.6% |
| Return on equity | 11.0% | 28.2% |
| Return on assets | 5.4% | 13.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 11.8% | 27.0% |
| FCF yield | 8.6% | 5.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.14 |
| Current ratio | 1.50 | 0.71 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.69 | 3.80 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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