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 implied growth (priced in), EDU reads +5.9% and LAUR reads -2.1%; on operating margin, EDU reads 8.7% and LAUR reads -10.1%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's EDU price has a different growth bar priced in than LAUR (+5.9% implied for EDU vs -2.1% for LAUR); 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 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 | $49.22 | $37.01 |
| Market cap | $8.0B | $5.3B |
| Sector | Education | Education |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +5.9% | -2.1% |
| P/E | — | 19.8 |
| P/B | 2.03 | 5.02 |
| P/S | 1.64 | 3.03 |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.2 | 12.6 |
| Revenue growth | +6.7% | +14.2% |
| Operating margin | 8.7% | -10.1% |
| Net margin | 7.6% | 16.1% |
| Return on equity | 9.4% | 26.7% |
| Return on assets | 4.8% | 12.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 8.6% | 27.2% |
| FCF yield | 8.2% | 5.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.15 |
| Current ratio | 1.58 | 0.57 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.67 | 3.37 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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