New Oriental Education & Technology Group (EDU) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of private educational services. It operates through the following segments: Educational Services and Test Preparation Courses, Private Label Products and Livestreaming E-Commerce, Overseas Study Consulting Services, and Educational Materials and Distribution. The company was founded by Min Hong Yu and Yong Qiang Qian on November 16, 1993, and is headquartered in Beijing, China.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $44.46 to $50.63
• 50-Day Range: $46.66 to $68.23
• 52-Week Range: $44.46 to $98.20
• Volume: 12.32 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.11 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $7.92 billion
• P/E Ratio: 19.94
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $99.67
• Consensus Rating: Buy

New Oriental Education & Technology Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

New Oriental Education & Technology Group scored higher than 65% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 142nd out of 293 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

New Oriental Education & Technology Group has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 3 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

New Oriental Education & Technology Group has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 39.46%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for New Oriental Education & Technology Group are expected to grow by 39.46% in the coming year, from $2.94 to $4.10 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of New Oriental Education & Technology Group is 19.94, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 111.77.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of New Oriental Education & Technology Group is 19.94, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 14.62.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

New Oriental Education & Technology Group has a P/B Ratio of 1.96. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.31% of the float of New Oriental Education & Technology Group has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

New Oriental Education & Technology Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.5.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in New Oriental Education & Technology Group has recently increased by 24.19%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

New Oriental Education & Technology Group does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

New Oriental Education & Technology Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.31% of the float of New Oriental Education & Technology Group has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

New Oriental Education & Technology Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.5.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in New Oriental Education & Technology Group has recently increased by 24.19%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.23

News Sentiment

New Oriental Education & Technology Group has a news sentiment score of 0.23. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.65 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 17 news articles for New Oriental Education & Technology Group this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

5 people have searched for EDU on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 150% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

3 people have added New Oriental Education & Technology Group to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, New Oriental Education & Technology Group insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

15.50% of the stock of New Oriental Education & Technology Group is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

EDU Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have EDU shares performed this year?

New Oriental Education & Technology Group's stock was trading at $64.18 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, EDU shares have decreased by 27.3% and is now trading at $46.6560.
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How were New Oriental Education & Technology Group's earnings last quarter?

New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc. (NYSE:EDU) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The company reported $1.60 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.33 by $0.27. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 30.5% compared to the same quarter last year.

When did New Oriental Education & Technology Group's stock split?

Shares of New Oriental Education & Technology Group reverse split on the morning of Friday, April 8th 2022. The 1-10 reverse split was announced on Friday, April 8th 2022. The number of shares owned by shareholders was adjusted after the closing bell on Friday, April 8th 2022. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the reverse split would have 10 shares after the split.

Who are New Oriental Education & Technology Group's major shareholders?

New Oriental Education & Technology Group's top institutional shareholders include Ariose Capital Management Ltd (0.05%), Ritholtz Wealth Management (0.01%) and SG Americas Securities LLC.

How do I buy shares of New Oriental Education & Technology Group?

Shares of EDU stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of New Oriental Education & Technology Group own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that New Oriental Education & Technology Group investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Broadcom (AVGO), Meta Platforms (META), Adobe (ADBE), Arista Networks (ANET), ServiceNow (NOW) and Jabil (JBL).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 10/23/2024
• Today: 1/21/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 1/21/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 5/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Educational services
• Sub-Industry: Personal Services
• Current Symbol: NYSE:EDU
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: 1372920
• Web: www.neworiental.org
• Phone: 861060908000
• Fax: 86-10-6260-5511
• Employees: 75,005
• Year Founded: 1969

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $99.67
• High Stock Price Target: $110.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $83.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +113.6%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $2.34
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 19.94
• Forward P/E Ratio: 15.87
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $309.59 million
• Net Margins: 8.38%
• Pretax Margin: 12.39%
• Return on Equity: 9.43%
• Return on Assets: 5.27%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 1.85
• Quick Ratio: 1.82

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $4.31 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.84
• Cash Flow: $1.80 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 25.98
• Book Value: $23.86 per share
• Price / Book: 1.96

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 169,700,000
• Free Float: 143,394,000
• Market Cap: $7.92 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.44