Youdao, Inc. Unsponsored ADR

DAO Consumer Defensive Education & Training Services

Youdao, Inc. Unsponsored ADR’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $845.0 million, up 9.63% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 9.25%, EPS grew 550.0%, free cash flow grew 147.2% and total debt fell 1.93%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Revenue growth for five consecutive years, operating cash flow growth for three.

18.16 0.35 −1.89%
Market cap
$604.4M
P/E
90.8×
Fwd P/E
57.2×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
−0.18
Beneish M
−2.43
Dividend safety
n/a

Insider Decisions trades per month

Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — — — — 1 1 — 1 3 —
Insider Ownership 74.98%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 604.35
Revenue 879.80
Net Income 13.88
Free Cash Flow (67.64)
Net Debt 123.65
Current Ratio 0.58 (below 1: weak)
Debt/Equity (0.93) (negative: negative equity)
P/E ratio 90.80 (above 35: high)
Fwd P/E 57.20 (above 35: high)
P/S ratio 2.45
P/B ratio 0.00
Past 5Y EPS Growth —
This Y EPS Growth 81.92% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth 55.42% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth 13.77% (at or above 10%: strong)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 58.69% (at or above 15%: strong)

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/S against its own 10 years 80.73%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 82.44%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —
Annual Dividend Rate —
Annual Dividend Yield —
total individual payouts
2025 Powerpack
2024 Powerpack
2023 Powerpack
2022 Powerpack
2021 Powerpack
2020 Powerpack
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 74 90 106 125
Receivables 50 57 55 49
Inventory 31 24 20 17
Other 4 11 46 38
183 204 246 250
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 22 20 16 10
ST’ Debt 124 120 126 129
Other 160 135 124 126
437 404 420 427

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales — 11.72% 5.15%
Cash Flow — 0.00% 0.00%
Earnings — 0.00% 0.00%
Book Value — 0.00% 0.00%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 195 216 — — —
’25 179 198 229 239 845
’24 193 182 224 172 771
’23 169 166 211 212 759
’22 189 143 197 198 727
’21 205 200 215 10 630
’20 76 88 132 189 485
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 — — — — —
’25 — — — 8 8
’24 — — — (9) (9)
’23 — — — — (62)
’22 — — — — (87)
’21 — — — — (211)
’20 — — (66) 17 (49)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 — — — — —
’25 — — — 5 5
’24 — — — (11) (11)
’23 — — — (2) (64)
’22 — — — (10) (97)
’21 — — — (10) (221)
’20 — — (69) 15 (55)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 0.05 0.09 — — —
’25 0.09 (0.02) 0.00 0.06 0.13
’24 0.02 (0.12) 0.11 0.10 0.10
’23 (0.24) (0.34) (0.12) 0.07 (0.64)
’22 (0.13) (0.55) (0.21) 0.01 (0.87)
’21 (0.42) (0.66) (0.16) (0.02) (1.28)
’20 (0.21) (0.33) (1.14) (0.60) (2.38)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low — — — 12.01 14.07 7.02 3.03 3.38 2.86 6.30

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High — — — 15.49 47.70 42.17 14.88 10.00 8.01 11.82
People
People Employees — — 1,142 1,699 4,949 6,096 5,068 4,364 3,750 3,595
Revenue/emp, $m — 0.00 0.09 0.11 0.10 0.10 0.14 0.17 0.21 0.24
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue — 67 107 187 485 630 727 759 771 845
Gross margin, % — 35.53 29.59 28.40 45.91 49.53 51.59 51.35 48.85 44.29
EBT — (23) (29) (86) (268) (144) (105) (76) 11 16
EBT margin, % — (34.84) (27.06) (45.91) (55.26) (22.90) (14.48) (10.00) 1.44 1.92
Net income — 0 (30) (86) (269) (145) (107) (77) 10 14
Depreciation — 0 1 2 2 5 6 4 4 3
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue — 0.60 1.25 1.96 4.30 5.18 5.88 6.25 6.56 7.16
Earnings — (0.18) (0.36) (0.94) (2.38) (1.28) (0.87) (0.64) 0.10 0.13
Cash flow — (0.11) (0.17) (0.56) (0.44) (1.74) (0.71) (0.51) (0.08) 0.07
Capex — 0.00 (0.02) (0.02) (0.05) (0.08) (0.08) (0.02) (0.01) (0.03)
Free cash flow — (0.11) (0.19) (0.58) (0.49) (1.82) (0.79) (0.53) (0.09) 0.04
Book value — (0.97) (1.95) 0.45 (1.91) (1.04) (1.81) (2.51) (2.44) (2.34)
Shares, m — 113 85 95 113 122 124 121 117 118
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E — 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 69.16 77.54
P/S — 0.00 0.00 0.00 6.17 2.41 0.98 0.60 1.13 1.41
P/B — 0.00 0.00 30.07 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
EV/Sales — 0.00 0.00 0.00 6.09 2.30 1.05 0.78 1.33 1.59
EV/FCF — 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (4.96) (2.05) (1.61) (10.62) (19.85)
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow — (13) (15) (53) (49) (211) (87) (62) (9) 8
Capex — (2) (2) (2) (6) (10) (10) (2) (2) (3)
Free cash flow — (13) (16) (56) (55) (221) (97) (64) (11) 5
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital — (153) (103) 39 (236) (120) (190) (253) (200) (173)
Total debt — 135 128 129 147 178 203 212 245 258
Net debt — 129 64 (104) (36) (70) 56 138 155 152
Shareholders’ equity — (110) (166) 43 (216) (127) (224) (305) (286) (277)
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA — (34.34) (77.21) (46.96) (87.08) (42.77) (28.36) (27.43) 4.66 5.78
ROIC — 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
ROE — 14.31 25.25 148.84 311.62 91.21 60.15 29.30 (3.81) (5.45)
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Youdao, Inc. Unsponsored ADR vs peers in Education & Training Services (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
COUR Coursera, Inc. $1.4B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +59.59% (above 0%: growing) n/m −190.46% (below 0%: shrinking) 58.07% (28.37%) Compare
AFYA Afya Limited $1.3B 8.8× 7.7× +18.55% (above 0%: growing) +29.41% (above 0%: growing) +59.54% (above 0%: growing) 61.59% 30.64% Compare
UTI Universal Technical Institute Inc $1.1B 32.8× 56.3× +7.15% (above 0%: growing) −80.00% (below 0%: shrinking) −408.92% (below 0%: shrinking) 45.94% 1.48% Compare
APEI American Public Education, Inc. $899.2M 19.6× 20.9× +5.51% (above 0%: growing) n/m −77.96% (below 0%: shrinking) 55.37% 7.88% Compare
PXED Phoenix Education Partners, Inc. $864.4M 10.2× 10.5× +0.04% (above 0%: growing) −29.07% (below 0%: shrinking) +31.81% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 19.07% Compare
LINC Lincoln Educational Services Corporation $715.6M 30.4× 61.4× +22.40% (above 0%: growing) +20.00% (above 0%: growing) +129.40% (above 0%: growing) 58.17% 2.32% Compare
DAO Youdao, Inc. Unsponsored ADR $604.4M 90.8× 57.2× +9.25% (above 0%: growing) n/m +147.18% (above 0%: growing) 48.87% 7.60%
GOTU Gaotu Techedu Inc. $334.0M — (loss-making) 171× +26.91% (above 0%: growing) n/m +129.63% (above 0%: growing) 66.51% (8.97%) Compare
KLC KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. $216.9M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −0.37% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +6,646.66% (above 0%: growing) 18.65% 0.34% Compare
Median of peers $881.8M 19.6× 38.6× +12.85% −4.53% +45.68% 58.12% 1.90%

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Youdao, Inc. Unsponsored ADR (DAO) key facts

  • Strength: Youdao, Inc. Unsponsored ADR’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $845.0 million, up 9.63% from fiscal 2024.
  • Youdao, Inc. Unsponsored ADR (DAO) is an Education & Training Services company in the Consumer Defensive sector, traded in the US as an ADR.
  • As of October 16, 2026, DAO traded at $18.16, a market capitalization of $604.4 million.
  • Return on equity was −5.45% and debt-to-equity -0.93.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 5 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is −0.18 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.

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