New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc.

EDU Consumer Defensive Education & Training Services

New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended May 2026) was $5.7 billion, up 15.5% from fiscal 2025.

Revenue
+23.1%
EPS
+20.2%
Free cash flow
+1.60%

Quarter to August 2026, against a year earlier

54.58 0.62 +1.15%
Market cap
$8.4B
P/E
16.3×
Fwd P/E
12.7×
Dividend yield
1.11%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
2.44
Beneish M
−2.65
Dividend safety
77/100

New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. (EDU) Free cash flow margin

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New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc.'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 31 August 2026 was 17.1%, up 3.3 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (13.8%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −45.8% (fiscal 2022) to 30.8% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 25% of that period. That is above the Education & Training Services industry median of 0.00% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.51%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2026 13.8% 0.78
FY2025 13.0% (6.46)
FY2024 19.5% (8.26)
FY2023 27.7% 73.49
FY2022 −45.8% (63.04)
FY2021 17.3% 2.77
FY2020 14.5% (3.12)
FY2019 17.6% (5.71)
FY2018 23.3% (5.54)
FY2017 28.9% (1.88)

Against its own ten years

Low −45.8% High 30.8%
Ten-year median 18.6%
Current reading's percentile 25

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
PRDO Perdoceo Education Corporation compare 29.7%
LOPE Grand Canyon Education, Inc. compare 23.1%
TAL TAL Education Group compare 18.4%
CVSA Covista Inc. compare 17.7%
EDU New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. 17.1%
LRN Stride, Inc. compare 16.7%
LAUR Laureate Education compare 15.2%
MH McGraw Hill, Inc. compare 4.00%
XXI Twenty One Capital, Inc. compare 0.00%
Education & Training Services industry median 0.00%
Consumer Defensive sector median 1.51%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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