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) Return on equity

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New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc.'s return on equity over the twelve months to 31 August 2026 was 0.00%, down 11.5 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (11.5%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −27.0% (fiscal 2022) to 17.4% (fiscal 2017); the current reading is higher than 58% of that period. That is in line with the Education & Training Services industry median of 0.00% and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.42%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2026 11.5% 2.19
FY2025 9.29% 1.42
FY2024 7.87% 3.21
FY2023 4.66% 31.62
FY2022 −27.0% (35.44)
FY2021 8.48% (6.84)
FY2020 15.3% 4.82
FY2019 10.5% (5.39)
FY2018 15.9% (1.51)
FY2017 17.4% 0.48

Against its own ten years

Low −27.0% High 17.4%
Ten-year median 11.0%
Current reading's percentile 58

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
LOPE Grand Canyon Education, Inc. compare 35.9%
LAUR Laureate Education compare 34.1%
LRN Stride, Inc. compare 20.9%
TAL TAL Education Group compare 19.4%
CVSA Covista Inc. compare 17.9%
PRDO Perdoceo Education Corporation compare 17.8%
MH McGraw Hill, Inc. compare 8.83%
EDU New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. 0.00%
XXI Twenty One Capital, Inc. compare −137.1%
Education & Training Services industry median 0.00%
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.42%
Market median 0.51%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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