TAL Education Group

TAL Consumer Defensive Education & Training Services

TAL Education Group’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended February 2026) was $3.0 billion, up 33.7% from fiscal 2025.

Revenue
+15.5%
EPS
−139.1%
Free cash flow
−208.2%

Quarter to August 2026, against a year earlier

10.17 0.26 +2.62%
Market cap
$3.4B
P/E
7.6×
Fwd P/E
9.5×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
2.77
Beneish M
−2.11
Dividend safety
n/a

TAL Education Group (TAL) Free cash flow margin

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TAL Education Group's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 31 August 2026 was 18.4%, up 1.4 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (16.9%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −26.4% (fiscal 2022) to 40.0% (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 56% 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 16.9% 4.20
FY2025 12.7% (0.33)
FY2024 13.1% 12.34
FY2023 0.72% 8.86
FY2023 −8.14% 13.25
FY2022 −21.4% 5.01
FY2022 −26.4% (47.64)
FY2021 21.2% 5.45
FY2021 15.8% (4.83)
FY2020 20.6% 13.04

Against its own ten years

Low −26.4% High 40.0%
Ten-year median 16.4%
Current reading's percentile 56

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 18.4%
CVSA Covista Inc. compare 17.7%
LRN Stride, Inc. compare 16.7%
STRA Strategic Education Inc. compare 16.5%
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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