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) Operating margin

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TAL Education Group's operating margin over the twelve months to 31 August 2026 was 16.2%, up 7.0 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (9.17%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −22.2% (fiscal 2023) to 26.1% (fiscal 2019); the current reading is higher than 61% of that period. That is above the Education & Training Services industry median of 0.00% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.70%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2026 9.17% 9.31
FY2025 −0.14% 4.50
FY2024 −4.64% 17.52
FY2023 −22.2% (13.26)
FY2023 −8.90% (2.98)
FY2022 −5.92% 8.08
FY2022 −14.0% 1.57
FY2021 −15.6% (5.82)
FY2021 −9.75% (13.95)
FY2020 4.20% (21.94)

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Aug 2026 23.7% 5.62
May 2026 18.1% 9.06
Feb 2026 9.03% (3.06)
Nov 2025 12.1% 0.93
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Against its own ten years

Low −22.2% High 26.1%
Ten-year median 2.10%
Current reading's percentile 100

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
LOPE Grand Canyon Education, Inc. compare 27.3%
LAUR Laureate Education compare 25.8%
PRDO Perdoceo Education Corporation compare 24.9%
CVSA Covista Inc. compare 19.8%
LRN Stride, Inc. compare 18.4%
TAL TAL Education Group 16.2%
MH McGraw Hill, Inc. compare 13.4%
STRA Strategic Education Inc. compare 4.31%
XXI Twenty One Capital, Inc. compare 0.00%
Education & Training Services industry median 0.00%
Consumer Defensive sector median 1.70%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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