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) Return on invested capital

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TAL Education Group's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 31 August 2026 was 27.3%, down 28.9 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (56.2%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −358.8% (fiscal 2021) to 89.7% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 94% of that period. That is above the Education & Training Services industry median of 0.00% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.96%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2026 56.2% 56.23
FY2025 0.00% 25.79
FY2024 −25.8% (25.79)
FY2023 0.00% 10.85
FY2023 −10.9% (10.85)
FY2022 0.00% 71.40
FY2022 −71.4% (71.40)
FY2021 0.00% 358.79
FY2021 −358.8% (368.74)
FY2020 9.95% 9.95

Against its own ten years

Low −358.8% High 89.7%
Ten-year median 0.00%
Current reading's percentile 94

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
PRDO Perdoceo Education Corporation compare 49.9%
LOPE Grand Canyon Education, Inc. compare 41.0%
TAL TAL Education Group 27.3%
LAUR Laureate Education compare 26.5%
LRN Stride, Inc. compare 20.7%
CVSA Covista Inc. compare 14.6%
MH McGraw Hill, Inc. compare 5.51%
STRA Strategic Education Inc. compare 2.52%
XXI Twenty One Capital, Inc. compare −0.86%
Education & Training Services industry median 0.00%
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.96%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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