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. In the quarter to May 2026, revenue grew 31.9%, EPS grew 1,380.0% and free cash flow grew 37.5%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Revenue growth for three consecutive years, operating cash flow growth for three.

11.96 0.58 −4.63%
Market cap
$4.2B
P/E
7.3×
Fwd P/E
12.0×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
2.77
Beneish M
−2.11
Dividend safety
n/a

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 1.24
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — — — 1 — — — 1 — —
Insider Ownership 39.69%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 4,190.00
Revenue 3,192.29
Net Income 530.14
Free Cash Flow 731.92
Net Debt (3,149.06)
Current Ratio 1.69 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.00 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 7.29
Fwd P/E 12.00
P/S ratio 2.07
P/B ratio 1.62
Past 5Y EPS Growth —
This Y EPS Growth 43.02% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth 22.66% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth 24.16% (at or above 10%: strong)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 13.40%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 3.93%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 15.92%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 27.90%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 19.69%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 30.46%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —
Annual Dividend Rate —
Annual Dividend Yield —
total individual payouts
2025 Powerpack
2024 Powerpack
2023 Powerpack
2022 Powerpack
2021 Powerpack
2020 Powerpack
2019 Powerpack
2018 Powerpack
2016 0.99
0.45
0.45
0.09
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Cash 3,471 3,806 3,467 3,149
Receivables 0 0 0 0
Inventory 68 105 143 185
Other — — — —
3,699 4,127 3,843 3,690
2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Payables 127 146 153 139
ST’ Debt — — — —
Other 0 0 0 0
1,082 1,441 1,767 2,181

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 17.11% (7.72%) 43.43%
Cash Flow 12.35% (8.83%) 333.99%
Earnings 17.83% 0.00% 0.00%
Book Value 23.95% (6.22%) (0.41%)

Revenue $m

May Aug Nov Feb Year
’26 758 — — — —
’26 575 861 770 802 3,009
’25 414 619 606 610 2,250
’24 275 412 374 430 1,490
’23 224 294 233 269 1,020
’22 1,385 1,444 1,021 541 4,391
’21 911 1,103 1,119 1,363 4,496
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

May Aug Nov Feb Year
’26 478 — — — —
’26 348 (58) 527 (215) 601
’25 247 (1) 378 (226) 398
’24 126 (43) 247 (24) 306
’23 (45) (3) 96 (41) 7
’22 — — — (939) (939)
’21 793 (56) 1,581 (627) 955
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

May Aug Nov Feb Year
’26 478 — — — —
’26 348 (58) 527 (307) 510
’25 247 (1) 378 (337) 286
’24 126 (43) 247 (134) 195
’23 — — — — 7
’23 (45) (3) 96 (131) (83)
’22 — — — — (939)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

May Aug Nov Feb Year
’26 0.73 — — — —
’26 0.05 0.21 0.23 0.44 0.92
’25 0.02 0.09 0.04 (0.01) 0.14
’24 (0.07) 0.06 (0.04) 0.04 (0.01)
’23 (0.07) 0.00 (0.08) (0.06) (0.21)
’22 (0.17) (1.31) (0.15) (0.17) (1.76)
’21 0.13 0.02 (0.07) (0.27) (0.19)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.5
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to February

Group Line 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Trend 2027e 2028e 2029e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 11.70 21.08 24.66 44.24 3.40 1.60 5.09 7.35 8.50 8.88

Analyst estimates 2027–2029

Powerpack
High 36.16 47.63 49.04 83.68 90.96 10.45 13.49 15.52 15.30 13.23
People
People Employees 20,240 28,637 34,733 45,271 34,733 16,200 11,700 15,000 23,000 26,100
Revenue/emp, $m 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.07 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.10 0.10 0.12
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 1,043 1,715 2,563 3,273 4,496 4,391 1,020 1,490 2,250 3,009
Gross margin, % 49.95 48.57 54.58 55.14 54.43 49.83 57.16 54.09 53.34 55.35
EBT 155 247 457 (51) (225) (778) (110) 17 132 685
EBT margin, % 14.86 14.40 17.83 (1.55) (5.00) (17.72) (10.78) 1.17 5.87 22.78
Net income 112 195 365 (128) (143) (1,164) (132) (4) 84 530
Depreciation 34 59 89 118 165 190 41 30 52 77
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 2.14 3.27 5.53 5.50 9.05 8.38 1.97 2.44 3.71 5.26
Earnings 0.24 0.38 0.64 (0.19) (0.19) (1.76) (0.21) (0.01) 0.14 0.93
Cash flow 0.78 1.31 0.42 1.44 1.92 (1.79) 0.01 0.50 0.66 1.05
Capex 0.00 0.00 0.00 (0.30) 0.00 0.00 0.00 (0.18) (0.18) (0.16)
Free cash flow 0.78 1.31 0.42 1.13 1.92 (1.79) 0.01 0.32 0.47 0.89
Book value 1.32 3.09 5.36 4.27 10.47 7.69 7.41 5.96 6.21 6.60
Shares, m 488 525 570 595 611 644 638 611 606 572
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 64.98 94.29 54.62 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 92.29 11.12
P/S 7.14 10.92 7.89 10.55 10.84 0.42 4.63 6.03 3.48 2.01
P/B 10.94 11.41 7.99 13.57 9.37 0.47 1.24 2.47 2.08 1.60
EV/Sales 6.90 10.18 7.47 10.03 9.70 (0.31) 1.55 5.28 2.84 1.64
EV/FCF 15.59 17.09 17.90 27.07 43.84 1.64 (2.15) (21.62) (46.87) 25.13
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 379 685 194 856 955 (939) 7 306 398 601
Capex (71) (128) (355) (181) (246) (246) (110) (112) (111) (92)
Free cash flow 379 685 194 675 955 (939) 7 195 286 510
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 204 529 562 689 4,783 2,726 2,684 2,617 2,686 2,076
Total debt 450 236 215 567 4,147 242 158 — — —
Net debt (252) (1,269) (1,310) (1,680) (3,549) (3,222) (3,140) (3,471) (3,806) (3,467)
Shareholders’ equity 681 1,640 2,530 2,544 5,203 4,002 3,821 3,639 3,766 3,774
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 0.00 0.00 0.00 (2.37) 0.00 0.00 0.00 (0.07) 1.62 9.28
ROIC 0.00 0.00 0.00 9.95 0.00 0.00 0.00 (25.79) 0.00 56.23
ROE 0.00 0.00 0.00 (4.34) 0.00 0.00 0.00 (0.10) 2.28 14.08
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Feb 2026 · latest quarter May 2026

Charts ten years each

TAL Education Group vs peers in Education & Training Services (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
EDU New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. $8.4B 20.2× 11.4× +23.04% (above 0%: growing) +900.00% (above 0%: growing) +72.87% (above 0%: growing) 53.10% 5.61% Compare
LAUR Laureate Education $5.4B 17.2× 15.8× +17.50% (above 0%: growing) +50.77% (above 0%: growing) +37.68% (above 0%: growing) 38.59% 36.28% Compare
GHC Graham Holdings Company $5.1B 9.6× 15.5× +7.13% (above 0%: growing) +677.34% (above 0%: growing) −58.54% (below 0%: shrinking) 30.10% 6.42% Compare
CVSA Covista Inc. $4.3B 17.7× 15.0× +9.69% (above 0%: growing) +40.67% (above 0%: growing) +102.24% (above 0%: growing) 56.77% 19.04% Compare
LOPE Grand Canyon Education, Inc. $4.2B 19.4× 16.3× +6.69% (above 0%: growing) +18.24% (above 0%: growing) −15.15% (below 0%: shrinking) 49.36% 22.02% Compare
TAL TAL Education Group $4.2B 7.3× 12.0× +31.89% (above 0%: growing) +1,380.00% (above 0%: growing) +37.51% (above 0%: growing) 57.78% 18.09%
LRN Stride, Inc. $3.5B 10.4× 13.4× −2.69% (below 0%: shrinking) +62.18% (above 0%: growing) +3.70% (above 0%: growing) 34.16% 16.64% Compare
MH McGraw Hill, Inc. $2.7B 27.7× 15.6× +2.65% (above 0%: growing) +9,900.00% (above 0%: growing) +57.50% (above 0%: growing) 79.87% 20.78% Compare
PRDO Perdoceo Education Corporation $2.1B 12.0× 11.7× +1.80% (above 0%: growing) +22.22% (above 0%: growing) −3.87% (below 0%: shrinking) 76.15% 25.72% Compare
Median of peers $4.3B 17.5× 15.3× +6.91% +56.48% +20.69% 51.23% 19.91%

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TAL Education Group (TAL) key facts

  • Strength: TAL Education Group’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended February 2026) was $3.0 billion, up 33.7% from fiscal 2025.
  • TAL Education Group (TAL) is an Education & Training Services company in the Consumer Defensive sector, traded in the US as an ADR.
  • As of October 16, 2026, TAL traded at $11.96, a market capitalization of $4.2 billion.
  • Return on equity was 14.1% and debt-to-equity 0.00.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 8 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 2.77 (grey zone) for fiscal 2026.

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