Youdao, Inc. Unsponsored ADR (DAO) vs Phoenix Education Partners, Inc. (PXED)

Youdao, Inc. Unsponsored ADR and Phoenix Education Partners, Inc. are both Education & Training Services companies. Phoenix Education Partners, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $864.4M against $604.4M — 1.4× the size. Phoenix Education Partners, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 10.2× against 90.8×. Phoenix Education Partners, Inc. has the higher net margin (8.18% vs 2.70%) and the higher return on invested capital (47.4% vs 0.00%). Across the 17 metrics below, Phoenix Education Partners, Inc. leads on 15 and Youdao, Inc. Unsponsored ADR on 2.

Valuation

Metric DAO PXED Education & Training Services median
P/E 90.80 10.23 13.22
P/S 2.45 0.84 0.99
P/B n/m 2.60 1.62
Price to free cash flow n/m 6.46 10.06
EV/EBITDA 59.98 4.95 8.56
EV/Sales 2.59 0.66 0.78
Earnings yield 1.10% 9.78% 3.17%
Free cash flow yield (3.13%) 15.48% 2.81%

Profitability

Metric DAO PXED Education & Training Services median
Gross margin 45.18% 100.00% 54.64%
Operating margin 4.33% 11.16% 0.00%
Net margin 2.70% 8.18% 2.98%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% 12.94% 0.00%
Return on equity 0.00% 29.27% 0.00%
Return on assets 8.70% 15.04% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 0.00% 47.37% 0.00%

Growth

Metric DAO PXED Education & Training Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 13.83% — 6.97%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 30.00% 13.21% 15.68%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 11.72% — 4.27%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% — 0.00%

Health

Metric DAO PXED Education & Training Services median
Debt to equity (0.93) 0.17 0.05
Current ratio 0.58 1.92 1.33
Net debt to EBITDA 4.35 (0.61) (0.15)

Dividend

Metric DAO PXED Education & Training Services median
Dividend yield — 2.67% 1.84%
Payout ratio — 0.29 0.23

Size

Metric DAO PXED Education & Training Services median
Market cap 604.35m 864.42m 68.84m

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