New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. (EDU) vs Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (LOPE)

New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. and Grand Canyon Education, Inc. are both Education & Training Services companies. New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $8.2B against $3.9B — 2.1× the size. Grand Canyon Education, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 17.7× against 18.3×. New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 15.5% against 6.97%. Grand Canyon Education, Inc. has the higher net margin (19.6% vs 8.39%) and the higher return on invested capital (44.3% vs 0.00%). Across the 21 metrics below, Grand Canyon Education, Inc. leads on 11 and New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric EDU LOPE Education & Training Services median
P/E 18.32 17.70 11.19
P/S 1.57 3.37 0.92
P/B 2.06 5.76 1.63
Price to free cash flow 90.09 15.89 9.62
EV/EBITDA 6.11 11.40 7.02
EV/Sales 0.69 3.21 0.82
Earnings yield 5.46% 5.65% 3.17%
Free cash flow yield 1.11% 6.30% 2.30%

Profitability

Metric EDU LOPE Education & Training Services median
Gross margin 54.64% 53.27% 54.64%
Operating margin 11.36% 24.49% 0.00%
Net margin 8.39% 19.63% 3.29%
Free cash flow margin 1.75% 21.24% 0.00%
Return on equity 11.68% 30.98% 0.00%
Return on assets 5.73% 23.11% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 0.00% 44.26% 0.00%

Growth

Metric EDU LOPE Education & Training Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 15.53% 6.97% 6.97%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 30.26% (0.26%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.77% 5.55% 4.27%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 7.28% (3.42%) 0.00%

Health

Metric EDU LOPE Education & Training Services median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.08
Current ratio 1.50 2.82 1.33
Net debt to EBITDA (6.44) (0.98) (0.15)

Dividend

Metric EDU LOPE Education & Training Services median
Dividend yield — — 1.13%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric EDU LOPE Education & Training Services median
Market cap 8.22b 3.94b 68.93m

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