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 $8.4B against $4.2B — 2.0× the size. Grand Canyon Education, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 19.4× against 20.2×. 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 20.23 19.42 13.22
P/S 1.70 3.70 0.99
P/B 2.22 6.31 1.62
Price to free cash flow 97.12 17.43 10.06
EV/EBITDA 6.90 12.48 8.56
EV/Sales 0.78 3.51 0.78
Earnings yield 4.94% 5.15% 3.17%
Free cash flow yield 1.03% 5.74% 2.81%

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% 2.98%
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%) 15.68%
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 0.05
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 0.99% — 1.84%
Payout ratio 0.20 — 0.23

Size

Metric EDU LOPE Education & Training Services median
Market cap 8.44b 4.21b 68.84m

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