New Oriental Education & Technology Group (EDU) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc. is a China-based education services provider that offers learning programs through online platforms and physical schools and learning centers. The company serves students, families and adult learners with services covering language training, test preparation, educational consulting and other academic programs.

Its offerings have historically included preparation for overseas admissions and examinations such as TOEFL, IELTS, SAT, GRE and GMAT, as well as overseas study consulting, domestic examination preparation, primary and secondary education services, and educational materials and software. New Oriental also provides online education products and operates East Buy, its education-focused e-commerce and livestreaming platform.

Founded in Beijing in 1993 by Michael Yu, New Oriental expanded from an English-language training center into a broad education enterprise serving customers primarily in mainland China. The company’s services are delivered through a nationwide network of education facilities and digital channels, with a focus on supporting students pursuing academic opportunities in China and abroad.

Michael Yu remains the company’s executive chairman and is recognized as its founder. New Oriental Education & Technology Group trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol EDU.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $55.36 to $55.99
• 50-Day Range: $48.60 to $59.30
• 52-Week Range: $44.25 to $64.97
• Volume: 310,817 shs
• Average Volume: 725,351 shs
• Market Capitalization: $8.77 billion
• P/E Ratio: 18.74
• Dividend Yield: 2.09%
• Price Target: $61.93
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

New Oriental Education & Technology Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

New Oriental Education & Technology Group scored higher than 80% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 194th out of 483 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

New Oriental Education & Technology Group has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.86, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 4 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

New Oriental Education & Technology Group has a consensus price target of $61.93, representing about 11.6% upside from its current price of $55.48.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

New Oriental Education & Technology Group has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 12.73%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for New Oriental Education & Technology Group are expected to grow by 12.73% in the coming year, from $3.85 to $4.34 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of New Oriental Education & Technology Group is 18.74, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.68.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of New Oriental Education & Technology Group is 18.74, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 44.33.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

New Oriental Education & Technology Group has a PEG Ratio of 0.59. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

New Oriental Education & Technology Group has a P/B Ratio of 2.03. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.50% of the float of New Oriental Education & Technology Group has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

New Oriental Education & Technology Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.52.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in New Oriental Education & Technology Group has recently increased by 4.62%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

New Oriental Education & Technology Group pays a meaningful dividend of 2.08%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

New Oriental Education & Technology Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of New Oriental Education & Technology Group is 39.19%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, New Oriental Education & Technology Group will have a dividend payout ratio of 26.73% next year. This indicates that New Oriental Education & Technology Group will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.51

News Sentiment

New Oriental Education & Technology Group has a news sentiment score of 0.51. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.63 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for New Oriental Education & Technology Group this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added New Oriental Education & Technology Group to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, New Oriental Education & Technology Group insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $4,100,348.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

15.50% of the stock of New Oriental Education & Technology Group is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

New Oriental Education & Technology Group has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/30/2025
• Today: 9/17/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/28/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 5/31/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Diversified Consumer Services
• Sub-Industry: Education Services
• Current Symbol: NYSE:EDU
• CIK: 1372920
• Web: www.neworiental.org
• Phone: 861060908000
• Fax: 86-10-6260-5511
• Employees: 84,111
• Year Founded: 1969

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for New Oriental Education & Technology Group: $61.93
• High Price Target: $68.00
• Low Price Target: $56.50
• Potential Upside/Downside: +11.6%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.86
• Research Coverage: 7 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.96
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 18.74
• Forward P/E Ratio: 14.41
• P/E Growth: 0.59
• Net Income: $475.17 million
• Net Margins: 8.39%
• Pretax Margin: 12.90%
• Return on Equity: 11.32%
• Return on Assets: 5.84%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 1.50
• Quick Ratio: 1.47

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $5.66 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.55
• Cash Flow: $6.46 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.59
• Book Value: $27.36 per share
• Price / Book: 2.03

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 158,030,000
• Free Float: 133,535,000
• Market Cap: $8.77 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.23