The stock of New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc. ADR (EDU) has gone up by 0.50% for the week, with a -9.33% drop in the past month and a -17.22% drop in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.79%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are 2.76% for EDU. The simple moving average for the last 20 days is -0.46% for EDU stock, with a simple moving average of -12.67% for the last 200 days.
Is It Worth Investing in New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc. ADR (NYSE: EDU) Right Now?
New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc. ADR (NYSE: EDU) has a price-to-earnings ratio that is above its average at 26.41x. The stock has a 36-month beta value of 0.44. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 18 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 3 as “overweight,” 2 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for EDU is 158.65M, and at present, short sellers hold a 4.28% of that float. On January 10, 2025, the average trading volume of EDU was 1.53M shares.
EDU) stock’s latest price update
New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc. ADR (NYSE: EDU) has seen a decline in its stock price by -2.99 in relation to its previous close of 63.77. However, the company has experienced a 0.50% gain in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. seekingalpha.com reported 2024-10-23 that New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc. (NYSE:EDU ) Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call October 23, 2024 8:00 AM ET Company Participants Sisi Zhao – Investor Relations Stephen Yang – Executive President & Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Felix Liu – UBS Alice Cai – Citi Yiwen Zhang – China Renaissance Lucy Yu – Bank of America Timothy Zhao – Goldman Sachs Charlotte Wei – HSBC DS Kim – JPMorgan Operator Good evening, and thank you for standing by for New Oriental’s FY 2025 First Quarter Results Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in listen-only mode.
Analysts’ Opinion of EDU
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for EDU stocks, with HSBC Securities repeating the rating for EDU by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for EDU in the upcoming period, according to HSBC Securities is $110 based on the research report published on May 29, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
Morgan Stanley gave a rating of “Overweight” to EDU, setting the target price at $81 in the report published on November 07th of the previous year.
EDU Trading at 1.52% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought EDU to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -36.37% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 2.76%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 2.79%, as shares sank -1.43% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -3.21% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, EDU rose by +0.91%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -31.59% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $62.17. In addition, New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc. ADR saw -3.61% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at EDU starting from Hsieh Louis, who proposed sale 21,363 shares at the price of $61.87 back on Nov 07 ’24. After this action, Hsieh Louis now owns shares of New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc. ADR, valued at $1,321,729 using the latest closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for EDU
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.09 for the present operating margin
- 0.53 for the gross margin
The net margin for New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc. ADR stands at 0.08. The total capital return value is set at 0.09. Equity return is now at value 10.11, with 5.42 for asset returns.
Based on New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc. ADR (EDU), the company’s capital structure generated 0.0 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 67.35.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 457.25 million with net debt to EBITDA at -0.85. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 2.08. The receivables turnover for the company is 118.89for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.6. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.85.
Conclusion
To sum up, New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc. ADR (EDU) has seen a bad performance recently. Analysts have differing views on the stock, with some seeing it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
