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How Youdao, Inc. stacks up
DAO · against 197 other Consumer Defensive companies of similar size
Valuation
11/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #190 of 198 · scores higher than 4% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score13 peers with a valuation score of 10–19, including DAO · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 11?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.Mainly because of its EBITDA yield, free cash flow yield and earnings yield, which are weaker than most Consumer Defensive peers.
- less operating profit (EBITDA) for the company's total value: weaker than 88% of peers. EBITDA yield: 1.7% vs peer median 8.7%
- less free cash flow for the price paid: weaker than 84% of peers. Free cash flow yield: 0.2% vs peer median 6.2%
- lower earnings for the price paid: weaker than 78% of peers. Earnings yield: 0.6% vs peer median 4.5%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = DAO, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | DAO | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 192 reported | 1.0% | 4.7% | 13% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 198 reported | 1.7% | 9.4% | 4% | 50% | |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 69 reported | Not reported | 7.2% | — | — | 20% |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 188 reported | Not reported | 51.8% | — | — | Context only |
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Ranking by valuation score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around DAO| Rank | Company | Market cap | Valuation | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29.73T IDR (≈$1.8B) | 98 | 60 | |
| 2 | 34.8B HKD (≈$4.5B) | 96 | 75 | |
| 2 | 57.07T IDR (≈$3.5B) | 96 | 75 | |
| 4 | 24.2B HKD (≈$3.1B) | 95 | 64 | |
| 5 | 2.33T KRW (≈$1.7B) | 94 | 66 | |
| 186 | 2.1B USD | 15 | 16 | |
| 186 | 157.0B INR (≈$1.9B) | 15 | 51 | |
| 188 | 2.0B EUR (≈$2.2B) | 14 | 42 | |
| 189 | 314.6B INR (≈$3.8B) | 13 | 37 | |
| 190 | 2.4B USD | 11 | 41 | |
| 191 | 11.3B CNY (≈$1.6B) | 10 | 21 | |
| 192 | 12.7B CNY (≈$1.8B) | 9 | 15 | |
| 193 | 9.0B CNY (≈$1.3B) | 8 | 14 | |
| 194 | 11.6B CNY (≈$1.6B) | 4 | 21 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score