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How New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc. stacks up
EDU · against 112 other Consumer Defensive companies of similar size
Profitability
76/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #35 of 113 · scores higher than 70% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score12 peers with a profitability score of 70–79, including EDU · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 76?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.Mainly thanks to its return on invested capital, operating margin and return on assets, which are stronger than most Consumer Defensive peers.
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 65% of peers. Return on assets: 5.4% vs peer median 4.0%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 67% of peers. Operating margin: 11.4% vs peer median 7.6%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 86% of peers. Return on invested capital: 23.5% vs peer median 7.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = EDU, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | EDU | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 110 reported | 23.5% | 11.7% | 80% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 113 reported | 11.4% | 9.0% | 63% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 106 reported | 5.4% | 5.2% | 52% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 106 reported | 12.5% | 12.5% | 49% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 113 reported | 54.3% | 36.1% | 85% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around EDUScores 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