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GOTU Consumer DefensiveBeta data
Gaotu Techedu Inc.
$2.28+4.59%
Price as of close on Nov 3, 2026 · Financials updated Oct 1, 2026
Basics
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- Industry
- Education & Training Services
- Country
- China
- Market cap
- 535.9M USD
- Enterprise value
- 212.1M USD
- Full-time employees
- 17,483
Growth
Is it growing?99/100
Strong
2/3 inputs reported · Partial data
Since last year: ▲ Stronger
- 12-month revenue up 35.0%
Why
Compare with peers Stronger than most peers on:
- ▲ 3-yr revenue
- ▲ Revenue growth
Behind the score
Revenue and earnings-per-share growth over one year, and revenue growth over three years.
Earnings per share growthUnavailable
Missing · left out of the score · no sector data, so not countedNot counted · remaining weights rescaledSector median: 0.0154 · MAD: 0.25293-year revenue growth35.0%
SEC filings · 3 years to Dec 2025Outlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score 4.25Sector median: 0.0366 · MAD: 0.0470Revenue growth35.0%
SEC filings · 12 months to Dec 2025Outlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score 4.89Sector median: 0.0278 · MAD: 0.0585Profitability
Does it earn well?2/100
Weak
3/3 inputs reported · High confidence
Since last year: ▲ Stronger
- Operating margin rose 17.8 points to -8.2%
Why
Compare with peers Weaker than most peers on:
- ▼ ROIC
- ▼ Operating margin
- ▼ ROA
Behind the score
Return on invested capital, operating margin, and return on assets.
Operating margin-8.2%
SEC filings · 12 months to Dec 2025Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -3.11Sector median: 0.0759 · MAD: 0.0508Return on assets-5.2%
SEC filings · 12 months to Dec 2025Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -3.49Sector median: 0.0396 · MAD: 0.0262Return on invested capital-50.4%
SEC filings · 12 months to Dec 2025Outlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score -3.51Sector median: 0.0766 · MAD: 0.0673Other data (not scored)
Gross margin67.5%
Yahoo Finance · trailing 12 monthsOutlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentileInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.3182 · MAD: 0.1263Return on equity-25.1%
Yahoo Finance · trailing 12 monthsOutlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentileInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.0831 · MAD: 0.0675Risk
Debt, liquidity, price swingsHigher
Higher relative risk
3/3 inputs reported · High confidence
Since last year: No major change
Why
Compare with peers Weaker than most peers on:
- ▼ Current ratio
- ▼ Beta
- ▼ Debt / equity
Behind the score
Relative to sector peers: 0 = lower relative risk · 1 = moderate · 2 = higher. Based on leverage, beta and liquidity.
Beta0.71
Yahoo Finance · 5-year monthly beta vs the marketReported value33% base weight · Z-score -1.82Sector median: 0.4070 · MAD: 0.1690Current ratio0.86×
Yahoo FinanceReported value33% base weight · Z-score -1.03Sector median: 1.5250 · MAD: 0.6460Debt / equity1.07×
Yahoo FinanceReported value33% base weight · Z-score -1.82Sector median: 0.4234 · MAD: 0.3581Valuation, growth and profitability scores: higher is better. Risk: 0 is lower, 2 is higher. Risk is a relative proxy, not a bankruptcy probability. Scores depend on available sector peers.
Questions investors ask about Gaotu Techedu
- Is Gaotu Techedu getting weaker?
- Its latest SEC filing (Apr 22, 2026) got stronger: operating margin rose 17.8 points to -8.2%. Its overall score is unchanged at 39/100 since Oct 28, 2026.
- How is Gaotu Techedu valued vs its peers?
- Insufficient data: 1 of 3 inputs reported (at least 2 needed).
- Is Gaotu Techedu growing?
- Yes, faster than most of its peers. Growth scores 99/100 against 823 consumer defensive peers. 3-year revenue growth 35.0% vs a peer median of 3.7% (stronger than 95% of peers).3-year revenue growth 35.0% vs peers 3.7% (stronger than 95% of peers).
- How profitable is Gaotu Techedu?
- Less profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 2/100 against 823 consumer defensive peers. Return on invested capital -50.4% vs a peer median of 7.7% (weaker than 100% of peers).Return on invested capital -50.4% vs peers 7.7% (weaker than 100% of peers).
- How risky is Gaotu Techedu?
- Higher risk relative to 823 consumer defensive peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Current ratio 0.86× vs a peer median of 1.52× (weaker than 83% of peers).Current ratio 0.86× vs peers 1.52× (weaker than 83% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.
Latest filing: what changed
Year ended Dec 31, 2025 · filed Apr 22, 2026 · compared with the year ended Dec 31, 2024Got stronger
- Operating margin rose 17.8 points to -8.2%
Worth watching: Gaotu Techedu is in the bottom fifth of its sector on profitability. From 2021 to 2025, 63% of companies in that position posted a loss over the following year, against 4% for the top fifth.
| Previous year | Latest year | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue (12 months) | 4.6B CNY | 6.1B CNY | +35.0% |
| Net income (12 months) | −1.0B CNY | −323.3M CNY | −69.2% |
| Operating margin | -26.0% | -8.2% | +17.8 pts |
| Free cash flow (12 months) | 79.8M CNY | 246.6M CNY | +209.1% |
| Cash | 1.3B CNY | 596.2M CNY | −54.9% |
From the company’s own SEC filings, as filed. Twelve-month figures roll forward one year at a time.
Financials
Fiscal years from SEC annual filings · change vs the prior year · amounts in CNY, as reported| Key ratios | FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 63.5% | 71.9% | 73.3% | 68.0% | 67.4% | ▼ 0.6 pts |
| Operating margin | -48.5% | -4.7% | -5.0% | -26.0% | -8.2% | ▲ 18 pts |
| Net margin | -47.3% | 0.5% | -0.2% | -23.0% | -5.3% | ▲ 18 pts |
| Return on assets (ROA) | -61.8% | 0.3% | -0.1% | -18.0% | -5.2% | ▲ 13 pts |
| Return on equity (ROE) | -107.7% | 0.4% | -0.2% | -54.3% | -25.8% | ▲ 28 pts |
| Free cash flow margin | -67.9% | 1.4% | 10.6% | 1.8% | 4.0% | ▲ 2.3 pts |
| Current ratio | 2.24× | 2.59× | 1.82× | 1.12× | 0.94× | ▼ 16% |
| Quick ratio | 2.23× | 2.57× | 1.81× | 1.11× | 0.92× | ▼ 16% |
| Debt to equity | — | — | — | 0.00× | 0.11× | — |
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