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How TAL Education Group stacks up
TAL · against 149 other Consumer Defensive companies listed in US-listed
Valuation
88/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #8 of 150 · scores higher than 95% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score10 peers with a valuation score of 80–89, including TAL · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 88?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.Mainly thanks to its earnings yield, EBITDA yield and free cash flow yield, which are stronger than most Consumer Defensive peers.
- more free cash flow for the price paid: stronger than 75% of peers. Free cash flow yield: 11.5% vs peer median 6.2%
- more operating profit (EBITDA) for the company's total value: stronger than 82% of peers. EBITDA yield: 15.8% vs peer median 8.7%
- higher earnings for the price paid: stronger than 96% of peers. Earnings yield: 16.0% vs peer median 4.5%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = TAL, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | TAL | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 146 reported | 16.0% | 3.7% | 100% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 151 reported | 15.8% | 9.0% | 89% | 50% | |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 132 reported | 11.5% | 5.8% | 82% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 145 reported | 73.9% | 39.9% | 69% | Context only |
Ranking by valuation score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around TAL| Rank | Company | Market cap | Valuation | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 933M USD | 97 | 84 | |
| 2 | 212M USD | 93 | 72 | |
| 2 | 843M USD | 93 | 88 | |
| 4 | 7.2B USD | 92 | 72 | |
| 5 | 1.1B USD | 91 | 67 | |
| 5 | 1.5B USD | 91 | 51 | |
| 5 | 3.1B USD | 91 | 89 | |
| 8 | 1.9B USD | 88 | 85 | |
| 8 | 5.5B USD | 88 | 84 | |
| 10 | 7.8B USD | 87 | 83 | |
| 11 | 1.0B USD | 85 | 83 | |
| 12 | 275M USD | 84 | 42 | |
| 13 | 615M USD | 83 | 73 |
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