GOTU vs BFAM vs EDU Stock Comparison

Gaotu Techedu, Bright Horizons Family Solutions and New Oriental Education & Technology Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
GOTU Gaotu Techedu Inc.
$2.62 +6.5% 1M -16.0% 1Y
Market cap
$415.14M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$953.86M
Div. yield
–
Education Services Consumer Discretionary
1 win

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

New Oriental Education & Technology leads on 9 of the 12 questions below (New Oriental Education & Technology 9, Gaotu Techedu 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionGOTUBFAMEDULeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $415.14M $3.62B $9.14B EDU
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -8.7x 20.7x 19.2x EDU
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 262.0x 13.9x 12.5x EDU
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +25.2% +8.5% +15.5% GOTU
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -5.0% 5.8% 8.4% EDU
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -26.7% 9.3% 13.8% EDU
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.8x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -16.0% -27.0% -2.8% EDU
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -2.7%/yr -14.4%/yr +22.3%/yr EDU
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 46.5% 47.7% 35.2% EDU
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 43/100 51/100 68/100 EDU

Percentile Scorecard

GOTUBFAMEDU

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisGOTUBFAMEDU
Valuation 50 #17 of 33 31 #23 of 33 72 #10 of 33
Growth 66 #11 of 30 52 #15 of 30 76 #8 of 30
Profitability 21 #23 of 29 50 #15 of 29 71 #9 of 29
Financial Health 37 #25 of 39 24 #30 of 39 68 #13 of 39
Shareholder Returns – 100 #1 of 14 54 #7 of 14
Overall 43 51 68
  • GOTU ranked among 39 companies in Consumer Services
  • BFAM ranked among 39 companies in Consumer Services
  • EDU ranked among 39 companies in Consumer Services

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodGOTUBFAMEDUSPY
1 month +6.5%+11.8%+3.4% -0.8%
3 months +65.8%-5.4%+16.9% +3.5%
6 months +38.6%-9.4%+11.7% +7.0%
Year to date +12.9%-27.4%+6.1% +12.2%
1 year -16.0%-27.0%-2.8% +13.0%
3 years +8.3%+2.0%-9.4% +86.3%
3 years, per year +2.7%+0.7%-3.3% +23.1%
5 years -12.7%-54.0%+172.9% +68.6%
5 years, per year -2.7%-14.4%+22.3% +11.0%
10 years —+9.9%+11.4% +258.0%
10 years, per year —+1.0%+1.1% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureGOTUBFAMEDUSPY
Volatility, 1Y 46.5%47.7%35.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 44.9%55.0%33.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.73-0.290.14 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.34-0.57-0.08 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -83.0%-67.2%-62.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -15.2%-32.6%-8.0% -1.8%
52-week high $3.09$109.23$63.51 $779.14
52-week low $1.42$59.18$44.44 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleGOTUBFAMEDU
P/E now vs peer median -9.0xmedian 15.5x 21.7xmedian 15.5x 19.4xmedian 15.5x
P/S now vs peer median 0.4xmedian 1.3x 1.2xmedian 1.3x 1.6xmedian 1.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 10.1x 11.7xmedian 10.1x —median 10.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 14.7x 15.4xmedian 14.7x 8.8xmedian 14.7x
P/B now vs peer median 2.7xmedian 2.0x 3.8xmedian 2.0x 2.1xmedian 2.0x
PEG now vs peer median 0.15median 0.35 0.49median 0.35 0.46median 0.35

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsGOTUBFAMEDU
Revenue $953.86M $3.03B $5.66B
Gross profit $644.24M $711.35M $634.59M
Operating income -$62.97M $311.11M $643.25M
Net income -$47.72M $175.04M $516.66M
Free cash flow – $235.93M $1.03B
R&D $92.39M – –
EPS (diluted) $-0.29 $3.38 $3.01
Cash & equivalents $128.60M $163.69M $1.82B
Total debt $165.08M $1.29B $1.08B
Shares (diluted) 163.12M 51.76M 157.85M
Enterprise value -$1.29B $3.07B -$2.01B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricGOTUBFAMEDU
P/E -9.0x 21.7x 19.4x
P/FCF – 15.4x 8.8x
P/Operating cash flow – 10.9x 8.8x
P/S 0.4x 1.2x 1.6x
P/B 2.7x 3.8x 2.1x
P/Tangible book 2.9x 4.8x 2.1x
EV/EBITDA – 11.7x –
EV/EBIT -0.2x 15.3x 10.2x
EV/Revenue 0.0x 1.6x 1.2x
EV/FCF – 20.1x 6.4x
EV/Operating cash flow – 14.3x 6.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.15 0.49 0.46

Growth

14 metrics
MetricGOTUBFAMEDU
Revenue growth (1Y) 25.2% 8.5% 15.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 36.3% 10.8% 23.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 25.8% 7.7% 1,976,824%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 31.9% 12.6% 28.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) 47.2% 8.8% 50.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -113.6% 26.2% 50.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 51.2% -1.0% 37.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -70.7% 39.1% 30.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 49.3% 10.4% 32.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -58.5% 44.4% 42.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 0.3% 14.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 11.1% 1.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -2.8% 14.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 14.2% 1.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricGOTUBFAMEDU
Gross margin 67.5% 23.5% 11.2%
EBITDA margin – 13.5% –
Operating margin -6.6% 10.3% 11.4%
Pretax margin -5.3% 8.6% 11.4%
Net margin -5.0% 5.8% 8.4%
FCF margin – 7.8% 18.1%
Operating cash flow margin – 11.0% 18.1%
Return on equity -31.0% 16.8% 11.8%
Return on assets -6.0% 4.6% 6.1%
Return on invested capital -26.7% 9.3% 13.8%
Return on capital employed -31.4% 11.0% 13.9%
Asset turnover 1.1x 0.8x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.9x 2.0x
Stock comp / revenue 0.0% 1.0% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricGOTUBFAMEDU
Debt / assets 8.5% 34.0% 3.2%
Debt / equity 0.5x 1.4x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.8x –
Debt / FCF – 5.5x 0.3x
Liabilities / assets 83.4% 75.1% 50.8%
Equity / assets 16.6% 24.9% 49.2%
Interest coverage – 6.2x –
Current ratio 0.9x 0.5x 1.5x
Quick ratio 0.7x 0.4x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.7x 0.2x 0.7x
Altman Z-score -0.39 2.04 2.69

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricGOTUBFAMEDU
Dividend yield – – 2.1%
Net buyback yield – 17.5% –
Shareholder yield – 17.5% 2.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusGOTUBFAMEDU
Forward P/E 262.0xFY2026 13.9xFY2026 12.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.01FY2026 $5.31FY2026 $4.68FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +16.7%FY2026 +31.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +1,100.0% +13.6% +11.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.11BFY2026 $3.03BFY2026 $6.34BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +26.6%FY2026 +3.3%FY2026 +12.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +2.4% +2.5% +10.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersGOTUBFAMEDU
Held by institutions 8.4% 100.0% 31.4%
Institutions holding 52 384 170
Change in shares held, QoQ -12.0% -1.2% -5.3%
Institutions buying 21 205 80
Institutions selling 20 150 65
Buyers to sellers 1.05 1.37 1.23

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

GOTUBFAMEDU
GOTU 1.00 0.02 0.30
BFAM 0.02 1.00 0.12
EDU 0.30 0.12 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, GOTU, BFAM and EDU?

New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) is the largest by market capitalisation: Gaotu Techedu (GOTU) $415.14M, Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) $3.62B, New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) $9.14B.

Which stock is cheaper, GOTU, BFAM and EDU?

New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Gaotu Techedu (GOTU) -8.7x, Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) 20.7x, New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) 19.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) is cheapest (Gaotu Techedu (GOTU) 262.0x, Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) 13.9x, New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) 12.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Gaotu Techedu (GOTU) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Gaotu Techedu (GOTU) +25.2%, Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) +8.5%, New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) +15.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) has the highest net margin (Gaotu Techedu (GOTU) -5.0%, Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) 5.8%, New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) 8.4%). On return on invested capital, New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) leads (Gaotu Techedu (GOTU) -26.7%, Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) 9.3%, New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) 13.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) returned the most: Gaotu Techedu (GOTU) -16.0%, Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) -27.0%, New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) -2.8%. Over five years, New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) compounded fastest (Gaotu Techedu (GOTU) -2.7%/yr, Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) -14.4%/yr, New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) +22.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) has been the steadiest (Gaotu Techedu (GOTU) 46.5%, Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) 47.7%, New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) 35.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, GOTU, BFAM and EDU?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) leads on 9. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.