Youdao (DAO) Debt Ratio (2018 - 2026)

Youdao (DAO) reported Debt Ratio of 0.49 for Q1 2026, down 19.43% year-over-year from 0.6 in Q1 2025, and down 46.91% quarter-over-quarter from 0.91 in Q4 2025.

Youdao (DAO) Debt Ratio (2018 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Youdao (DAO) has 9 years of Debt Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.49 in Q1 2026.

  • Debt Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.49, down 19.43% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.49 (down 19.43% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.9, up 18.96% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio retreated to 0.49 in Q1 2026 per DAO's latest filing, from 0.91 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Debt Ratio peaked at 0.99 in Q4 2024 and troughed at 0.16 in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 0.54 and a median of 0.52 in 2024 frame the typical range for Debt Ratio.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2026: Debt Ratio soared 66.66% in 2023, then fell 19.43% in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of Debt Ratio shows it stood at 0.62 in 2022, then surged by 47.15% to 0.91 in 2023, then grew by 9.04% to 0.99 in 2024, then slipped by 7.44% to 0.91 in 2025, then sank by 46.91% to 0.49 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows DAO's Debt Ratio at 0.49 in Q1 2026, 0.91 in Q4 2025, and 0.53 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 51Talk Online Education 7.64 Bn 7.60 Bn 22.18 Mn 0.05
2 Graham Holdings 4.92 Bn 3.91 Bn 841.00 Mn 0.10
3 Laureate Education 4.86 Bn 4.70 Bn -16.39 Mn 0.09
4 Covista 4.36 Bn 4.35 Bn 276.31 Mn 0.18
5 Stride 4.16 Bn 3.36 Bn 231.57 Mn 0.17
6 Grand Canyon Education 3.97 Bn 3.72 Bn 244.77 Mn -
7 Universal Technical Institute 2.35 Bn 2.19 Bn 103.97 Mn 0.15
8 Perdoceo Education 2.13 Bn 1.45 Bn 174.68 Mn -
9 Strategic Education 1.76 Bn 1.60 Bn - -
10 Youdao 164.33 Mn 65.90 Mn 87.31 Mn 0.49

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.49
Dec 31, 2025 0.91
Sep 30, 2025 0.53
Jun 30, 2025 0.50
Mar 31, 2025 0.60
Dec 31, 2024 0.99
Sep 30, 2024 0.52
Jun 30, 2024 0.51
Mar 31, 2024 0.59
Dec 31, 2023 0.91
Sep 30, 2023 0.40
Dec 31, 2022 0.62
Sep 30, 2022 0.24
Jun 30, 2022 0.19
Mar 31, 2022 0.16
Dec 31, 2021 0.43
Dec 31, 2020 0.42
Dec 31, 2019 0.02
Dec 31, 2018 0.06