Youdao (DAO) Retained Earnings (2018 - 2025)

Youdao (DAO) posted quarterly Retained Earnings of -$812.4 million for Q4 2025, up 0.54% year-over-year from -$808.0 million in Q4 2024, and up 0.54% quarter-over-quarter from -$816.8 million in Q4 2024.

Youdao (DAO) Retained Earnings (2018 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Youdao (DAO) has reported Retained Earnings for 8 consecutive years, with -$812.4 million the latest figure, recorded in Q4 2025.

  • In Q4 2025, Retained Earnings rose 0.54% year-over-year to -$812.4 million; the TTM figure through Dec 2025 stood at -$812.4 million (up 0.54% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was -$823.9 million, down 2.5% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings grew to -$812.4 million in Q4 2025 per DAO's latest filing, from -$816.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Retained Earnings topped out at -$735.1 million in Q4 2021 and bottomed at -$826.2 million in Q4 2023.
  • Historically, Retained Earnings has averaged -$789.9 million across 5 years, with a median of -$812.4 million in 2025.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2021 — Retained Earnings slumped 31.67% — and 2024, when it climbed 1.14%.
  • Youdao's Retained Earnings stood at -$735.1 million in 2021, then declined by 3.25% to -$759.0 million in 2022, then fell by 8.85% to -$826.2 million in 2023, then increased by 1.14% to -$816.8 million in 2024, then grew by 0.54% to -$812.4 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows DAO's Retained Earnings at -$812.4 million in Q4 2025, -$816.8 million in Q4 2024, and -$826.2 million in Q4 2023.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 New Oriental Education & Technology 84.71 Bn 82.71 Bn 812.22 Mn -
2 51Talk Online Education 7.32 Bn 7.28 Bn 22.97 Mn -
3 Laureate Education 5.21 Bn 5.05 Bn 237.67 Mn 1.04 Bn
4 Graham Holdings 4.98 Bn 3.74 Bn 777.03 Mn 8.58 Bn
5 Covista 4.66 Bn 4.66 Bn 284.63 Mn 3.03 Bn
6 Grand Canyon Education 3.78 Bn 3.50 Bn 204.08 Mn 2.81 Bn
7 Stride 3.50 Bn 2.55 Bn 217.28 Mn 1.18 Bn
8 McGraw Hill 2.38 Bn 2.13 Bn 388.89 Mn 1.97 Bn
9 TAL Education 2.28 Bn -401.26 Mn 227.32 Mn -
10 Youdao 2.08 Bn 2.00 Bn 87.31 Mn -

Historic Data

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Dec 31, 2025 -812.36 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -816.78 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -826.19 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -759.04 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -735.13 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 -558.31 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 -475.01 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 316.80 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 -185.30 Mn