Youdao (DAO) Return on Invested Capital (2019 - 2025)

Youdao (DAO) reported Return on Invested Capital of 0.0% for Q4 2025, little changed year-over-year from 0.0% in Q4 2024, and down 23.88% quarter-over-quarter from 0.0% in Q3 2025.

Youdao (DAO) Return on Invested Capital (2019 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Youdao (DAO) has 7 years of Return on Invested Capital data on file, last reported at 0.0% in Q4 2025.

  • Return on Invested Capital for Q4 2025 came in at 0.0%, changed 0.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 0.0% (changed 0.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.0%, changed 0.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital retreated to 0.0% in Q4 2025 per DAO's latest filing, from 0.0% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Invested Capital peaked at 0.05% in Q1 2021 and troughed at 0.0% in Q2 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 0.01% and a median of 0.0% in 2023 frame the typical range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2021 and 2022: Return on Invested Capital grew 8 bps in 2021, then decreased 4 bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.03% in 2021, then plunged by 78 bps to 0.01% in 2022, then sank by 63 bps to 0.0% in 2023, then sank by 134 bps to 0.0% in 2024, then sank by 79 bps to 0.0% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows DAO's Return on Invested Capital at 0.0% in Q4 2025, 0.0% in Q3 2025, and 0.0% in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 51Talk Online Education 7.64 Bn 7.60 Bn 22.18 Mn 0.01%
2 Graham Holdings 4.92 Bn 3.91 Bn 841.00 Mn 0.00%
3 Laureate Education 4.86 Bn 4.70 Bn -16.39 Mn 0.00%
4 Covista 4.36 Bn 4.35 Bn 276.31 Mn 0.00%
5 Stride 4.16 Bn 3.36 Bn 231.57 Mn 0.00%
6 Grand Canyon Education 3.97 Bn 3.72 Bn 244.77 Mn 0.00%
7 Universal Technical Institute 2.35 Bn 2.19 Bn 103.97 Mn 0.00%
8 Perdoceo Education 2.13 Bn 1.45 Bn 174.68 Mn 0.00%
9 Strategic Education 1.76 Bn 1.60 Bn - 0.00%
10 Youdao 164.33 Mn 65.90 Mn 87.31 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 0.00%
Sep 30, 2025 0.00%
Jun 30, 2025 0.00%
Mar 31, 2025 0.00%
Dec 31, 2024 0.00%
Sep 30, 2024 0.00%
Jun 30, 2024 0.00%
Mar 31, 2024 0.00%
Dec 31, 2023 0.00%
Sep 30, 2023 0.00%
Jun 30, 2023 0.00%
Mar 31, 2023 0.01%
Dec 31, 2022 0.01%
Sep 30, 2022 0.01%
Jun 30, 2022 0.01%
Mar 31, 2022 0.03%
Dec 31, 2021 0.03%
Sep 30, 2021 0.02%
Jun 30, 2021 0.05%
Mar 31, 2021 0.05%