New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2019 - 2026)
New Oriental Education & Technology's Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at 10.76% for fiscal Q4 2025 (quarter ended May 31, 2025), up 2.24 percentage points from 8.52% a year earlier but down 0.44 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2019 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025 (ended May 31, 2025), New Oriental Education & Technology's Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] was 10.66%, up 1.78 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has increased in each of the last three fiscal years, though with a five-year change of -3.56 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by fiscal year, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] was 8.88% in FY2024 (+3.94 pp), 4.94% in FY2023 (+23.53 pp), -18.59% in FY2022 (-21.41 pp) and 2.82% in FY2021 (-11.40 pp).
- The five-year range for quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] is -20.63% (fiscal Q1 2023) to 11.21% (fiscal Q3 2025).
- Year-over-year, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has increased for ten consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +7.63 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] over five years came in fiscal Q1 2024 (a gain of 28.74 percentage points), and the weakest in fiscal Q3 2022 (a drop of 24.17 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows EDU's Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] at 11.21% (Q3 2025), 10.58% (Q2 2025) and 10.54% (Q1 2025) in the three fiscal quarters before Q4 2025.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROIC (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Service Corp International | 11.15 Bn | 10.15 Bn | 273.50 Mn | 10.74% |
| 2 | New Oriental Education & Technology | 9.53 Bn | -1.61 Bn | 5,600.00 | 13.83% |
| 3 | TAL Education | 7.16 Bn | -5.83 Bn | 438.20 Mn | - |
| 4 | Laureate Education | 5.43 Bn | 4.73 Bn | 237.67 Mn | 24.67% |
| 5 | Graham Holdings | 5.11 Bn | 202.28 Mn | 392.03 Mn | 3.50% |
| 6 | Covista | 4.47 Bn | 3.59 Bn | 284.63 Mn | 14.95% |
| 7 | Valvoline | 4.04 Bn | 3.75 Bn | 214.90 Mn | 8.79% |
| 8 | Bright Horizons Family Solutions | 3.63 Bn | 3.07 Bn | 188.96 Mn | 9.35% |
| 9 | Stride | 3.55 Bn | 446.85 Mn | 217.28 Mn | 16.83% |
| 10 | Onespaworld Holdings | 2.43 Bn | 2.33 Bn | 44.57 Mn | 13.13% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| May 31, 2026 | 13.83% |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 11.98% |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 10.97% |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 10.20% |
| May 31, 2025 | 10.13% |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 10.60% |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 10.04% |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 10.03% |
| May 31, 2024 | 8.14% |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 9.00% |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 8.09% |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 7.79% |
| May 31, 2023 | 4.73% |
| Feb 28, 2023 | 0.93% |
| Nov 30, 2022 | -3.13% |
| Aug 31, 2022 | -19.80% |
| May 31, 2022 | -20.08% |
| Feb 28, 2022 | -19.77% |
| May 31, 2021 | 2.24% |
| Feb 28, 2021 | 4.55% |
API Access
New Oriental Education & Technology Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=EDU&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "ticker": "EDU", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=EDU&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();