TAL Education (TAL) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026)
TAL Education (TAL) reported EBIT Margin of 18.09% for the quarter ended May 31, 2026, up 15.60 percentage points from 2.49% a year earlier and up 9.06 percentage points from the prior quarter.
TAL Education (TAL) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended May 31, 2026, TAL Education's EBIT Margin came in at 12.50%, up 11.31 percentage points year-over-year; for the year ended Feb 28, 2026, it was 9.17%, up 9.31 percentage points from the prior year.
- EBIT Margin has increased for four consecutive years, with a five-year change of +18.92 percentage points (years ended Feb 2021 to Feb 2026).
- By year, EBIT Margin came in at -0.14% in the year ended Feb 28, 2025 (+4.50 pp), -4.64% in the year ended Feb 29, 2024 (+4.25 pp), -8.90% in the year ended Feb 28, 2023 (+5.10 pp) and -14.00% in the year ended Feb 28, 2022 (-4.25 pp).
- The figure for the quarter ended May 31, 2026 ranks as the highest quarterly EBIT Margin since the quarter ended Aug 31, 2016.
- Year over year, EBIT Margin has now increased in each of the last five quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +7.25 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year EBIT Margin in five years was the quarter ended Aug 31, 2022 (a gain of 31.37 percentage points); the low point was the quarter ended Aug 31, 2021 (a drop of 21.86 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before the quarter ended May 31, 2026 came in at 9.03% (quarter ended Feb 28, 2026), 12.09% (quarter ended Nov 30, 2025) and 11.16% (quarter ended Aug 31, 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBIT Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Service Corp International | 11.15 Bn | 10.15 Bn | 273.50 Mn | 20.99% |
| 2 | New Oriental Education & Technology | 9.53 Bn | -1.61 Bn | 5,600.00 | 5.61% |
| 3 | TAL Education | 7.16 Bn | -5.83 Bn | 438.20 Mn | 18.09% |
| 4 | Laureate Education | 5.43 Bn | 4.73 Bn | 237.67 Mn | 36.28% |
| 5 | Graham Holdings | 5.11 Bn | 202.28 Mn | 392.03 Mn | 6.42% |
| 6 | Covista | 4.47 Bn | 3.59 Bn | 284.63 Mn | 19.04% |
| 7 | Valvoline | 4.04 Bn | 3.75 Bn | 214.90 Mn | 20.60% |
| 8 | Bright Horizons Family Solutions | 3.63 Bn | 3.07 Bn | 188.96 Mn | 10.24% |
| 9 | Stride | 3.55 Bn | 446.85 Mn | 217.28 Mn | 16.64% |
| 10 | Onespaworld Holdings | 2.43 Bn | 2.33 Bn | 44.57 Mn | 9.38% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| May 31, 2026 | 18.09% |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 9.03% |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 12.09% |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 11.16% |
| May 31, 2025 | 2.49% |
| Feb 28, 2025 | -2.62% |
| Nov 30, 2024 | -2.87% |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 7.69% |
| May 31, 2024 | -4.18% |
| Feb 29, 2024 | -2.57% |
| Nov 30, 2023 | -8.62% |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 7.72% |
| May 31, 2023 | -20.97% |
| Feb 28, 2023 | -16.51% |
| Nov 30, 2022 | -14.13% |
| Aug 31, 2022 | 5.06% |
| May 31, 2022 | -12.64% |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 0.12% |
| Nov 30, 2021 | -10.62% |
| Aug 31, 2021 | -26.31% |
TAL Education EBIT Margin 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=ebit-margin&ticker=TAL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ebit-margin", "ticker": "TAL", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebit-margin&ticker=TAL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();