We're taking a closer look at New Oriental Education & Technology today, as the chatter surrounding the stock has increased notably in the last few weeks. Today, its shares moved 1.4% compared to 1.0% for the S&P 500. Increased investor interest and volatility surrounding the stock are not reason enough to buy in -- you should first perform your own due diligence. Here are some figures that can get you started:
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New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc. provides private educational services under the New Oriental brand in the People's Republic of China.
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New Oriental Education & Technology has moved 96.7% over the last year compared to 20.1% for the S&P 500 -- a difference of 76.6%
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EDU has an average analyst rating of buy and is -10.63% away from its mean target price of $96.43 per share
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Its trailing 12 month earnings per share (EPS) is $1.8
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New Oriental Education & Technology has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 47.9 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
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Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $4.05 and its forward P/E ratio is 21.3
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EDU has a Price to Earnings Growth (PEG) ratio of 102.28, which shows the company is potentially overvalued when we factor growth into the price to earnings calculus.
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The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 3.72 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
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New Oriental Education & Technology is part of the Real Estate sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 25.55 and an average P/B of 2.1
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New Oriental Education & Technology has on average reported free cash flows of $282.66 Million over the last four years, during which time they have grown by an an average of 8.5%