Consumer Defensive
Live Price
Offline$9.19
+0.00% today
1Y Change
-4.64%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 1, 2026
Coverage: 236 bars · Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 1, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
TAL Education Group (TAL) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $6.80B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $9.19 and down 4.6% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 1, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +34.1%, EPS growth of +121.4%, a dividend yield of 0.0%. What stands out right now is revenue +34.1%, EPS +121.4%, free cash flow 0.0% with operating margin 9.1% and ROIC 5.0%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 3.9 and price/sales 2.3. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a higher-growth but lower-margin setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines TAL price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Defensive peers on this page.
Benchmark Comparison
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Relative to SPY
TAL Max Drawdown
-24.79%
Trailing 1Y
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Trailing 1Y
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Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$4.5B
+2.5% YoY
FY Net Income
-$116.3M
+89.8% YoY
Free Cash Flow
$709.0M
+159.8% YoY
Revenue Growth
+34.1%
EPS Growth
+121.4%
Gross Margin
55.3%
Net Margin
17.7%
Income statement
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| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 2.3B | 1.5B | 1.0B | 4.4B | 4.5B |
| Gross Profit | 1.2B | 806M | 581M | 2.2B | 2.5B |
| Operating Income | -7M | -86M | -113M | -131M | -351M |
| EBITDA | 41M | -61M | -77M | 55M | -190M |
| Net Income | 85M | -4M | -135M | -1.1B | -116M |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
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| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 1.8B | 2.2B | 2.0B | 1.6B | 3.2B |
| Total Assets | 5.5B | 4.9B | 4.7B | 5.1B | 12.1B |
| Total Liabilities | 1.7B | 1.3B | 903M | 1.1B | 6.9B |
| Shareholder Equity | 3.8B | 3.7B | 3.8B | 4.0B | 5.2B |
| Total Debt | 333M | 239M | 158M | 242M | 4.1B |
| Net Debt | -1.6B | -2.0B | -1.9B | -1.4B | 903M |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
955M
+201.7% YoY
Capital Expenditures
246M
+0.3% YoY
Free Cash Flow
709M
+159.8% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
55.3%
Operating Margin
9.1%
Net Margin
17.7%
ROE
14.9%
Debt / Equity
0.10x
Next Step
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