New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. (NYSE:EDU) Given Consensus Rating of “Hold” by Analysts

New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. (NYSE:EDU) has been assigned an average recommendation of “Hold” from the ten research firms that are currently covering the company, MarketBeat reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, six have assigned a hold recommendation and three have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 1-year price target among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $56.8667.

Several research firms have recently issued reports on EDU. The Goldman Sachs Group cut shares of New Oriental Education & Technology Group from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and decreased their price objective for the company from $58.00 to $50.00 in a report on Wednesday, August 6th. HSBC cut shares of New Oriental Education & Technology Group from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 30th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of New Oriental Education & Technology Group in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Citigroup cut their target price on shares of New Oriental Education & Technology Group from $77.00 to $75.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, September 9th. Finally, Bank of America increased their target price on shares of New Oriental Education & Technology Group from $56.20 to $58.20 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, September 29th.

New Oriental Education & Technology Group Price Performance

New Oriental Education & Technology Group stock opened at $60.08 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $51.91 and a 200-day simple moving average of $49.17. The stock has a market capitalization of $10.30 billion, a PE ratio of 26.70, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.93 and a beta of 0.27. New Oriental Education & Technology Group has a 12-month low of $40.66 and a 12-month high of $68.53.

New Oriental Education & Technology Group (NYSE:EDU) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 30th. The company reported $0.61 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.24 by $0.37. The business had revenue of $1.24 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.19 billion. New Oriental Education & Technology Group had a net margin of 7.59% and a return on equity of 11.32%. The business’s revenue was up 9.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.22 earnings per share. New Oriental Education & Technology Group has set its FY 2026 guidance at EPS. Q1 2026 guidance at EPS. On average, analysts forecast that New Oriental Education & Technology Group will post 2.75 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of New Oriental Education & Technology Group

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. lifted its stake in New Oriental Education & Technology Group by 2.4% during the third quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 12,922 shares of the company’s stock valued at $686,000 after purchasing an additional 300 shares during the last quarter. Headlands Technologies LLC acquired a new stake in New Oriental Education & Technology Group during the second quarter valued at approximately $1,061,000. Vident Advisory LLC lifted its stake in New Oriental Education & Technology Group by 17.3% during the second quarter. Vident Advisory LLC now owns 5,426 shares of the company’s stock valued at $293,000 after purchasing an additional 800 shares during the last quarter. Tiger Pacific Capital LP acquired a new stake in New Oriental Education & Technology Group during the second quarter valued at approximately $38,056,000. Finally, Man Group plc acquired a new stake in New Oriental Education & Technology Group during the second quarter valued at approximately $4,883,000.

New Oriental Education & Technology Group Company Profile

New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc is a holding company, which engages in the provision of private educational services. It operates through the following segments: Educational Services and Test Preparation Courses, Private Label Products and Livestreaming E-Commerce, Overseas Study Consulting Services, and Educational Materials and Distribution.