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Gaotu Techedu, Inc. Sponsored ADR Class AGOTUCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Consumer Discretionary›Miscellaneous Commercial Services
Momentum strong 79
Mkt cap
$552M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
100%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$1.31M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
386.9×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
n/a
WACC 8.1%
Hurdle
-8 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
19 days
25 Nov 2026
Close · USD$2.32
1D+2.2%
1W+2.6%
1M-14.4%
3M+24.7%
6M+17.8%
YTD0.0%
1Y-18.0%
ATR %5.3%
Beta0.77
52w lowhigh19.2% off high

What Gaotu Techedu, Inc. Sponsored ADR does

Employees: 17,483

Gaotu Techedu, Inc. Sponsored ADR at a glance

Size Gaotu Techedu, Inc. Sponsored ADR (GOTU) is a United States Consumer Discretionary company (Miscellaneous Commercial Services) with a market value of $552M, the 2627th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $2.32 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 17.8%, against -8.4% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 3rd highest of 10 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 24.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +9.2%); the operating margin is -6.6% (peer median 16.2%).

Valuation It trades at 386.9× forward earnings against a peer median of 10.3× (most expensive of 10).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -12% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is -4%, so the hurdle is -8 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Short interest Short interest is 1.5% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 25 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

7510012515011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026GOTU 119Peer median 89
Six months, rebased to 100: Gaotu Techedu, Inc. Sponsored ADR against the median of its 9 peers (local-currency closes).

Gaotu Techedu, Inc. Sponsored ADR financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$948M$855M$633M$418M$371M
Revenue growth—+35%+51%+13%—
Gross profit$640M$577M$431M$306M$267M
EBITDAn/a-$54.5M-$155M-$13.5M-$7.14M
Net income-$47.4M-$45.0M-$146M-$1.03M$1.96M
Free cash flown/a$34.3M$11.1M$44.2M$5.29M
Capital expendituren/a$46.0M$25.0M$5.76M$5.04M
Total debt$143M$83.8M$67.4M$26.5M$11.9M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Gaotu Techedu, Inc. Sponsored ADR competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%0%+50%-25%0%+25%+50%LINCCOURUTIMHBFAMLOPELAURTALADTGOTU6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Gaotu Techedu, Inc. Sponsored ADR is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+20%+40%0×200×400×LINCCOURUTIMHBFAMLOPELAURTALADTGOTURevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Gaotu Techedu, Inc. Sponsored ADR is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

-10%0%+10%-10%0%10%LINCMHBFAMLOPELAURADTGOTUGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Gaotu Techedu, Inc. Sponsored ADR is the large dot.

Gaotu Techedu, Inc. Sponsored ADR competitors and peer comparison

How Gaotu Techedu, Inc. Sponsored ADR compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Gaotu Techedu, Inc. Sponsored ADR against its 9 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureGOTUPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-14.4%-18.8%3rd highest of 10
6-month return+17.8%-8.4%3rd highest of 10
Distance from 52-week high-19.2%-35.4%4th highest of 10
Revenue growth (TTM)+24.9%+9.2%3rd highest of 10
Operating margin-6.6%16.2%lowest of 10
Forward P/E386.9×10.3×most expensive of 10
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)-11.9%-4.2%least demanding of 7
Growth delivered (Del g)-3.7%+8.1%lowest of 7
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-8.2 pp-8.6 pp4th least demanding of 7

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Gaotu Techedu, Inc. Sponsored ADR GOTUUnited States$552M+18%+25%-7%386.9×-11.9%-3.7%
Lincoln Educational Services LINCUnited States$560M-61%+22%6%18.7×13.1%+12.1%
Coursera COURUnited States$989M-35%+44%-4%6.4×n/an/a
Universal Technical Institute UTIUnited States$1.10B+49%+9%5%30.1×n/an/a
McGraw Hill MHUnited States$2.08B-8%0%16%5.6×-5.6%+2.6%
Bright Horizons Family Solutions BFAMUnited States$2.57B-24%+7%10%9.8×5.0%+14.1%
Grand Canyon Education LOPEUnited States$3.07B-29%+7%28%11.1×-7.3%+5.6%
Laureate Education LAURUnited States$4.56B+2%+21%26%14.5×-6.7%+10.7%
TAL Education Group Sponsored ADR TALUnited States$4.77B-8%+26%16%9.8×n/an/a
ADT ADTUnited States$6.66B+44%+2%25%10.3×-2.9%-0.7%

Questions

Which companies are Gaotu Techedu, Inc. Sponsored ADR's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Lincoln Educational Services (LINC), Coursera (COUR), Universal Technical Institute (UTI), McGraw Hill (MH), Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), Laureate Education (LAUR), TAL Education Group Sponsored ADR (TAL).
Is Gaotu Techedu, Inc. Sponsored ADR expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 386.9× against a peer median of 10.3×, most expensive of 10 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -12% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is -4%, so the hurdle is -8 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Gaotu Techedu, Inc. Sponsored ADR stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +17.8% against -8.4% for the median peer; over one year -18.0%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.