New Oriental Education & Technology Group (NYSE:EDU) Issues Quarterly Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $0.27 EPS

New Oriental Education & Technology Group (NYSE:EDU) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday. The company reported $1.60 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.33 by $0.27, Briefing.com reports. New Oriental Education & Technology Group had a return on equity of 7.50% and a net margin of 7.18%. The company had revenue of $1.44 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.45 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.99 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 30.5% compared to the same quarter last year. New Oriental Education & Technology Group updated its Q2 2025 guidance to EPS.

New Oriental Education & Technology Group Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:EDU traded down $0.25 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $60.92. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 172,667 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,898,745. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $67.08 and its 200 day moving average price is $74.20. New Oriental Education & Technology Group has a 52 week low of $58.60 and a 52 week high of $98.20. The company has a market capitalization of $10.34 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.89 and a beta of 0.47.

New Oriental Education & Technology Group Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a — dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 23rd. Shareholders of record on Monday, September 9th were issued a dividend of $0.58 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, September 9th.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

EDU has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Morgan Stanley set a $83.00 price objective on New Oriental Education & Technology Group in a research report on Thursday, October 17th. StockNews.com raised New Oriental Education & Technology Group from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Citigroup lowered their target price on New Oriental Education & Technology Group from $127.00 to $106.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, August 2nd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, New Oriental Education & Technology Group has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $99.67.

About New Oriental Education & Technology Group

New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc provides private educational services under the New Oriental brand in the People’s Republic of China. The company operates through four segments: Educational Services and Test Preparation Courses; Online Education and Other Services; Overseas Study Consulting Services; and Educational Materials and Distribution.