Valuation
26% of the score, 30% here after data gaps
70median 56
TAL Education Group is valued at 18x its operating profit, including debt: an ordinary multiple.
60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
18x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points
TALTAL Education Group
$11.90+15% 1Y
$11.90
$8.9552 weeks$12.91
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 49 out of 100, Average
Average. TAL Education Group scores higher than 39% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by valuation and capital allocation, held back by return on capital and return on new capital.
Consumer Defensive median 65 · all companies 57
How the score has moved
At each fiscal year end, from the reports and price of the time31
24
20
12
14
49
20212022202320242025today
The biggest move was up 35 points from 2025 to today, mostly valuation.
Return on capital
18% of the score, 20% here after data gaps
0median 34
Over 7 years the business earned -10% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
-10%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 31%
Return on new capital
16% of the score, 18% here after data gaps
0median 49
No operating profit over the period, so nothing was earned to reinvest.
Capital allocation
14% of the score, 16% here after data gaps
86median 67
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countDown 1.1% a year over 5 years: buybacks
765%
-3%
-1.1%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew -13% a year, sales -7.7%
10012%
-2%
-5.6%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
Taken out: its 12% is shared by the others
n/ano data
Margins have been too thin to measure a cycle against.
Balance sheet
8% of the score, 9% here after data gaps
100median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 35x
1001.5x
12x
35.1x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score, 7% here after data gaps
83median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 2.13x profit over 3 years
1000.7x
1x
1.3x
2.1x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 1.2% of assets
668%
0%
-8%
-1.2%
0 pointsfull points
How the RyuScore works
Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. For TAL, cycle position could not be measured from the filings, so it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up.
Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-02-28, latest annual report FY2026.
Education & Training Services
Ranks #10 of 14 by RyuScore