Latest Ratios: P/E Ratio -1.1x · EV/EBITDA N/A · ROE -44.1%. (2018–2025 historical series)
Price-based multiples — how expensive the stock is relative to earnings, sales, book value, and cash flow
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market Cap | $24M | $36M | $13M | $19M | $103M | $62M | $2.5B | — | — |
| Enterprise Value | $-10047144 | $-195858860 | $-210304580 | $-270634455 | $-579070402 | $-971927038 | $-193983849 | — | — |
| P/E Ratio → | -1.12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| P/S Ratio | 1.58 | 0.35 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.19 | 0.03 | 1.90 | — | — |
| P/B Ratio | 0.59 | 0.13 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.14 | 0.08 | 1.19 | — | — |
| P/FCF | 5.51 | 1.21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| P/OCF | 4.50 | 0.99 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
P/E links to full P/E history page with 30-year chart
Enterprise-value multiples — capital-structure-neutral measures of total business value
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Revenue | — | -1.90 | -1.11 | -1.58 | -1.09 | -0.44 | -0.15 | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| EV / EBIT | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| EV / FCF | — | -6.61 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Margins and return-on-capital ratios measuring operating efficiency
Full margin charts and quarterly trend are on the Earnings History page
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Margin | 47.8% | 47.8% | 36.6% | 47.2% | 61.2% | 59.8% | 61.7% | 57.3% | 66.2% |
| Operating Margin | -154.3% | -154.3% | -113.0% | -200.5% | -39.8% | -67.5% | -103.1% | -246.2% | -225.1% |
| Net Profit Margin | -145.6% | -145.6% | -102.0% | -182.4% | -33.5% | -66.0% | -103.5% | -237.4% | -211.2% |
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROE | -44.1% | -44.1% | -43.5% | -49.8% | -22.8% | -100.8% | -64.9% | — | — |
| ROA | -26.3% | -26.3% | -31.3% | -37.5% | -13.9% | -58.0% | -62.2% | -81.7% | -45.5% |
| ROIC | -105.8% | -105.8% | -85.5% | -182.4% | — | — | — | — | — |
| ROCE | -45.8% | -45.8% | -47.4% | -54.0% | -25.4% | -95.6% | -110.2% | -147.5% | -62.5% |
Solvency and debt-coverage ratios — lower is generally safer
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debt / Equity | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.18 | 0.09 | — | — |
| Debt / EBITDA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Net Debt / Equity | — | -0.81 | -0.57 | -0.59 | -0.90 | -1.30 | -1.28 | — | — |
| Net Debt / EBITDA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Debt / FCF | — | -7.82 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Interest Coverage | — | — | — | — | — | — | -457.09 | -1986.11 | — |
Net cash position: cash ($246M) exceeds total debt ($15M)
Short-term solvency ratios and asset-utilisation metrics
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current Ratio | 1.87 | 1.87 | 3.36 | 3.49 | 4.27 | 1.97 | 2.53 | 1.11 | 4.14 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.78 | 1.78 | 3.36 | 3.49 | 4.22 | 2.00 | 2.53 | 0.98 | 3.97 |
| Cash Ratio | 1.38 | 1.38 | 2.37 | 2.64 | 3.40 | 1.74 | 2.35 | 0.96 | 3.94 |
| Asset Turnover | — | 0.17 | 0.34 | 0.25 | 0.54 | 1.38 | 0.38 | 0.44 | 0.22 |
| Inventory Turnover | 2.11 | 2.11 | — | — | 20.16 | — | — | 1.97 | 1.87 |
| Days Sales Outstanding | — | 150.78 | 130.38 | 127.51 | 35.76 | 3.86 | 2.09 | 12.48 | 8.78 |
Earnings, FCF, buyback, and dividend yields — total returns to shareholders
Full dividend history and growth charts are on the Dividend History page
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dividend Yield | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Payout Ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings Yield | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| FCF Yield | 18.1% | 82.5% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Buyback Yield | 2.1% | 9.5% | 8.4% | 100.0% | 33.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | — |
| Total Shareholder Yield | 2.1% | 9.5% | 8.4% | 100.0% | 33.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | — |
| Shares Outstanding | — | $10M | $8M | $9M | $10M | $10M | $10M | $9M | $930489 |
Unsustainable cash burn rate
Based on current market data, YQ trades at a price-to-sales ratio of 1.46, which suggests that investors are heavily discounting the firm's future revenue potential while remaining skeptical of its ability to successfully transition into a sustainable, institutional-grade SaaS provider within the competitive Chinese education technology landscape.
The P/S multiple of 1.46, when viewed alongside the negative P/E, indicates that the market is currently pricing the company as a distressed asset rather than a growth-oriented technology firm. This valuation implies that the market requires significant evidence of a stabilized revenue base before assigning any premium to the company's intellectual property or school-level data integration.
As reported in recent financial statements, YQ's ROIC has remained consistently negative, reaching -52.2% in 2025Q4, which highlights the company's ongoing struggle to generate meaningful returns on its invested capital while it continues to fund heavy research and development costs during its strategic business pivot.
The persistent negative ROIC suggests that the capital currently deployed is not yet creating value, as the firm's operating losses continue to erode the asset base. Investors should monitor whether the company can achieve a positive return on capital as it scales its SaaS offerings, or if the current cost structure will continue to suppress long-term compounding potential.
According to quarterly filings, YQ's asset turnover ratio has remained stagnant at approximately 0.07, indicating that the company's current revenue generation is insufficient to effectively utilize its existing asset base compared to historical levels or broader industry standards for software-as-a-service providers in the region.
The low asset turnover ratio reflects the mismatch between the company's legacy infrastructure and its current, smaller revenue scale. The significant fluctuations in DSO, which reached 78 days in 2025Q4, suggest that the company may be facing challenges in collecting payments from institutional clients, which warrants further investigation into the credit quality of its school-level contracts.
Based on the latest quarterly data, YQ's current ratio has compressed to 1.87, which, while still appearing adequate on the surface, signals a tightening liquidity position as the firm continues to consume its cash reserves to cover persistent operating deficits in its post-regulatory business model.
While the company maintains a cash-rich balance sheet, the rapid decline in the current ratio from previous highs suggests that the liquidity buffer is being depleted faster than the new revenue streams can replenish it. This trend warrants close monitoring, as the company's ability to sustain its operations without external financing depends entirely on the longevity of this remaining cash pile.
Analysts often misapply the price-to-sales ratio to YQ, failing to account for the fact that the company's revenue is currently in a state of forced contraction due to regulatory shifts, which renders traditional revenue-based valuation multiples largely ineffective for assessing the firm's true long-term intrinsic value.
Instead of relying on P/S, investors should focus on the cash burn rate relative to the total cash and equivalents, as this provides a more accurate picture of the company's survival timeline. The P/S ratio obscures the underlying quality of the revenue, which is currently transitioning from high-margin tutoring to lower-margin, institutional SaaS contracts that require a different valuation framework.
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17 Education & Technology Group Inc.'s current P/E ratio is -1.1x. This places it at the 50th percentile of its historical range.
17 Education & Technology Group Inc.'s return on equity (ROE) is -44.1%. The historical average is -54.3%.
Based on historical data, 17 Education & Technology Group Inc. is trading at a P/E of -1.1x. This is at the 50th percentile of its historical P/E range. Compare with industry peers and growth rates for a complete picture.
17 Education & Technology Group Inc. has 47.8% gross margin and -154.3% operating margin.