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Best Education Stocks to Buy Now (2024)

Top education stocks in 2024 ranked by overall Due Diligence Score. See the best education stocks to buy now, according to analyst forecasts for the education & training services industry.

According to Due Diligence Score, the 3 best education stocks to buy right now are:

Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA) is the top education stock with a Due Diligence Score of 61, which is 36 points higher than the education industry average of 25. It passed 20 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Afya has seen its stock lose -24.03% over the past year, underperforming other education stocks by -52 percentage points.

Afya has an average 1 year price target of $17.50, an upside of 9.17% from Afya's current stock price of $16.03.

Afya stock has a consensus Sell recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Afya, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 50% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 50% have issued a Strong Sell.

Grand Canyon Education (NASDAQ:LOPE) is the second best education stock with a Due Diligence Score of 59, which is 34 points higher than the education industry average of 25. It passed 19 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Grand Canyon Education has seen its stock return 16.65% over the past year, underperforming other education stocks by -12 percentage points.

Grand Canyon Education has an average 1 year price target of $179.67, an upside of 8.65% from Grand Canyon Education's current stock price of $165.37.

Grand Canyon Education stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Grand Canyon Education, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 100% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

New Oriental Education & Technology Group (NYSE:EDU) is the third best education stock with a Due Diligence Score of 57, which is 32 points higher than the education industry average of 25. It passed 21 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. New Oriental Education & Technology Group has seen its stock lose -13.62% over the past year, underperforming other education stocks by -42 percentage points.

New Oriental Education & Technology Group has an average 1 year price target of $106.00, an upside of 55.36% from New Oriental Education & Technology Group's current stock price of $68.23.

New Oriental Education & Technology Group stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering New Oriental Education & Technology Group, 100% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 5 education stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 education stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Four Seasons Education (NYSE:FEDU) has an annual dividend yield of 20.52%, which is 16 percentage points higher than the education industry average of 4.39%. Four Seasons Education's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Four Seasons Education's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Four Seasons Education's dividend payout ratio of 0% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Strategic Education (NASDAQ:STRA) has an annual dividend yield of 2.43%, which is -2 percentage points lower than the education industry average of 4.39%. Strategic Education's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Strategic Education's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Strategic Education's dividend payout ratio of 44.4% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO) has an annual dividend yield of 1.79%, which is -3 percentage points lower than the education industry average of 4.39%.

Perdoceo Education's dividend payout ratio of 22.5% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Education stocks were up 0.54% in the last day, and down -0.38% over the last week. New Oriental Education & Technology Group was the among the top gainers in the education & training services industry, gaining 9.64% yesterday.

Shares of US-listed Chinese stocks are trading higher following reports suggesting Chinese officials would embrace a 'moderately loose' monetary policy.

Based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score, the 3 most undervalued education stocks right now are:

Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA) is the most undervalued education stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Afya has a valuation score of 86, which is 65 points higher than the education industry average of 21. It passed 6 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Afya's stock has dropped -24.03% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the education industry by -52 percentage points.

Visionary Holdings (NASDAQ:GV) is the second most undervalued education stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Visionary Holdings has a valuation score of 71, which is 50 points higher than the education industry average of 21. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Visionary Holdings's stock has dropped -18.54% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the education industry by -47 percentage points.

Jinxin Technology Holding Co (NASDAQ:NAMI) is the third most undervalued education stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Jinxin Technology Holding Co has a valuation score of 57, which is 36 points higher than the education industry average of 21. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.