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Best Education Stocks to Buy Now (2023)
Top education stocks in 2023 ranked by overall Zen Score. See the best education stocks to buy now, according to analyst forecasts for the education & training services industry.

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Zen Score Price Valuation Financials Forecast Earnings & Revenue Dividends Ownership Technicals

Ticker	Company	Exchange	Industry	Market Cap	Price	1d %	EBITDA	P/E	D/E
WAFU	WAH FU EDUCATION GROUP LTD	NASDAQ	Education & Training Services	$8.44M	$1.90	-6.68%	$2.02M	7.60x	0.54
LRN	STRIDE INC	NYSE	Education & Training Services	$1.69B	$39.25	0.56%	$265.39M	16.63x	0.92
PRDO	PERDOCEO EDUCATION CORP	NASDAQ	Education & Training Services	$902.17M	$13.43	3.39%	$154.40M	9.52x	0.32
LOPE	GRAND CANYON EDUCATION INC	NASDAQ	Education & Training Services	$3.54B	$113.90	1.40%	$271.30M	19.81x	0.31
GEHI	GRAVITAS EDUCATION HOLDINGS INC	NYSE	Education & Training Services	$19.25M	$13.71	0.00%	N/A	0.65x	0.64
LINC	LINCOLN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CORP	NASDAQ	Education & Training Services	$178.36M	$5.66	0.71%	$22.96M	15.72x	1.01
STRA	STRATEGIC EDUCATION INC	NASDAQ	Education & Training Services	$2.19B	$89.83	1.80%	$132.69M	45.60x	0.32
AFYA	AFYA LTD	NASDAQ	Education & Training Services	$1.05B	$11.16	1.09%	$187.45M	13.88x	1.24
ATGE	ADTALEM GLOBAL EDUCATION INC	NYSE	Education & Training Services	$1.76B	$38.62	3.48%	$672.07M	4.80x	0.87
METX	METEN HOLDING GROUP LTD	NASDAQ	Education & Training Services	$4.55M	$0.22	0.46%	$13.28M	0.39x	0.57
CHGG	CHEGG INC	NYSE	Education & Training Services	$2.06B	$16.30	0.37%	$201.59M	7.80x	1.21
CLEU	CHINA LIBERAL EDUCATION HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Education & Training Services	$13.22M	$0.61	-0.82%	$168.66k	-10.08x	0.38
ARCE	ARCO PLATFORM LTD	NASDAQ	Education & Training Services	$623.09M	$10.96	-11.47%	$190.30M	80.00x	2.03
TWOU	2U INC	NASDAQ	Education & Training Services	$543.03M	$6.85	4.74%	-$111.65M	-1.64x	2.61
COUR	COURSERA INC	NYSE	Education & Training Services	$1.72B	$11.52	6.86%	-$152.13M	-9.52x	0.36
STG	SUNLANDS TECHNOLOGY GROUP	NYSE	Education & Training Services	$113.37M	$8.50	-6.80%	$38.79M	3.34x	-3.57
ASPU	ASPEN GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Education & Training Services	$2.68M	$0.11	-15.87%	-$6.06M	-0.23x	1.46
YQ	17 EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Education & Training Services	$49.82M	$1.01	4.76%	N/A	-1.93x	0.29
AMBO	AMBOW EDUCATION HOLDING LTD	NYSEMKT	Education & Training Services	$12.37M	$0.27	-2.21%	-$385.47k	29.44x	5.63
UDMY	UDEMY INC	NASDAQ	Education & Training Services	$1.28B	$8.83	3.27%	-$96.19M	-8.10x	1.17
GOTU	GAOTU TECHEDU INC	NYSE	Education & Training Services	$1.09B	$4.22	-3.87%	N/A	527.50x	0.58
IH	IHUMAN INC	NYSE	Education & Training Services	$174.39M	$3.24	7.28%	N/A	N/A	0.66
VTRU	VITRU LTD	NASDAQ	Education & Training Services	$766.72M	$22.76	-1.90%	$76.29M	33.32x	1.60
EDTK	SKILLFUL CRAFTSMAN EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY LTD	NASDAQ	Education & Training Services	$27.71M	$1.86	-3.63%	$7.67M	-6.20x	0.43
JZ	JIANZHI EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO LTD	NASDAQ	Education & Training Services	$64.44M	$1.16	8.41%	N/A	14.50x	0.79
EEIQ	EPICQUEST EDUCATION GROUP INTERNATIONAL LTD	NASDAQ	Education & Training Services	$15.44M	$1.35	-2.17%	-$5.90M	-2.45x	0.45
TAL	TAL EDUCATION GROUP	NYSE	Education & Training Services	$4.07B	$6.41	-4.61%	N/A	-20.48x	0.26
APEI	AMERICAN PUBLIC EDUCATION INC	NASDAQ	Education & Training Services	$103.15M	$5.42	10.61%	-$101.41M	-0.89x	0.76
LXEH	LIXIANG EDUCATION HOLDING CO LTD	NASDAQ	Education & Training Services	$7.40M	$0.56	-2.12%	N/A	-0.19x	3.64
GHC	GRAHAM HOLDINGS CO	NYSE	Education & Training Services	$2.85B	$595.84	1.32%	$501.49M	43.08x	0.75
NAAS	NAAS TECHNOLOGY INC	NASDAQ	Education & Training Services	$2.28B	$10.65	15.26%	N/A	-3.94x	0.41
GSUN	GOLDEN SUN EDUCATION GROUP LTD	NASDAQ	Education & Training Services	$27.53M	$1.50	-3.23%	-$1.40M	-10.00x	1.67
TEDU	TARENA INTERNATIONAL INC	NASDAQ	Education & Training Services	$37.24M	$3.29	6.13%	N/A	N/A	-1.90
UTI	UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE INC	NYSE	Education & Training Services	$250.73M	$7.38	4.68%	$48.33M	46.13x	2.44
AACG	ATA CREATIVITY GLOBAL	NASDAQ	Education & Training Services	$61.03M	$1.93	3.21%	N/A	-8.73x	2.31
LAUR	LAUREATE EDUCATION INC	NASDAQ	Education & Training Services	$1.85B	$11.76	1.20%	$359.91M	28.00x	1.54
EDU	NEW ORIENTAL EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY GROUP INC	NYSE	Education & Training Services	$6.52B	$38.61	-2.20%	N/A	-27.58x	0.63
VSTA	VASTA PLATFORM LTD	NASDAQ	Education & Training Services	$266.03M	$3.19	-0.31%	$101.04M	N/A	0.62
GNS	GENIUS GROUP LTD	NYSEMKT	Education & Training Services	$26.96M	$1.35	-12.34%	N/A	N/A	0.66
FEDU	FOUR SEASONS EDUCATION (CAYMAN) INC	NYSE	Education & Training Services	$16.92M	$7.97	0.00%	N/A	-2.57x	0.19
VEDU	VISIONARY EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Education & Training Services	$42.00M	$1.07	5.94%	$1.72M	N/A	9.47
COE	51TALK ONLINE EDUCATION GROUP	NYSE	Education & Training Services	$39.17M	$6.85	21.89%	N/A	N/A	3.20
AIU	META DATA LTD	NYSE	Education & Training Services	$15.30M	$1.05	-0.29%	-$159.62M	-0.07x	-1.07
BEDU	BRIGHT SCHOLAR EDUCATION HOLDINGS LTD	NYSE	Education & Training Services	$71.20M	$2.40	0.84%	$3.03M	-3.06x	1.40
SKIL	SKILLSOFT CORP	NYSE	Education & Training Services	$328.89M	$2.00	1.01%	N/A	N/A	1.78
QSG	QUANTASING GROUP LTD	NASDAQ	Education & Training Services	$659.18M	$11.98	4.68%	N/A	N/A	-1.19

Education Stocks FAQ

What are the best education stocks to buy right now in Apr 2023?

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

1. Wah Fu Education Group (NASDAQ:WAFU)

Wah Fu Education Group (NASDAQ:WAFU) is the top education stock with a Zen Score of 60, which is 36 points higher than the education industry average of 24. It passed 19 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Wah Fu Education Group has seen its stock lose -40.99% over the past year, underperforming other education stocks by -40 percentage points.

2. Stride (NYSE:LRN)

Stride (NYSE:LRN) is the second best education stock with a Zen Score of 47, which is 23 points higher than the education industry average of 24. It passed 15 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Stride has seen its stock return 8.04% over the past year, overperforming other education stocks by 9 percentage points.

Stride has an average 1 year price target of $46.75, an upside of 19.11% from Stride's current stock price of $39.25.

Stride stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Stride, 25% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 50% have issued a Buy, 25% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO)

Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO) is the third best education stock with a Zen Score of 45, which is 21 points higher than the education industry average of 24. It passed 13 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Perdoceo Education has seen its stock return 16.99% over the past year, overperforming other education stocks by 18 percentage points.

Perdoceo Education has an average 1 year price target of $19.00, an upside of 41.47% from Perdoceo Education's current stock price of $13.43.

Perdoceo Education stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Perdoceo 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.

What are the education stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 2 education stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 2 education stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Strategic Education (NASDAQ:STRA)

Strategic Education (NASDAQ:STRA) has an annual dividend yield of 2.67%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the education industry average of 1.25%. 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 121.8% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Graham Holdings Co (NYSE:GHC)

Graham Holdings Co (NYSE:GHC) has an annual dividend yield of 1.07%, which is the same as the education industry average of 1.25%. Graham Holdings Co's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Graham Holdings Co's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Graham Holdings Co's dividend payout ratio of 46.2% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are education stocks up?

Education stocks were up 1.32% in the last day, and up 3.63% over the last week. 51talk Online Education Group was the among the top gainers in the education & training services industry, gaining 21.89% yesterday.

Shares of several companies in the broader consumer discretionary sector are trading higher amid overall market strength after PCE data came in below estimates, which has raised hopes of slowing inflation.

What are the most undervalued education stocks?

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

1. Lincoln Educational Services (NASDAQ:LINC)

Lincoln Educational Services (NASDAQ:LINC) is the most undervalued education stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Lincoln Educational Services has a valuation score of 100, which is 69 points higher than the education industry average of 31. It passed 7 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Lincoln Educational Services's stock has dropped -20.84% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the education industry by -20 percentage points.

2. Wah Fu Education Group (NASDAQ:WAFU)

Wah Fu Education Group (NASDAQ:WAFU) is the second most undervalued education stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Wah Fu Education Group has a valuation score of 100, which is 69 points higher than the education industry average of 31. It passed 7 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Wah Fu Education Group's stock has dropped -40.99% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the education industry by -40 percentage points.

3. Meten Holding Group (NASDAQ:METX)

Meten Holding Group (NASDAQ:METX) is the third most undervalued education stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Meten Holding Group has a valuation score of 86, which is 55 points higher than the education industry average of 31. It passed 6 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Meten Holding Group's stock has dropped -95.67% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the education industry by -94 percentage points.

Are education stocks a good buy now?

63.16% of education stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect education stocks to rise by 22.38% over the next year.

What is the average p/e ratio of the education & training services industry?

The average P/E ratio of the education & training services industry is 19.98x.

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