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Best Education Stocks to Buy Now (2026)
Top education stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +28.50% per year, and are the best education stocks to buy now. Learn More.

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Education is Zen Rated B and is the 46th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Price	1d %	1w %	1m %	3m %	6m %	1y %	3y %	5y %	10y %	52-week High	52-week Low	% off 52-week High	% off 52-week Low	Beta	Volume	Vol 1d %
APEI	AMERICAN PUBLIC EDUCATION INC	$49.44	3.63%	0.35%	-6.77%	-13.26%	17.07%	74.08%	972.45%	73.60%	70.07%	$61.59	$27.74	19.73%	78.22%	0.78	133,000	-50.74%
PRDO	PERDOCEO EDUCATION CORP	$31.72	4.48%	4.41%	-1.46%	-3.47%	0.22%	11.73%	145.32%	178.98%	374.14%	$38.50	$26.66	17.61%	19.00%	0.57	584,000	-6.56%
AFYA	AFYA LTD	$14.20	2.16%	1.50%	-4.51%	2.08%	-4.51%	2.68%	-8.09%	-37.94%	N/A	$16.50	$13.00	13.93%	9.23%	0.83	70,000	40.00%
EDU	NEW ORIENTAL EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY GROUP INC	$49.91	1.36%	1.36%	8.03%	-4.57%	-10.83%	5.50%	-5.20%	127.90%	12.64%	$64.97	$41.62	23.18%	19.92%	0.80	469,000	19.64%
CVSA	COVISTA INC	$120.22	3.78%	4.50%	-2.93%	6.97%	4.34%	5.61%	180.76%	241.34%	443.74%	$156.26	$86.97	23.06%	38.23%	0.67	238,000	40.00%
PXED	PHOENIX EDUCATION PARTNERS INC	$29.89	4.69%	-0.07%	-9.26%	8.26%	-2.16%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$47.08	$23.52	36.51%	27.08%	0.90	107,000	112.30%
MH	MCGRAW HILL INC	$10.31	3.93%	7.51%	10.98%	-17.65%	-30.38%	-37.82%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$18.00	$8.95	42.72%	15.26%	0.27	330,000	-46.17%
LGCY	LEGACY EDUCATION INC	$11.69	-0.34%	-3.79%	-2.26%	-0.17%	18.92%	5.79%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$14.70	$7.94	20.48%	47.17%	1.04	25,000	-49.39%
TAL	TAL EDUCATION GROUP	$10.56	2.52%	2.42%	11.39%	-1.40%	-0.85%	3.02%	64.23%	91.65%	5.46%	$13.37	$8.88	21.02%	18.92%	0.92	3,352,000	110.69%
GHC	GRAHAM HOLDINGS CO	$1,178.79	2.07%	1.63%	2.16%	1.48%	2.12%	28.90%	104.22%	82.70%	132.67%	$1.22k	$917.48	3.75%	28.48%	0.75	21,800	15.96%
DAO	YOUDAO INC	$15.86	3.26%	3.19%	32.94%	44.44%	40.11%	82.09%	246.29%	118.46%	N/A	$15.99	$8.30	0.78%	91.08%	1.23	32,500	-27.13%
STRA	STRATEGIC EDUCATION INC	$78.55	3.85%	3.70%	1.88%	3.41%	-6.42%	-0.44%	6.90%	8.69%	72.75%	$87.38	$69.70	10.10%	12.70%	0.62	242,000	86.15%
COUR	COURSERA INC	$5.63	4.84%	3.11%	-0.88%	-3.10%	-8.90%	-55.00%	-56.73%	-85.19%	N/A	$12.93	$5.00	56.46%	12.60%	1.26	4,918,000	38.46%
LOPE	GRAND CANYON EDUCATION INC	$144.86	3.52%	3.87%	2.19%	-12.42%	-16.79%	-13.36%	35.28%	60.24%	244.49%	$223.04	$134.27	35.05%	7.89%	0.56	281,000	1.44%
LINC	LINCOLN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CORP	$40.60	0.22%	-1.17%	-17.66%	1.96%	56.03%	80.69%	467.04%	501.48%	2,302.37%	$56.34	$17.29	27.94%	134.82%	0.82	297,000	-2.94%
LRN	STRIDE INC	$90.08	3.68%	5.18%	4.32%	-7.88%	24.37%	-29.86%	138.75%	207.65%	597.21%	$171.17	$60.62	47.37%	48.61%	0.51	690,000	-2.54%
CHGG	CHEGG INC	$0.99	2.49%	12.94%	-11.17%	-6.10%	23.25%	-33.83%	-90.03%	-98.85%	-81.74%	$1.90	$0.45	48.11%	119.11%	1.37	565,000	-63.17%
SKIL	SKILLSOFT CORP	$6.57	3.46%	5.29%	9.32%	-10.98%	-26.67%	-56.05%	-75.67%	-96.37%	N/A	$18.45	$3.43	64.39%	91.55%	1.47	41,400	65.60%
GOTU	GAOTU TECHEDU INC	$1.57	0.64%	-7.65%	-9.25%	-16.93%	-29.91%	-56.75%	-59.54%	-45.67%	N/A	$4.12	$1.40	61.89%	12.14%	1.16	199,000	-26.84%
LAUR	LAUREATE EDUCATION INC	$37.48	1.30%	4.58%	3.08%	20.21%	9.49%	62.71%	198.65%	159.56%	N/A	$40.75	$21.53	8.02%	74.08%	0.62	759,000	10.96%
VSA	VISIONSYS AI INC	$3.25	-5.52%	-3.27%	-24.07%	-70.45%	-86.84%	-99.50%	-99.73%	-99.94%	-99.99%	$2.12k	$2.76	99.85%	17.75%	-0.25	17,400	42.62%
UTI	UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE INC	$38.44	1.75%	1.40%	-7.04%	6.25%	38.77%	23.44%	435.38%	547.14%	1,508.37%	$51.34	$21.29	25.13%	80.55%	0.83	647,000	1.09%
COE	51TALK ONLINE EDUCATION GROUP	$17.20	6.97%	4.24%	14.29%	-34.72%	-33.92%	-40.69%	100.70%	48.28%	-78.71%	$56.13	$14.66	69.36%	17.33%	0.45	38,500	-54.17%
JZ	JIANZHI EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO LTD	$2.54	-0.39%	15.45%	-43.85%	-90.17%	-89.42%	-95.19%	-99.72%	N/A	N/A	$98.40	$1.90	97.42%	33.68%	0.76	86,000	-71.71%
HERE	HERE GROUP LTD	$1.90	3.26%	0.53%	-15.93%	-47.80%	-60.25%	-79.03%	-74.70%	N/A	N/A	$13.63	$1.50	86.06%	26.67%	0.99	25,400	-36.50%
KLC	KINDERCARE LEARNING COMPANIES INC	$5.09	3.25%	-2.12%	18.10%	40.61%	15.68%	-48.22%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$10.05	$1.75	49.35%	190.86%	1.36	331,000	-7.28%
KIDZ	KIDZ AI INC	$0.60	43.68%	46.12%	-16.16%	-93.79%	-99.40%	-99.94%	-99.99%	N/A	N/A	$1.46k	$0.40	99.96%	50.50%	0.70	245,914,000	10,495.17%
LXEH	LIXIANG EDUCATION HOLDING CO LTD	$1.48	2.07%	1.37%	6.47%	19.35%	-37.55%	-87.87%	-98.67%	-99.92%	N/A	$32.80	$0.85	95.49%	73.91%	0.31	10,900	-14.17%
BTCT	BTC DIGITAL LTD	$0.61	-4.37%	-28.39%	-10.25%	-50.56%	-59.13%	-79.15%	-84.11%	-99.81%	N/A	$3.12	$0.60	80.35%	2.17%	1.59	350,000	56.25%
EEIQ	EPICQUEST EDUCATION GROUP INTERNATIONAL LTD	$2.14	-1.16%	-10.67%	-30.00%	-42.14%	-47.67%	-77.66%	-90.04%	-96.36%	N/A	$27.84	$1.90	92.33%	12.37%	0.69	12,800	166.67%
GNS	GENIUS GROUP LTD	$0.17	-1.20%	-3.51%	-12.23%	-48.11%	-71.05%	-83.33%	-97.43%	N/A	N/A	$1.28	$0.16	87.11%	1.23%	1.34	1,662,000	-30.98%
GSUN	GOLDEN SUN TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD	$0.20	-3.83%	-19.60%	-40.00%	-72.73%	-83.66%	-92.18%	-97.66%	N/A	N/A	$3.31	$0.17	93.93%	16.86%	0.99	3,755,000	-97.06%
EDTK	SKILLFUL CRAFTSMAN EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY LTD	$0.95	-0.53%	1.50%	-6.24%	-5.30%	-8.06%	-2.37%	-27.71%	-42.78%	N/A	$1.18	$0.80	19.75%	18.38%	0.35	850	41.67%
FCHL	FITNESS CHAMPS HOLDINGS LTD	$1.02	-10.53%	-9.73%	-15.00%	-79.86%	-99.04%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$3.44k	$0.86	99.97%	18.60%	0.69	67,000	556.86%
YOUL	YOULIFE GROUP INC	$0.52	-12.85%	-19.07%	16.00%	-47.70%	-66.10%	-80.15%	-94.98%	N/A	N/A	$4.40	$0.29	88.14%	77.55%	0.11	478,000	-8.08%
IH	IHUMAN INC	$1.35	-6.92%	-1.10%	-7.75%	-22.61%	-26.50%	-53.14%	-55.32%	-79.02%	N/A	$3.16	$1.33	57.49%	1.13%	0.59	14,200	688.89%
MYND	MYNDAI INC	$0.37	0.00%	-2.86%	-0.27%	13.33%	-23.67%	-50.13%	-94.27%	-98.93%	N/A	$1.15	$0.28	67.45%	33.57%	0.47	2,100	-38.24%
AACG	ATA CREATIVITY GLOBAL	$0.92	3.72%	-3.16%	-4.17%	-23.33%	-20.00%	-18.58%	-31.85%	-70.13%	-75.92%	$2.58	$0.74	64.33%	24.49%	0.49	3,800	18.75%
GV	VISIONARY HOLDINGS INC	$0.17	1.80%	-1.73%	-18.66%	-15.42%	-87.50%	-88.59%	-96.94%	N/A	N/A	$4.18	$0.14	95.93%	20.57%	1.53	53,300	42.13%
RYET	RUANYUN EDAI TECHNOLOGY INC	$1.01	-2.42%	-4.72%	-0.98%	-12.93%	-7.76%	-47.94%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2.03	$0.66	50.25%	54.20%	1.06	4,800	-27.27%
FEDU	FOUR SEASONS EDUCATION (CAYMAN) INC	$8.79	8.25%	-9.29%	-16.29%	-16.05%	-12.52%	-40.37%	-12.10%	-36.31%	N/A	$16.51	$6.68	46.76%	31.59%	0.28	350	N/A
STG	SUNLANDS TECHNOLOGY GROUP	$3.54	-7.09%	0.00%	-12.38%	2.94%	-33.33%	-67.37%	-27.76%	-51.84%	N/A	$11.53	$2.44	69.31%	45.38%	0.19	1,400	1,300.00%
AMBO	AMBOW EDUCATION HOLDING LTD	$2.19	-2.23%	-4.78%	-4.37%	-6.81%	-21.70%	-24.53%	-8.75%	-85.96%	-94.16%	$6.75	$1.47	67.56%	48.98%	0.15	1,400	-30.00%
WAFU	WAH FU EDUCATION GROUP LTD	$1.53	-0.85%	-4.09%	0.33%	-6.44%	-8.13%	5.83%	-32.82%	-74.06%	N/A	$3.39	$1.37	55.01%	11.31%	0.60	400	-95.45%
YQ	17 EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY GROUP INC	$2.15	-2.32%	3.32%	-0.05%	1.37%	-39.46%	3.82%	-52.24%	-90.74%	N/A	$6.45	$1.70	66.68%	26.41%	0.76	2,200	N/A

Education Stocks FAQ

What are the best education stocks to buy right now in Jul 2026?

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best education stocks to buy right now are:

1. American Public Education (NASDAQ:APEI)

American Public Education (NASDAQ:APEI) is the #1 top education stock out of 45 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for American Public Education (NASDAQ:APEI) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: C.

American Public Education (NASDAQ:APEI) has a Due Diligence Score of 40, which is 12 points higher than the education industry average of 28.

APEI passed 13 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. American Public Education has seen its stock return 74.08% over the past year, overperforming other education stocks by 117 percentage points.

American Public Education has an average 1 year price target of $61.00, an upside of 23.38% from American Public Education's current stock price of $49.44.

American Public Education stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering American Public Education, 60% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 20% have issued a Buy, 20% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO)

Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO) is the #2 top education stock out of 45 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +17.17% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO) is: Value: A, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: B.

Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO) has a Due Diligence Score of 61, which is 33 points higher than the education industry average of 28.

PRDO passed 23 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Perdoceo Education has seen its stock return 11.73% over the past year, overperforming other education stocks by 55 percentage points.

Perdoceo Education has an average 1 year price target of $42.00, an upside of 32.41% from Perdoceo Education's current stock price of $31.72.

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.

3. Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA)

Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA) is the #3 top education stock out of 45 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +17.17% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA) is: Value: A, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA) has a Due Diligence Score of 69, which is 41 points higher than the education industry average of 28.

AFYA passed 27 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Afya has seen its stock return 2.68% over the past year, overperforming other education stocks by 46 percentage points.

Afya has an average 1 year price target of $18.00, an upside of 26.76% from Afya's current stock price of $14.20.

Afya stock has a consensus Sell recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Afya, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 66.67% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 33.33% have issued a Strong Sell.

What are the education stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 7 education stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 education stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Ihuman (NYSE:IH)

Ihuman (NYSE:IH) has an annual dividend yield of 6.32%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the education industry average of 2.21%.

2. Strategic Education (NASDAQ:STRA)

Strategic Education (NASDAQ:STRA) has an annual dividend yield of 3.06%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the education industry average of 2.21%. 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 41.3% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

3. Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO)

Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO) has an annual dividend yield of 1.89%, which is the same as the education industry average of 2.21%.

Perdoceo Education's dividend payout ratio of 21.7% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are education stocks up?

Education stocks were up 2.47% in the last day, and up 2.09% over the last week. Kidz Ai was the among the top gainers in the education & training services industry, gaining 43.68% yesterday.

KIDZ AI shares are trading higher after CEO Stephanie Luo issued a shareholder letter highlighting the disconnect between the stock price and the company’s balance sheet and contracted pipeline.

What are the most undervalued education stocks?

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued education stocks right now are:

1. Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA)

Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA) is the most undervalued education stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Afya has a valuation score of 100, which is 75 points higher than the education industry average of 25. It passed 7 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Afya's stock has gained 2.68% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the education industry by 46 percentage points.

2. Phoenix Education Partners (NYSE:PXED)

Phoenix Education Partners (NYSE:PXED) is the second most undervalued education stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Phoenix Education Partners has a valuation score of 0, which is -25 points higher than the education industry average of 25. It passed 0 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates PXED a Valuation Rating of "A".

3. Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO)

Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO) is the third most undervalued education stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Perdoceo Education has a valuation score of 86, which is 61 points higher than the education industry average of 25. It passed 6 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Perdoceo Education's stock has gained 11.73% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the education industry by 55 percentage points.

Are education stocks a good buy now?

64.71% of education stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect education stocks to rise by 30.22% over the next year.

3.7% of education stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 11.11% of education stocks are rated B (Buy), 70.37% are rated C (Hold), 11.11% are rated D (Sell), and 3.7% are rated F (Strong Sell).

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 17.82x.

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Sectors & Industries Consumer DefensiveEducation & Training Services
Best Education Stocks to Buy Now (2026)
Top education stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +28.50% per year, and are the best education stocks to buy now. Learn More.

Education Stocks FAQ

1. American Public Education (NASDAQ:APEI)

2. Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO)

3. Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA)

1. Ihuman (NYSE:IH)

2. Strategic Education (NASDAQ:STRA)

3. Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO)

1. Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA)

2. Phoenix Education Partners (NYSE:PXED)

3. Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO)

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Sectors & IndustriesConsumer DefensiveEducation & Training ServicesBest Education Stocks to Buy Now (2026)Top education stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +28.50% per year, and are the best education stocks to buy now. Learn More.

Education Stocks FAQ

1. American Public Education (NASDAQ:APEI)

2. Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO)

3. Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA)

1. Ihuman (NYSE:IH)

2. Strategic Education (NASDAQ:STRA)

3. Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO)

1. Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA)

2. Phoenix Education Partners (NYSE:PXED)

3. Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO)

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Sectors & Industries Consumer DefensiveEducation & Training Services
Best Education Stocks to Buy Now (2026)
Top education stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +28.50% per year, and are the best education stocks to buy now. Learn More.