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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 +32.52% per year, and are the best education stocks to buy now. Learn More.

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Education is Zen Rated A and is the 23rd 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 %
AFYA	AFYA LTD	$13.97	2.27%	-4.05%	-5.67%	-7.61%	-7.05%	-10.79%	-11.30%	-41.67%	N/A	$19.90	$13.12	29.80%	6.48%	0.85	129,000	-35.50%
APEI	AMERICAN PUBLIC EDUCATION INC	$42.59	5.11%	9.60%	12.32%	13.21%	38.28%	89.63%	252.57%	40.79%	164.53%	$42.87	$18.77	0.65%	126.97%	0.84	268,000	104.58%
STRA	STRATEGIC EDUCATION INC	$85.70	2.32%	2.24%	6.75%	2.66%	10.35%	-11.84%	-4.49%	-5.36%	56.19%	$104.51	$72.25	18.00%	18.62%	0.63	189,000	103.23%
PRDO	PERDOCEO EDUCATION CORP	$32.40	2.50%	4.62%	9.79%	-11.06%	11.88%	16.21%	124.07%	154.12%	969.31%	$38.03	$23.87	14.79%	35.74%	0.64	292,000	-7.30%
ATGE	ADTALEM GLOBAL EDUCATION INC	$121.59	2.81%	6.02%	18.36%	-20.57%	4.68%	22.69%	219.22%	215.33%	434.23%	$156.26	$86.26	22.19%	40.96%	0.74	309,000	16.17%
LAUR	LAUREATE EDUCATION INC	$35.97	3.33%	3.15%	6.29%	21.85%	56.46%	92.04%	238.70%	151.10%	N/A	$36.13	$17.91	0.43%	100.86%	0.65	1,105,000	106.54%
LINC	LINCOLN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CORP	$27.23	7.08%	8.31%	12.20%	17.88%	19.38%	68.09%	330.17%	333.60%	842.21%	$27.30	$14.10	0.26%	93.12%	0.85	475,000	18.75%
LRN	STRIDE INC	$71.61	3.18%	1.75%	8.17%	-52.99%	-45.95%	-38.55%	120.07%	189.68%	825.19%	$171.17	$60.62	58.16%	18.14%	0.56	1,268,000	22.16%
COUR	COURSERA INC	$6.35	0.00%	-3.93%	-16.45%	-40.82%	-28.89%	-24.85%	-54.02%	N/A	N/A	$13.55	$5.76	53.14%	10.24%	1.32	3,089,000	-30.44%
PXED	PHOENIX EDUCATION PARTNERS INC	$30.50	1.84%	7.43%	-9.23%	-15.89%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$47.08	$23.52	35.22%	29.68%	1.38	106,000	3.92%
GHC	GRAHAM HOLDINGS CO	$1,193.76	5.39%	3.82%	7.45%	13.84%	35.25%	31.24%	94.86%	113.40%	164.52%	$1.21k	$875.60	1.41%	36.34%	0.78	25,000	79.86%
EDU	NEW ORIENTAL EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY GROUP INC	$54.92	1.48%	-3.14%	-1.67%	-9.54%	17.53%	17.58%	24.39%	-69.97%	90.23%	$61.56	$40.66	10.79%	35.07%	0.80	791,000	-34.84%
DAO	YOUDAO INC	$11.27	-1.49%	-12.02%	23.30%	3.49%	27.06%	61.69%	40.52%	-65.38%	N/A	$12.96	$6.30	13.01%	78.89%	1.18	82,000	-65.11%
TAL	TAL EDUCATION GROUP	$10.79	0.65%	-6.98%	-2.26%	-14.02%	2.86%	16.52%	37.28%	-86.17%	47.36%	$15.30	$8.50	29.48%	26.94%	0.85	3,858,000	-5.99%
MH	MCGRAW HILL INC	$14.57	4.07%	-3.13%	-15.63%	11.56%	-13.33%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$18.00	$10.70	19.06%	36.23%	0.82	788,000	100.51%
LGCY	LEGACY EDUCATION INC	$9.89	-0.70%	-0.70%	-5.54%	2.49%	-19.53%	20.61%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$13.89	$5.83	28.80%	69.73%	1.07	35,600	8.87%
SKIL	SKILLSOFT CORP	$8.81	3.65%	0.23%	15.62%	-50.81%	-40.99%	-72.54%	-72.47%	-95.86%	N/A	$34.36	$4.65	74.36%	89.46%	1.39	234,000	-8.24%
LOPE	GRAND CANYON EDUCATION INC	$180.48	1.39%	1.78%	7.43%	-16.07%	6.10%	5.43%	60.84%	102.81%	381.28%	$223.04	$149.83	19.08%	20.46%	0.59	256,000	4.92%
UTI	UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE INC	$28.15	3.53%	5.87%	5.00%	-14.65%	-12.20%	6.75%	289.35%	350.40%	732.84%	$36.32	$21.29	22.49%	32.22%	0.85	747,000	20.29%
GOTU	GAOTU TECHEDU INC	$2.26	-2.59%	-8.13%	-5.44%	-30.03%	-40.05%	16.49%	-45.54%	-97.11%	N/A	$4.56	$1.89	50.44%	19.89%	0.95	935,000	94.39%
KLC	KINDERCARE LEARNING COMPANIES INC	$4.33	2.85%	2.12%	1.88%	-26.61%	-55.22%	-79.62%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$21.23	$3.61	79.60%	19.94%	1.22	728,000	-13.54%
VSA	VISIONSYS AI INC	$2.34	-7.87%	1.74%	-36.24%	-98.41%	-97.40%	-85.00%	-99.18%	-99.71%	-99.90%	$212.04	$2.18	98.90%	7.34%	-0.20	51,000	-21.54%
CHGG	CHEGG INC	$0.76	-2.56%	-13.64%	-14.61%	-45.71%	-44.53%	-49.67%	-96.38%	-99.24%	-86.94%	$1.90	$0.44	60.00%	72.73%	1.26	1,690,000	-33.93%
HERE	HERE GROUP LTD	$5.02	5.02%	-1.18%	-7.55%	-31.33%	-46.93%	131.34%	-59.90%	N/A	N/A	$15.64	$2.15	67.90%	133.49%	0.87	128,000	-39.62%
GNS	GENIUS GROUP LTD	$0.58	-1.19%	-5.05%	-12.72%	-31.41%	-51.42%	-14.26%	-98.76%	N/A	N/A	$1.92	$0.21	69.64%	177.62%	1.37	918,000	19.53%
GSUN	GOLDEN SUN HEALTH TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD	$1.28	0.79%	-8.57%	6.67%	-51.33%	-53.62%	-54.45%	-92.05%	N/A	N/A	$5.25	$0.98	75.62%	30.61%	1.02	104,000	-49.27%
MYND	MYNDAI INC	$0.47	1.08%	4.44%	-4.28%	-29.64%	-43.37%	-71.17%	-94.07%	-98.07%	N/A	$1.53	$0.41	69.28%	14.63%	0.53	6,900	-82.75%
BTCT	BTC DIGITAL LTD	$1.51	-1.95%	-11.18%	-14.20%	-40.78%	-52.96%	-80.62%	-73.04%	-99.88%	N/A	$8.50	$1.26	82.24%	19.84%	1.51	46,000	-19.30%
EDTK	SKILLFUL CRAFTSMAN EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY LTD	$1.04	2.87%	7.77%	16.20%	0.00%	9.70%	-2.80%	-36.97%	-68.86%	N/A	$1.18	$0.80	11.86%	30.00%	0.40	750	-88.28%
EEIQ	EPICQUEST EDUCATION GROUP INTERNATIONAL LTD	$0.27	-0.75%	-6.36%	3.92%	-38.37%	-58.59%	-74.76%	-88.04%	N/A	N/A	$1.74	$0.20	84.77%	32.50%	1.26	28,600	-1.38%
FCHL	FITNESS CHAMPS HOLDINGS LTD	$0.24	-6.56%	-6.20%	-10.37%	-47.05%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$7.64	$0.23	96.83%	4.76%	2.76	160,000	52.38%
COE	51TALK ONLINE EDUCATION GROUP	$25.11	-2.67%	-14.39%	-23.91%	-54.32%	-16.58%	26.88%	318.50%	-75.15%	N/A	$56.13	$13.60	55.26%	84.63%	0.38	8,800	-37.14%
VSTA	VASTA PLATFORM LTD	$4.89	-1.01%	-1.61%	-1.39%	-1.61%	18.69%	95.60%	17.55%	-64.46%	N/A	$5.49	$2.50	10.90%	95.60%	0.24	1,800	-28.00%
IH	IHUMAN INC	$1.80	-5.41%	-7.22%	-18.63%	-36.62%	-41.56%	5.88%	-51.09%	-91.25%	N/A	$3.60	$1.60	50.00%	12.50%	0.61	53,000	68.25%
JZ	JIANZHI EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO LTD	$0.96	1.26%	-4.75%	-24.25%	-42.74%	-48.28%	-87.52%	-98.29%	N/A	N/A	$14.60	$0.90	93.41%	6.89%	0.52	3,800	0.00%
KIDZ	CLASSOVER HOLDINGS INC	$0.19	0.00%	-4.10%	-28.63%	-78.28%	-93.37%	-98.32%	-98.19%	N/A	N/A	$12.00	$0.17	98.44%	9.36%	0.44	471,000	7.05%
AACG	ATA CREATIVITY GLOBAL	$1.07	0.00%	5.94%	28.92%	-14.40%	-6.96%	13.83%	-25.69%	-23.57%	-79.38%	$2.58	$0.71	58.51%	50.07%	1.25	11,100	-68.91%
YOUL	YOULIFE GROUP INC	$1.81	22.30%	60.18%	21.48%	2.84%	-29.57%	-83.74%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$33.94	$0.78	94.67%	131.46%	-0.15	1,150,000	-74.71%
YQ	17 EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY GROUP INC	$3.42	-2.56%	-2.56%	-15.56%	-44.39%	48.70%	101.18%	-61.36%	-99.01%	N/A	$6.45	$1.26	46.98%	171.43%	0.81	1,500	-87.50%
RYET	RUANYUN EDAI TECHNOLOGY INC	$1.19	-2.46%	-4.03%	-4.03%	-11.19%	-44.39%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$21.00	$0.66	94.33%	81.68%	0.89	22,700	131.63%
STG	SUNLANDS TECHNOLOGY GROUP	$5.12	-1.54%	-9.38%	-16.88%	-26.44%	-54.24%	-7.51%	-51.24%	-66.70%	N/A	$15.00	$4.28	65.87%	19.63%	0.23	1,600	-72.41%
LXEH	LIXIANG EDUCATION HOLDING CO LTD	$0.19	2.17%	-2.08%	-23.89%	-48.35%	-87.95%	-96.12%	-99.68%	-99.89%	N/A	$50.08	$0.18	99.62%	4.44%	0.37	185,000	-6.09%
GV	VISIONARY HOLDINGS INC	$1.25	2.46%	-21.38%	-3.85%	-22.36%	-24.24%	-44.44%	-88.40%	N/A	N/A	$9.60	$1.02	86.98%	22.31%	1.51	53,600	-53.79%
UDMY	UDEMY INC	$4.98	0.20%	-4.05%	-15.88%	-30.64%	-31.31%	-36.32%	-54.40%	N/A	N/A	$10.61	$4.86	53.06%	2.47%	1.43	1,684,000	-3.50%
FEDU	FOUR SEASONS EDUCATION (CAYMAN) INC	$12.07	0.00%	3.22%	-7.15%	-9.59%	4.41%	20.70%	63.11%	-45.63%	N/A	$17.00	$3.69	29.00%	227.10%	0.35	0	-100.00%
WAFU	WAH FU EDUCATION GROUP LTD	$1.72	-1.15%	6.83%	8.86%	-4.44%	21.64%	2.38%	-31.20%	-61.26%	N/A	$7.49	$1.22	77.04%	40.98%	0.81	16,200	-2.41%
AMBO	AMBOW EDUCATION HOLDING LTD	$2.67	-2.91%	-5.82%	-20.77%	-35.35%	-3.26%	23.04%	-23.61%	-89.53%	N/A	$6.75	$1.80	60.44%	48.33%	0.17	12,200	96.77%

Education Stocks FAQ

What are the best education stocks to buy right now in Jan 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. Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA)

Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA) is the #1 top education stock out of 47 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

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

Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA) has a Due Diligence Score of 59, which is 34 points higher than the education industry average of 25.

AFYA passed 23 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Afya has seen its stock lose -10.79% over the past year, underperforming other education stocks by -24 percentage points.

Afya has an average 1 year price target of $17.33, an upside of 24.07% from Afya's current stock price of $13.97.

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

2. American Public Education (NASDAQ:APEI)

American Public Education (NASDAQ:APEI) is the #2 top education stock out of 47 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

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

American Public Education (NASDAQ:APEI) has a Due Diligence Score of 41, which is 16 points higher than the education industry average of 25.

APEI passed 13 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. American Public Education has seen its stock return 89.63% over the past year, overperforming other education stocks by 76 percentage points.

American Public Education has an average 1 year price target of $40.57, a downside of -4.74% from American Public Education's current stock price of $42.59.

American Public Education stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 7 analysts covering American Public Education, 57.14% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 28.57% have issued a Buy, 14.29% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Strategic Education (NASDAQ:STRA)

Strategic Education (NASDAQ:STRA) is the #3 top education stock out of 47 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

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

Strategic Education (NASDAQ:STRA) has a Due Diligence Score of 51, which is 26 points higher than the education industry average of 25.

STRA passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Strategic Education has seen its stock lose -11.84% over the past year, underperforming other education stocks by -25 percentage points.

Strategic Education has an average 1 year price target of $96.50, an upside of 12.6% from Strategic Education's current stock price of $85.70.

Strategic Education stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Strategic 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 4 education stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 education stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Strategic Education (NASDAQ:STRA)

Strategic Education (NASDAQ:STRA) has an annual dividend yield of 2.8%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the education industry average of 1.66%. 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 48.5% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

2. Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO)

Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO) has an annual dividend yield of 1.73%, which is the same as the education industry average of 1.66%.

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

3. Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA)

Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA) has an annual dividend yield of 1.66%, which is the same as the education industry average of 1.66%.

Afya's dividend payout ratio of 15.5% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are education stocks up?

Education stocks were up 3.99% in the last day, and up 2.9% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why education stocks are up.

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 76 points higher than the education industry average of 24. It passed 7 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Afya's stock has dropped -10.79% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the education industry by -24 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 -24 points higher than the education industry average of 24. 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. Stride (NYSE:LRN)

Stride (NYSE:LRN) 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.

Stride has a valuation score of 43, which is 19 points higher than the education industry average of 24. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Stride's stock has dropped -38.55% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the education industry by -52 percentage points.

Are education stocks a good buy now?

43.75% of education stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect education stocks to rise by 26.86% over the next year.

3.85% of education stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 30.77% of education stocks are rated B (Buy), 57.69% are rated C (Hold), 3.85% are rated D (Sell), and 3.85% 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 17.27x.

WallStreetZen does not provide financial advice and does not issue recommendations or offers to buy stock or sell any security.

Information is provided 'as-is' and solely for informational purposes and is not advice. WallStreetZen does not bear any responsibility for any losses or damage that may occur as a result of reliance on this data.

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 +32.52% per year, and are the best education stocks to buy now. Learn More.

Education Stocks FAQ

1. Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA)

2. American Public Education (NASDAQ:APEI)

3. Strategic Education (NASDAQ:STRA)

1. Strategic Education (NASDAQ:STRA)

2. Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO)

3. Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA)

1. Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA)

2. Phoenix Education Partners (NYSE:PXED)

3. Stride (NYSE:LRN)

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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 +32.52% per year, and are the best education stocks to buy now. Learn More.

Education Stocks FAQ

1. Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA)

2. American Public Education (NASDAQ:APEI)

3. Strategic Education (NASDAQ:STRA)

1. Strategic Education (NASDAQ:STRA)

2. Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO)

3. Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA)

1. Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA)

2. Phoenix Education Partners (NYSE:PXED)

3. Stride (NYSE:LRN)

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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 +32.52% per year, and are the best education stocks to buy now. Learn More.