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Best Education Stocks to Buy Now (2024)
Top education stocks in 2024 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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Overview Zen Score Price Valuation Financials Forecast Earnings & Revenue Dividends Ownership

Ticker	Company	Country	Market Cap	Shares	Institutional %	Insider %	Net Insider (L12M)	Net Insider (L3M)
IH	IHUMAN INC	China	$97.57M	263,704,787	0.99%	0.00%
AFYA	AFYA LTD	Brazil	$1.73B	93,722,831	13.80%	0.00%
LOPE	GRAND CANYON EDUCATION INC	United States	$4.37B	29,738,382	29.79%	70.21%	Net Selling	Net Selling
PRDO	PERDOCEO EDUCATION CORP	United States	$1.57B	65,602,629	86.88%	13.12%	Net Selling	Net Selling
STRA	STRATEGIC EDUCATION INC	United States	$2.97B	24,607,939	94.19%	4.83%	Net Selling	Net Selling
STG	SUNLANDS TECHNOLOGY GROUP	China	$111.83M	6,860,974	0.00%	13.22%
CHGG	CHEGG INC	United States	$467.13M	102,217,351	68.91%	31.09%	Net Selling	Net Selling
LRN	STRIDE INC	United States	$3.06B	43,254,938	50.17%	49.83%	Net Selling	Net Selling
AIU	META DATA LTD	China	$39.26M	153,948,323	0.10%	99.90%
LAUR	LAUREATE EDUCATION INC	United States	$2.50B	155,160,367	84.65%	12.80%	Net Selling	Net Selling
ATGE	ADTALEM GLOBAL EDUCATION INC	United States	$2.45B	37,606,468	82.31%	17.69%	Net Buying	Net Buying
LINC	LINCOLN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CORP	United States	$378.90M	31,443,711	14.86%	85.14%	Net Selling	Net Selling
QSG	QUANTASING GROUP LTD	China	$174.36M	169,454,098	0.16%	0.00%
WAFU	WAH FU EDUCATION GROUP LTD	China	$8.42M	4,410,559	0.00%	0.00%
VSTA	VASTA PLATFORM LTD	Brazil	$286.17M	79,936,598	15.08%	0.00%
TAL	TAL EDUCATION GROUP	China	$8.24B	201,140,767	100.00%	0.00%
VTRU	VITRU LTD	Brazil	$377.16M	33,826,199	46.31%	0.00%
COUR	COURSERA INC	United States	$1.36B	156,111,926	47.84%	52.16%	Net Selling	Net Selling
GHC	GRAHAM HOLDINGS CO	United States	$3.38B	4,437,762	62.75%	15.29%	Net Buying	Net Selling
EDU	NEW ORIENTAL EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY GROUP INC	China	$14.51B	1,654,982,205	3.65%	0.00%
MYND	MYNDAI INC	United States	$104.53M	456,477,820	5.21%	0.00%
GOTU	GAOTU TECHEDU INC	China	$2.00B	172,111,890	27.60%	0.00%
EDTK	SKILLFUL CRAFTSMAN EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY LTD	China	$14.21M	15,449,451	2.50%	0.00%
CLEU	CHINA LIBERAL EDUCATION HOLDINGS LTD	China	$58.77M	49,598,333	0.94%	0.00%
UDMY	UDEMY INC	United States	$1.49B	153,104,397	59.85%	40.15%	Net Selling	Net Selling
YQ	17 EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY GROUP INC	China	$19.52M	387,354,923	0.09%	0.00%
BTCT	BTC DIGITAL LTD	China	$4.72M	2,097,535	1.99%	0.00%
GV	VISIONARY HOLDINGS INC	Canada	$23.98M	51,568,883	0.53%	0.00%
APEI	AMERICAN PUBLIC EDUCATION INC	United States	$326.19M	17,575,065	41.44%	58.56%	Net Selling	Net Selling
LXEH	LIXIANG EDUCATION HOLDING CO LTD	China	$3.23M	33,333,500	0.10%	0.00%
UTI	UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE INC	United States	$806.48M	53,801,456	60.05%	39.95%	Net Selling	Net Selling
FEDU	FOUR SEASONS EDUCATION (CAYMAN) INC	China	$20.36M	21,189,215	0.43%	0.00%
AMBO	AMBOW EDUCATION HOLDING LTD	China	$3.84M	57,127,524	0.48%	0.00%
DAO	YOUDAO INC	China	$466.75M	120,920,150	14.04%	0.00%
AACG	ATA CREATIVITY GLOBAL	China	$26.72M	64,000,260	0.36%	0.00%
GNS	GENIUS GROUP LTD	Singapore	$14.41M	33,668,483	6.64%	0.00%
EEIQ	EPICQUEST EDUCATION GROUP INTERNATIONAL LTD	United States	$12.24M	11,998,173	0.00%	0.00%
GSUN	GOLDEN SUN HEALTH TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD	China	$7.90M	1,908,549	0.77%	0.00%
BEDU	BRIGHT SCHOLAR EDUCATION HOLDINGS LTD	China	$58.74M	118,669,795	1.65%	0.00%
COE	51TALK ONLINE EDUCATION GROUP	China	$40.50M	343,300,197	0.23%	0.00%
TCTM	TCTM KIDS IT EDUCATION INC	China	$19.53M	53,962,196	0.17%	0.00%
TWOU	2U INC	United States	$29.96M	84,159,626	70.59%	29.41%	Net Selling	Net Selling
JZ	JIANZHI EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO LTD	China	$42.88M	121,110,000	0.04%	0.00%
SKIL	SKILLSOFT CORP	United States	$64.83M	8,093,911	6.93%	93.07%	Net Selling	Net Selling

Education Stocks FAQ

What are the best education stocks to buy right now in May 2024?

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

1. Ihuman (NYSE:IH)

Ihuman (NYSE:IH) is the top education stock with a Zen Score of 59, which is 31 points higher than the education industry average of 28. It passed 19 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Ihuman has seen its stock lose -50.4% over the past year, underperforming other education stocks by -81 percentage points.

2. Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA)

Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA) is the second best education stock with a Zen Score of 54, which is 26 points higher than the education industry average of 28. It passed 18 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Afya has seen its stock return 59.4% over the past year, overperforming other education stocks by 28 percentage points.

Afya has an average 1 year price target of $23.00, an upside of 24.39% from Afya's current stock price of $18.49.

Afya stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 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.

3. Grand Canyon Education (NASDAQ:LOPE)

Grand Canyon Education (NASDAQ:LOPE) is the third best education stock with a Zen Score of 53, which is 25 points higher than the education industry average of 28. It passed 17 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Grand Canyon Education has seen its stock return 36.14% over the past year, overperforming other education stocks by 5 percentage points.

Grand Canyon Education has an average 1 year price target of $163.33, an upside of 11.16% from Grand Canyon Education's current stock price of $146.94.

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.

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. Myndai (NYSEMKT:MYND)

Myndai (NYSEMKT:MYND) has an annual dividend yield of 245.76%, which is 183 percentage points higher than the education industry average of 62.51%.

Myndai's dividend payout ratio of -625.3% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Strategic Education (NASDAQ:STRA)

Strategic Education (NASDAQ:STRA) has an annual dividend yield of 1.99%, which is -61 percentage points lower than the education industry average of 62.51%. 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 55.3% 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 1.38%, which is -61 percentage points lower than the education industry average of 62.51%.

Perdoceo Education's dividend payout ratio of 14.3% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are education stocks down?

Education stocks were down -0.28% in the last day, and up 2.02% over the last week. Chegg was the among the top losers in the education & training services industry, dropping -2.35% yesterday.

Shares of Chegg and Duolingo are trading lower in reaction to GPT-4 updates given at OpenAI's Spring Update presentation.

What are the most undervalued education stocks?

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

1. Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO)

Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO) is the most undervalued education stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Perdoceo Education has a valuation score of 86, which is 58 points higher than the education industry average of 28. It passed 6 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Perdoceo Education's stock has gained 100.59% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the education industry by 69 percentage points.

2. Ihuman (NYSE:IH)

Ihuman (NYSE:IH) is the second most undervalued education stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Ihuman has a valuation score of 71, which is 43 points higher than the education industry average of 28. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Ihuman's stock has dropped -50.4% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the education industry by -81 percentage points.

3. Chegg (NYSE:CHGG)

Chegg (NYSE:CHGG) is the third most undervalued education stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Chegg has a valuation score of 57, which is 29 points higher than the education industry average of 28. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Chegg's stock has dropped -52.69% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the education industry by -84 percentage points.

Are education stocks a good buy now?

50% of education stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect education stocks to rise by 17.21% 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 -350.43x.

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