Youdao, Inc.

NYSE:DAO Stock Report

Market Cap: US$859.3m

Youdao Valuation

Is DAO undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of DAO when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate DAO's fair value for valuation analysis.

Significantly Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate DAO's fair value for valuation analysis.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for DAO?

Key metric: As DAO is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for DAO. This is calculated by dividing DAO's market cap by their current earnings.
What is DAO's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio112.6x
EarningsCN¥55.69m
Market CapCN¥6.27b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does DAO's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for DAO vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average35.7x
AFYA Afya
15x21.6%US$1.4b
LINC Lincoln Educational Services
50.7x51.2%US$499.6m
UTI Universal Technical Institute
37.3x29.7%US$1.4b
APEI American Public Education
39.6x57.0%US$396.9m
DAO Youdao
112.6x98.6%US$859.3m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: DAO is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (112.6x) compared to the peer average (35.7x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does DAO's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Consumer Services Industry?

8 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
QSG QuantaSing Group
1.8x-25.6%US$99.16m
STG Sunlands Technology Group
1.5xn/aUS$85.38m
RGS Regis
0.7xn/aUS$59.62m
REDU RISE Education Cayman
1xn/aUS$40.41m
DAO 112.6xIndustry Avg. 19.1xNo. of Companies8PE01632486480+
8 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: DAO is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (112.6x) compared to the US Consumer Services industry average (19.1x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is DAO's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

DAO PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio112.6x
Fair PE Ratio62x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: DAO is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (112.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (62x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst DAO forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$7.19
US$6.57
-8.6%
25.3%US$9.98US$3.98n/a8
Dec ’25US$6.72
US$5.96
-11.3%
13.4%US$6.79US$4.01n/a8
Nov ’25US$5.23
US$5.38
+2.9%
19.6%US$6.91US$4.08n/a8
Oct ’25US$4.32
US$5.47
+26.5%
19.6%US$7.01US$4.14n/a8
Sep ’25US$3.30
US$5.43
+64.6%
20.1%US$7.11US$4.10n/a8
Aug ’25US$3.05
US$6.11
+100.4%
20.8%US$8.11US$4.00n/a8
Jul ’25US$3.82
US$6.11
+60.0%
20.8%US$8.11US$4.00n/a8
Jun ’25US$3.73
US$6.12
+64.1%
21.0%US$8.13US$3.97n/a8
May ’25US$3.53
US$6.20
+75.6%
21.6%US$8.34US$4.00n/a8
Apr ’25US$4.15
US$6.20
+49.4%
21.6%US$8.34US$4.00n/a8
Mar ’25US$4.36
US$6.15
+41.1%
21.4%US$8.33US$4.36n/a8
Feb ’25US$3.41
US$6.21
+82.1%
27.0%US$9.36US$4.37n/a8
Jan ’25US$3.94
US$6.39
+62.1%
24.8%US$9.46US$4.39n/a8
Dec ’24US$4.17
US$6.39
+53.2%
24.8%US$9.46US$4.39US$6.728
Nov ’24US$4.13
US$6.78
+64.0%
20.4%US$9.33US$5.17US$5.238
Oct ’24US$4.02
US$6.74
+67.6%
20.4%US$9.27US$5.14US$4.328
Sep ’24US$4.12
US$6.91
+67.7%
20.5%US$9.35US$5.20US$3.308
Aug ’24US$4.90
US$7.83
+59.8%
13.4%US$9.97US$6.63US$3.058
Jul ’24US$4.82
US$7.83
+62.5%
13.4%US$10.01US$6.66US$3.828
Jun ’24US$4.66
US$7.87
+68.8%
14.0%US$9.99US$6.70US$3.737
May ’24US$6.02
US$10.43
+73.3%
12.3%US$12.54US$8.78US$3.537
Apr ’24US$8.50
US$10.43
+22.7%
12.3%US$12.54US$8.78US$4.157
Mar ’24US$8.58
US$9.17
+6.9%
27.4%US$12.42US$4.13US$4.366
Feb ’24US$7.81
US$6.21
-20.4%
30.8%US$10.08US$4.23US$3.416
Jan ’24US$5.38
US$6.12
+13.8%
30.7%US$9.91US$4.16US$3.946
Dec ’23US$4.69
US$5.94
+26.6%
30.5%US$9.54US$4.00US$4.176

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/24 21:59
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/24 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Youdao, Inc. is covered by 12 analysts. 7 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Liping ZhaoChina International Capital Corporation Limited
Tommy WongChina Merchants Securities (HK) Co., Ltd
Ya JiangCitic Securities Co., Ltd.