Ratios

		vs industry	vs history
P/E(ttm)	19.90	DL's P/E(ttm) is ranked higher than 51% of the 77 Companies in the Global Education & Training Services industry. ( Industry Median: 14.70 vs. DL: 19.90 )	DL' s 10-Year P/E(ttm) Range Min: 12.79   Max: 625 Current: 19.9 12.79 625
P/B	2.80	DL's P/B is ranked lower than 71% of the 77 Companies in the Global Education & Training Services industry. ( Industry Median: 1.48 vs. DL: 2.80 )	DL' s 10-Year P/B Range Min: 0.96   Max: 5.4 Current: 2.8 0.96 5.4
P/S	3.36	DL's P/S is ranked lower than 92% of the 77 Companies in the Global Education & Training Services industry. ( Industry Median: 0.85 vs. DL: 3.36 )	DL' s 10-Year P/S Range Min: 1.5   Max: 12.32 Current: 3.36 1.5 12.32
PFCF	14.40	DL's PFCF is ranked lower than 88% of the 77 Companies in the Global Education & Training Services industry. ( Industry Median: 12.37 vs. DL: 14.40 )	DL' s 10-Year PFCF Range Min: 8.21   Max: 81.3 Current: 14.4 8.21 81.3
EV-to-EBIT	13	DL's EV-to-EBIT is ranked higher than 58% of the 77 Companies in the Global Education & Training Services industry. ( Industry Median: 9.95 vs. DL: 13 )	DL' s 10-Year EV-to-EBIT Range Min: 5.9   Max: 106.5 Current: 13 5.9 106.5
Shiller P/E	115.4	DL's Shiller P/E is ranked higher than 94% of the 77 Companies in the Global Education & Training Services industry. ( Industry Median: 6.80 vs. DL: 115.4 )	DL' s 10-Year Shiller P/E Range Min: 78   Max: 115.4 Current: 115.4 78 115.4

Valuation & Return

		vs industry	vs history
Price/Net Cash	5.7	DL's Price/Net Cash is ranked higher than 91% of the 77 Companies in the Global Education & Training Services industry. ( Industry Median: 7.95 vs. DL: 5.7 )	DL' s 10-Year Price/Net Cash Range Min: 1.9   Max: 8.3 Current: 5.7 1.9 8.3
Price/Net Current Asset Value	42	DL's Price/Net Current Asset Value is ranked higher than 86% of the 77 Companies in the Global Education & Training Services industry. ( Industry Median: 8.10 vs. DL: 42 )	DL' s 10-Year Price/Net Current Asset Value Range Min: 18.4   Max: 40 Current: 42 18.4 40
Price/Tangible Book	3.3	DL's Price/Tangible Book is ranked higher than 69% of the 77 Companies in the Global Education & Training Services industry. ( Industry Median: 2.65 vs. DL: 3.3 )	DL' s 10-Year Price/Tangible Book Range Min: 1.4   Max: 4.2 Current: 3.3 1.4 4.2
Price/DCF (Projected)	2.4	DL's Price/DCF (Projected) is ranked lower than 96% of the 77 Companies in the Global Education & Training Services industry. ( Industry Median: 0.50 vs. DL: 2.4 )	DL' s 10-Year Price/DCF (Projected) Range Min: 1.2   Max: 1.2 Current: 2.4
Price/Median PS Value	0.9	DL's Price/Median PS Value is ranked lower than 79% of the 77 Companies in the Global Education & Training Services industry. ( Industry Median: 0.45 vs. DL: 0.9 )	DL' s 10-Year Price/Median PS Value Range Min: 0.5   Max: 2.2 Current: 0.9 0.5 2.2
Price/Graham Number	1.8	DL's Price/Graham Number is ranked higher than 99% of the 77 Companies in the Global Education & Training Services industry. ( Industry Median: 1.60 vs. DL: 1.8 )	DL' s 10-Year Price/Graham Number Range Min: 1.1   Max: 6.3 Current: 1.8 1.1 6.3
Earnings Yield (Greenblatt)	7.70	DL's Earnings Yield (Greenblatt) is ranked higher than 66% of the 77 Companies in the Global Education & Training Services industry. ( Industry Median: 10.00 vs. DL: 7.70 )	DL' s 10-Year Earnings Yield (Greenblatt) Range Min: 0.9   Max: 17 Current: 7.7 0.9 17
Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman)	-0.26	DL's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) is ranked lower than 70% of the 77 Companies in the Global Education & Training Services industry. ( Industry Median: 7.75 vs. DL: -0.26 )	DL' s 10-Year Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) Range Min: -0.6   Max: -0.3 Current: -0.26 -0.6 -0.3

Business Description

China Distance Education Holdings Limited was incorporated under the law of the Cayman Islands on January 11, 2008. It completed its initial public offering on August 4, 2008. Its subsidiaries include China Distance Education Limited, Beijing Champion Distance Education Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing Champion Education Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing Champion Hi-Tech Co., Ltd., Beijing Caikaowang Company Limited and Beijing Champion Wangge Education Technology Co., Ltd. The Company and its subsidiaries are collectively referred to as the 'Group'. The Group is mainly engaged in provision of online education services, and selling related products in the People's Republic of China. The Group develops and operates its business through its subsidiaries. The Company offers a range of online education and test preparation courses and other related services and products. Its courses are designed to help professionals and other course participants obtain and maintain the skills, licenses and certifications necessary to pursue careers in China in the areas of accounting, law, healthcare, construction engineering, information technology and other industries. It also offer online test preparation courses to self-taught learners pursuing higher education diplomas or degrees and to secondary school and college students preparing for various academic and entrance exams. In addition, the Company offers online foreign language courses. Its courses feature audio-video lectures delivered through the Internet using streaming media and other Internet-based technologies, and are supplemented by its proprietary textbooks, tutoring, online assignments and exercises, mock examinations and other forms of course-related support. Course participants are able to access its courses through the Internet at times and places most convenient for them and to easily interact with an online community of course participants, professionals, lecturers and tutors. In addition to its online education courses, the Company also sells books and reference materials through third-party bookstores and distributors across China, and, to a lesser extent, through its online bookstore and its offices in Beijing. It also, from time to time, provides course production services and platform production services, for certain customers at their request, and provides in-person professional training for accounting firms. The Company offers online courses through its websites designed to help course participants obtain and maintain the skills, licenses and certifications necessary to pursue their careers and professions in China. It faces competition from providers of traditional offline education, training and test preparation services, and expects to face increasing competition from existing competitors and new market entrants in the online professional education and test preparation market. The Company's PRC affiliated entities, Beijing Champion, Caikaowang and Champion Wangge, are subject
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