Shares of educational services company Startegic Education Inc. (STRA) are down more than 44% since July 28. The share price has plummeted over the last two months— notably after the second-quarter earnings results were announced at the end of July.

This came despite the company improving on the previous year's quarterly results and outperforming analyst expectations on both revenue and earnings for the quarter. The company, however, provided weak revenue guidance for the third quarter and full year. This could be what triggered the decline in the stock.

Nonetheless, Strategic Education's

These three Chinese providers of educational and tutoring services have increased their allocations to the purchase of fixed assets enormously over the past five years. This suggests that the companies may expect higher demand for their services in the next years.

Higher demand would mean higher sales, which would ideally improve net earnings as long as resources are used in an efficient and effective manner.

TAL Education Group

The first company under consideration is TAL Education Group (TAL).

The company has increased its allocations to the purchase of property and equipment over the past five years tremendously, passing from

According to the GuruFocus list of 52-week highs, these Guru stocks have reached their 52-week highs.

Dominion Energy Inc. reached the 52-week high of $89.38

Based in Richmond, Virginia, Dominion Energy (D) is an integrated energy company with approximately 25,000 megawatts of electric generation capacity. Dominion operates one of the nation's largest natural gas storage systems, is nearing completion of an LNG export facility in Maryland and is the 48% owner of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline.

The price of Dominion Energy Inc. shares has reached $89.38, which is 0.4% off the 52-week high

In light of the U.S. and China agreeing to phase one of their landmark trade deal, five Chinese stocks that have outperformed the stock market this year are Vipshop Holdings Ltd. (VIPS), China Distance Education Holdings Ltd. (DL), China Biologic Products Holdings Inc. (CBPO), TAL Education Group (TAL) and 51job Inc. (JOBS) according to the All-in-one Screener, a Premium feature of GuruFocus.

Dow sets new intraday high as trade optimism strengthens, yet still closes lower

On Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average set an new record intraday high of 28,337.49, up 202.11 points from last Friday’s

Education technology is a booming industry. In fact, by the year 2024, the smart learning and global education market is expected to grow to be worth $994 billion. Moreover, the market is growing rapidly. Growth in the industry is expected to take place at a CAGR of 22.7% through the year 2024.

With so much money in the industry, it’s not surprising to see that investors are starting to take interest here. But, as with any other industry, it’s important to make the right picks if you’re going to invest in education tech. With that said, the five stocks

Tiger Global Management leader Chase Coleman (Trades, Portfolio) disclosed this week he established a 5.8% stake in Bright Scholar Education Holdings Ltd. (BEDU) on Feb. 28.

According to GuruFocus real-time picks, the investor, who is a former protégé of Tiger Management founder Julian Robertson (Trades, Portfolio), picked up 1.6 million shares of the Chinese company, which went public last May, for an average price of $18.10 per share, giving it 0.23% portfolio space.

The education company, which operates international and bilingual K-12 schools in China, has a market cap of $2.36 billion; its

According to GuruFocus list of 52-week highs, these Guru stocks have reached their 52-Week Highs.

Moody's Corp. (MCO) reached the 52-week high of $169.30

Moody's Corporation publishes credit ratings, and research reports on fixed-income securities, issuers of securities, and other credit obligations. The company primarily provides opinions and reports to investors and institutions. Moody's Corporation publishes credit opinions, research, and ratings on fixed-income securities, issuers of securities, and other credit obligations. Customers include corporate and governmental issuers of securities as well as investors, investment banks, commercial banks, and other financial intermediaries. Its credit rating

TAL Education Group (NYSE:XRS) is a leading Chinese K-12 tutoring company, operating over 300 learning centers in two dozen cities across China. Shares of TAL rose in the first quarter, driven by growth in student enrollments of more than 50%. We maintain conviction in TAL Education Group as we see its significant opportunity to gain market share in after-school tutoring by expanding existing learning centers, opening new learning centers in existing cities and expanding into new cities while generating strong cash flow.

From the Baron Global Advantage Fund first quarter 2016 commentary.

Dear Baron Global Advantage Fund Shareholder:

The fund lost approximately 5% in the first quarter of 2016, which compared to a fractional loss and a fractional gain for the fund’s two benchmarks. We got hit hard during the January selloff and did not come back as much when the market rallied. We suffered from some profit taking as Just Eat (JE.), Amazon.com (AMZN) and Worldpay Group gave up some of last year’s gains and got clobbered in Health Care, where our earlier stage, smaller market cap investments not only went down more during the selloff but also failed to participate

Guru Robert Karr (Trades, Portfolio), founder of Joho Capital, bought four new stakes in the fourth quarter, but his biggest deal was a divestiture.

Karr’s most noteworthy fourth-quarter transaction was the sale of his 647,300-share stake in Mead Johnson Nutrition Co. (MJN), a Glenview, Illinois-based pediatric nutrition company, for an average price of $78.95 per share. The deal had a -13.05% impact on Karr’s portfolio.

David Rolfe (Trades, Portfolio) is Mead Johnson’s leading shareholder among the gurus with a stake of 3,497,161 shares. Rolfe’s stake is 1.77% of the company’s outstanding shares and 3.58%

Shares of the leading Chinese private education company TAL Education Group (XRS) rose 45% during the fourth quarter and were up 64% on the year. Stock performance was driven by accelerating enrollment growth and improved margins on a favorable mix-shift towards smaller classes. We believe the company has ample opportunities for growth and expansion from the 19 cities it currently operates in, and that significant investments in the online course offerings will soon start bearing fruit. The spending on private education as a percent of GDP in China is considerably lower than that of the U.S. and other western countries,

A protégé of Julian Robertson (Trades, Portfolio), Robert Karr (Trades, Portfolio) likes to hold concentrated positions in new technologies. Technology stock activity, both sales and purchases, made a prominent theme in his second-quarter transactions.

Karr sold most of his stake in Baidu Inc. (BIDU), a Beijing-based Web services company, in the second quarter. Karr sold 339,060 shares for an average price of $204.77 per share, leaving 1,640 shares in his portfolio. The transaction had a -16.15% impact on that portfolio.

Baidu has a market cap of $46.95 billion and an enterprise value of $40.93

One of Julian Robertson (Trades, Portfolio)’s “Tiger Cubs,” Robert Karr (Trades, Portfolio) is known for an investment strategy that emphasizes a concentrated portfolio of choice companies (his preference is technology-related stocks).

Karr’s portfolio remains concentrated at nine stakes; he made no new buys in the first quarter and added to only three stakes, but those additions did demonstrate his continuing interest in investing in new technologies. After four consecutive quarters of selling portions of his stake, Karr now has bought shares of Yelp Inc (YELP), a San Francisco-based multinational corporation that develops, hosts and

Robert Karr (Trades, Portfolio) of Joho Capital holds a portfolio of 11 stocks valued at $626 million. Over the duration of the first quarter the guru added no new stocks and sold out of seven. Robert Karr (Trades, Portfolio) is one of Julian Robertson (Trades, Portfolio)’s Tiger Cubs who went on to found and manage Joho Capital.

On Jan. 30, 2013, Robert Karr (Trades, Portfolio) announced in a seven-page letter to his clients that he would be shuttering his New York-based fund and becoming a family office at