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Youlife GroupYOUL -10.06%16 Cash Ratio is 0.31 as of Dec. 2025, which is 31% below its 10-year median of 0.45. GuruFocus rates YOUL with a GF Score™ of 16/100. The stock has 5 warning signs investors should review. Among 259 Education companies, Youlife Group ranks worse than 71.81% on this metric.
Youlife Group has a Cash Ratio of 0.31. It indicates that there are more current liabilities than Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities, and the company does not have sufficient cash on hand to pay off its short-term debt.
The historical rank and industry rank for Youlife Group's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
YOUL'
s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.31 Med: 0.45 Max: 1.24
Current: 0.31
During the past 4 years, Youlife Group's highest Cash Ratio was 1.24. The lowest was 0.31. And the median was 0.45.
YOUL's Cash Ratio is ranked worse than 71.81% of 259
companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 0.78
vs YOUL: 0.31
Youlife Group (NAS:YOUL) Cash Ratio Explanation
The cash ratio is more conservative than other liquidity ratios, such as Quick Ratio and Current Ratio, because it only considers a company's most liquid resources. The numerator of cash ratio only considers Cash, Cash Equivalents and marketable securities. Other current assets, such as accounts receivable and inventories, are not included. The rationale is that these assets may require time to be transformed into cash, and the amount of money received is also uncertain.
The cash ratio shows a company’s ability to pay all current liabilities immediately without selling or liquidating other assets. Generally speaking, a higher cash ratio suggests the company has a stronger ability to cover its short-term debt. However, a high cash ratio could also indicate inefficient management: the company is inefficient in making full utilization of cash to invest protential profitable project. It may also suggest that the company is not confident about future profitability.
In general, the higher the cash ratio, the better the company's liquidity position.
Youlife Group Cash Ratio Related Terms
Youlife Group Cash Ratio Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Youlife Group's Cash Ratio can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Youlife Group's Cash Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cash Ratio data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Youlife Group Cash Ratio vs Education Industry
For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Youlife Group's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Youlife Group's Cash Ratio falls into.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Youlife Group (YOUL) has a Cash Ratio of 0.31 as of Dec. 2025. Cashflow ratio is the ratio of Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities to current liabilities. View historical data on Youlife Group and its competitors. This is 31% below median its historical median of 0.45. Over the past decade, Youlife Group's Cash Ratio has ranged from 0.31 to 1.24. According to the industry distribution chart, Youlife Group ranks #186 out of 259 companies in the Education industry, placing it in the top 71.8%.
Is Youlife Group's Cash Ratio too high?
Youlife Group's current Cash Ratio of 0.31 is 31% below median its 10-year median of 0.45. Over the past 10 years, this metric has ranged from a low of 0.31 to a high of 1.24. The Education industry median Cash Ratio is 0.78. Youlife Group's value of 0.31 is 60.3% below this industry median. Based on the distribution chart, Youlife Group ranks #186 out of 259 companies in the Education industry, which is below the industry midpoint. Overall, Youlife Group has a GF Score™ of 16/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Youlife Group's Cash Ratio compare to STG and SKIL?
According to the Education industry distribution chart, Youlife Group ranks #186 out of 259 companies for Cash Ratio. This places Youlife Group in the lower half of its industry. The industry median Cash Ratio is 0.78. Youlife Group's value of 0.31 is 60.3% below this benchmark. Historically, Youlife Group's own Cash Ratio has ranged from 0.31 to 1.24 over the past decade. While the company's 10-year median is 0.45 vs. the industry median of 0.78, Youlife Group has consistently been below the industry average. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Cash Ratio for an Education company?
The median Cash Ratio among Education companies is 0.78, based on 259 companies in the industry. Companies in the top quartile (top 25%) have a Cash Ratio significantly above this median, while those in the bottom quartile fall well below. However, Cash Ratio should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Youlife Group's current Cash Ratio of 0.31 is 60.3% below the industry median. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Cash Ratio mean?
A high Cash Ratio can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Cashflow ratio is the ratio of Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities to current liabilities. View historical data on Youlife Group and its competitors. For the Education industry, the median Cash Ratio is 0.78 — values significantly above this may indicate overvaluation, while values below may suggest a bargain or underlying issues. Youlife Group's current Cash Ratio is 0.31, which is 31% below median its own 10-year median of 0.45. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Youlife Group stock overvalued right now?
Youlife Group (YOUL) has a current Cash Ratio of 0.31. The current Cash Ratio is 0.31, which is 31% below median its 10-year median of 0.45 and 60.3% below the Education industry median of 0.78. Youlife Group's overall GF Score™ is 16/100 with 5 warning signs to review. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Cash Ratio calculated?
Cash Ratio is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Youlife Group (YOUL), the current Cash Ratio is 0.31 as of Dec. 2025. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.
Youlife Group Inc is a blue-collar lifetime service platform in China, dedicated to serving the needs throughout the entire life cycle of the blue-collar talent. It provides blue-collar lifetime services to students, blue-collar talent, and corporate customers. Its segments are the vocational education segment, which engages in the provision of vocational education entrusted management services, self-operated vocational school services, and Others; the HR recruitment segment engages in the provision of HR recruitment services regarding blue-collar talent to customers; the employee management segment engages in the provision of labor outsourcing services, labor dispatch services and others; and the market service segment engages in the provision of value-added services.
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