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New Oriental Education & Technology Group (New Oriental Education & Technology Group) Cash Ratio : 1.74 (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is New Oriental Education & Technology Group Cash Ratio?

The Cash Ratio measures a company’s ability to meet its short-term obligations with cash and near-cash resources. It is calculated as a company's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities divides by its Total Current Liabilities. New Oriental Education & Technology Group's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 1.74.

New Oriental Education & Technology Group has a Cash Ratio of 1.74. It generally indicates that the company is able to cover all short-term debt and still have cash remaining.

The historical rank and industry rank for New Oriental Education & Technology Group's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

EDU' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.36   Med: 1.74   Max: 2.45
Current: 1.74

During the past 13 years, New Oriental Education & Technology Group's highest Cash Ratio was 2.45. The lowest was 1.36. And the median was 1.74.

EDU's Cash Ratio is ranked better than
80.53% of 262 companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 0.705 vs EDU: 1.74

New Oriental Education & Technology Group Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for New Oriental Education & Technology 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.

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New Oriental Education & Technology Group Cash Ratio Chart

New Oriental Education & Technology Group Annual Data
Trend May14 May15 May16 May17 May18 May19 May20 May21 May22 May23
Cash Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.59 1.42 1.80 2.45 1.78

New Oriental Education & Technology Group Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
Cash Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.21 1.78 1.74 1.67 1.74

Competitive Comparison of New Oriental Education & Technology Group's Cash Ratio

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, New Oriental Education & Technology 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.


New Oriental Education & Technology Group's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, New Oriental Education & Technology Group's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where New Oriental Education & Technology Group's Cash Ratio falls into.



New Oriental Education & Technology Group Cash Ratio Calculation

The Cash Ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its cash and near-cash resources.

New Oriental Education & Technology Group's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in May. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: May. 2023 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=3996.609/2250.978
=1.78

New Oriental Education & Technology Group's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Feb. 2024 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=4565.466/2627.888
=1.74

* 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.


New Oriental Education & Technology Group  (NYSE:EDU) 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.


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New Oriental Education & Technology Group (New Oriental Education & Technology Group) Business Description

Address
No. 6 Hai Dian Zhong Street, Haidian District, Beijing, CHN, 100080
New Oriental is a leading private education provider in China. K-9 academic after-school tutoring used to account for 50%-60% of New Oriental's revenue before the regulatory crackdown in 2021. After terminating its K-9 academic after-school tutoring business, New Oriental has identified a few new initiatives such as nonacademic tutoring and intelligent learning systems and devices. The remaining businesses include high school academic after-school tutoring and overseas-related test preparation and consulting business. It also owns 55.7% of East Buy (HKG: 01797), a market leader in livestreaming e-commerce.