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Youlife GroupYOUL +7.02%16 Days Payable is 14.79 as of Dec. 2025, which is 12% below its 10-year median of 16.81. GuruFocus rates YOUL with a GF Score™ of 16/100. The stock has 5 warning signs investors should review. Among 210 Education companies, Youlife Group ranks worse than 70.95% on this metric.
The historical rank and industry rank for Youlife Group's Days Payable or its related term are showing as below:
YOUL'
s Days Payable Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 8.37 Med: 16.81 Max: 23.29
Current: 15.56
During the past 4 years, Youlife Group's highest Days Payable was 23.29. The lowest was 8.37. And the median was 16.81.
YOUL's Days Payable is ranked worse than 70.95% of 210
companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 34.365
vs YOUL: 15.56
Youlife Group's Days Payable
declined
from Dec. 2024 (22.66) to Dec. 2025 (14.79).
It may suggest that Youlife Groupaccelerated paying its suppliers.
Youlife Group Days Payable Related Terms
Youlife Group Days Payable Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Youlife Group's Days Payable 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 Days Payable, along with its competitors' market caps and Days Payable 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 Days Payable vs Education Industry
For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Youlife Group's Days Payable distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Youlife Group's Days Payable falls into.
Days Payable indicates the number of days that the account payable relative to cost of goods sold the company has. An increase of Days Payable may suggest that the company delays paying its suppliers.
Youlife Group's Days Payable for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2025 is calculated as
* 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 Days Payable of 14.79 as of Dec. 2025. Days payable represents the average amount of days a company waits to pay its invoices from suppliers. View historical data on Youlife Group and its competitors. This is 12% below median its historical median of 16.81. Over the past decade, Youlife Group's Days Payable has ranged from 8.37 to 23.29. According to the industry distribution chart, Youlife Group ranks #149 out of 210 companies in the Education industry, placing it in the top 71%.
Is Youlife Group's Days Payable too high?
Youlife Group's current Days Payable of 14.79 is 12% below median its 10-year median of 16.81. Over the past 10 years, this metric has ranged from a low of 8.37 to a high of 23.29. The Education industry median Days Payable is 34.37. Youlife Group's value of 14.79 is 57% below this industry median. Based on the distribution chart, Youlife Group ranks #149 out of 210 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 Days Payable compare to RYET and AACG?
According to the Education industry distribution chart, Youlife Group ranks #149 out of 210 companies for Days Payable. This places Youlife Group in the lower half of its industry. The industry median Days Payable is 34.37. Youlife Group's value of 14.79 is 57% below this benchmark. Historically, Youlife Group's own Days Payable has ranged from 8.37 to 23.29 over the past decade. While the company's 10-year median is 16.81 vs. the industry median of 34.37, 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 Days Payable for an Education company?
The median Days Payable among Education companies is 34.37, based on 210 companies in the industry. Companies in the top quartile (top 25%) have a Days Payable significantly above this median, while those in the bottom quartile fall well below. However, Days Payable should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Youlife Group's current Days Payable of 14.79 is 57% 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 Days Payable mean?
A high Days Payable can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Days payable represents the average amount of days a company waits to pay its invoices from suppliers. View historical data on Youlife Group and its competitors. For the Education industry, the median Days Payable is 34.37 — values significantly above this may indicate overvaluation, while values below may suggest a bargain or underlying issues. Youlife Group's current Days Payable is 14.79, which is 12% below median its own 10-year median of 16.81. 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 Days Payable of 14.79. The current Days Payable is 14.79, which is 12% below median its 10-year median of 16.81 and 57% below the Education industry median of 34.37. 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 Days Payable calculated?
Days Payable is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Youlife Group (YOUL), the current Days Payable is 14.79 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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