YOUL (Youlife Group) EBITDA Margin %: -3.26% (As of Dec. 2025)

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YOUL Youlife Group Inc YOUL
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What is Youlife Group EBITDA Margin %?

Youlife Group YOUL -2.44% 16 EBITDA Margin % is -3.26% as of Dec. 2025. GuruFocus rates YOUL with a GF Score™ of 16/100. The stock has 5 warning signs investors should review. Among 255 Education companies, Youlife Group ranks worse than 78.82% on this metric.

EBITDA Margin % is calculated as EBITDA divided by its Revenue. Youlife Group's EBITDA for the six months ended in Dec. 2025 was $-4.4 Mil. Youlife Group's Revenue for the six months ended in Dec. 2025 was $133.6 Mil. Therefore, Youlife Group's EBITDA margin for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2025 was -3.26%.


Youlife Group  (NAS:YOUL) EBITDA Margin % Explanation

EBITDA Margin % is the ratio of EBITDA divided by net sales or Revenue. It is an performance metric measuring company's operating profitability. EBITDA Margin takes depreciation and amortization, interest expense and tax into account, which makes it easy to compare the relative profitability of companies of different sizes in the same industry.


Youlife Group EBITDA Margin % Related Terms


Youlife Group EBITDA Margin % Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Youlife Group's EBITDA Margin % 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.

Youlife Group EBITDA Margin % Chart

Youlife Group Annual Data
Trend Dec22 Dec23 Dec24 Dec25
EBITDA Margin %
-20.85 0.58 4.24 1.79

Youlife Group Semi-Annual Data
Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24 Dec24 Jun25 Dec25
EBITDA Margin % Get a 7-Day Free Trial -1.54 2.64 5.81 6.99 -3.26

YOUL vs RYET, AACG, GNS: EBITDA Margin % Comparison

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Youlife Group's EBITDA Margin %, along with its competitors' market caps and EBITDA Margin % 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 EBITDA Margin % vs Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Youlife Group's EBITDA Margin % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Youlife Group's EBITDA Margin % falls into.


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Youlife Group EBITDA Margin % Calculation

EBITDA margin is the ratio of EBITDA divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.

Youlife Group's EBITDA Margin % for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2025 is calculated as

EBITDA Margin %=EBITDA (A: Dec. 2025 )/Revenue (A: Dec. 2025 )
=4.708/263.275
=1.79 %

Youlife Group's EBITDA Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2025 is calculated as

EBITDA Margin %=EBITDA (Q: Dec. 2025 )/Revenue (Q: Dec. 2025 )
=-4.357/133.6
=-3.26 %

* 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.

Frequently Asked Questions Learn more about EBITDA Margin % →
What does a EBITDA Margin % of -3.26% mean?
Youlife Group (YOUL) has a EBITDA Margin % of -3.26% as of Dec. 2025. EBITDA Margin is the ratio of EBITDA divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent. View historical data on Youlife Group and its competitors. According to the industry distribution chart, Youlife Group ranks #201 out of 255 companies in the Education industry, placing it in the top 78.8%.
Is Youlife Group's EBITDA Margin % too high?
Youlife Group's current EBITDA Margin % is -3.26%. Based on the distribution chart, Youlife Group ranks #201 out of 255 companies in the Education industry, which is in the bottom quartile relative to peers. 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 EBITDA Margin % compare to RYET and AACG?
According to the Education industry distribution chart, Youlife Group ranks #201 out of 255 companies for EBITDA Margin %. This places Youlife Group in the lower half of its industry. The industry median EBITDA Margin % is 13.95. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good EBITDA Margin % for an Education company?
The median EBITDA Margin % among Education companies is 13.95, based on 255 companies in the industry. Companies in the top quartile (top 25%) have a EBITDA Margin % significantly above this median, while those in the bottom quartile fall well below. However, EBITDA Margin % should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high EBITDA Margin % mean?
A high EBITDA Margin % can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. EBITDA Margin is the ratio of EBITDA divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent. View historical data on Youlife Group and its competitors. For the Education industry, the median EBITDA Margin % is 13.95 — values significantly above this may indicate overvaluation, while values below may suggest a bargain or underlying issues. Youlife Group's current EBITDA Margin % is -3.26%. 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 EBITDA Margin % of -3.26%. The current EBITDA Margin % is -3.26%. 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 EBITDA Margin % calculated?
EBITDA Margin % is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Youlife Group (YOUL), the current EBITDA Margin % is -3.26% 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 Business Description

Address No.180 South Changjiang Road, Room C431, Changjiang Software Park, Baoshan District, Shanghai, CHN, 201900
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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