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Youlife GroupYOUL -3.56%16 Piotroski F-Score is 5 as of Jul. 15, 2026, which is 17% below its 10-year median of 6.00. GuruFocus rates YOUL with a GF Score™ of 16/100. The stock has 5 warning signs investors should review. Among 250 Education companies, Youlife Group ranks better than 52.4% on this metric.
The zones of discrimination were as such:
Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3
Youlife Group has an F-score of 5 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.
The historical rank and industry rank for Youlife Group's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:
YOUL'
s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5 Med: 6 Max: 6
Current: 5
During the past 4 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Youlife Group was 6. The lowest was 5. And the median was 6.
Youlife Group (NAS:YOUL) Piotroski F-Score Explanation
The developer of the system is Joseph D. Piotroski is relatively unknown accounting professor who shuns publicity and rarely gives interviews.
He graduated from the University of Illinois with a B.S. in accounting in 1989, received an M.B.A. from Indiana University in 1994. Five years later, in 1999, after earning a Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Michigan, he became an associate professor of accounting at the University of Chicago.
He wanted to see if he can develop a system (using a simple nine-point scoring system) that can increase the returns of a strategy of investing in low price to book (referred to in the paper as high book to market) value companies.
What he found was something that exceeded his most optimistic expectations.
Buying only those companies that scored highest (8 or 9) on his nine-point scale, or F-Score as he called it, over the 20 year period from 1976 to 1996 led to an average out-performance over the market of 13.4%.
Even more impressive were the results of a strategy of investing in the highest F-Score companies (8 or 9) and shorting companies with the lowest F-Score (0 or 1).
Over the same period from 1976 to 1996 (20 years) this strategy led to an average yearly return of 23%, substantially outperforming the average S&P 500 index return of 15.83% over the same period.
Youlife Group Piotroski F-Score Related Terms
Youlife Group Piotroski F-Score Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Youlife Group's Piotroski F-Score 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.
YOUL vs RYET, AACG, GNS: Piotroski F-Score Comparison
For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Youlife Group's Piotroski F-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Piotroski F-Score 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 Piotroski F-Score vs Education Industry
For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Youlife Group's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Youlife Group's Piotroski F-Score 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.
*Note: If the latest quarterly/semi-annual/annual total assets data is 0, then we will use previous quarterly/semi-annual/annual data for all the items in the balance sheet.
Profitability
Question 1. Return on Assets (ROA)
Net income before extraordinary items for the year divided by Total Assets at the beginning of the year.
Score 1 if positive, 0 if negative.
Youlife Group's current Net Income (TTM) was 6.1.
==> Positive ==> Score 1.
Question 2. Cash Flow Return on Assets (CFROA)
Net cash flow from operating activities (operating cash flow) divided by Total Assets at the beginning of the year.
Youlife Group's return on assets of this year was 0.04902896. Youlife Group's return on assets of last year was -0.04594721.
==> This year is higher. ==> Score 1.
Question 4. Quality of Earnings (Accrual)
Compare Cash flow return on assets (2) to return on assets (1)
Youlife Group's gearing of this year was 0.02402855. Youlife Group's gearing of last year was 0.02868477.
==> This year is lower or equal to last year. ==> Score 1.
Question 6. Change in Working Capital (Liquidity)
Compare this year's current ratio (current assets divided by current liabilities) to last year's current ratio.
Score 1 if this year's current ratio is higher, 0 if it's lower
Youlife Group's current ratio of this year was 2.01924244. Youlife Group's current ratio of last year was 2.29820774.
==> Last year's current ratio is higher ==> Score 0.
Question 7. Change in Shares in Issue
Compare the number of shares in issue this year, to the number in issue last year.
Score 0 if there is larger number of shares in issue this year, 1 otherwise.
Youlife Group's number of shares in issue this year was 72.9. Youlife Group's number of shares in issue last year was 70.
==> There is larger number of shares in issue this year. ==> Score 0.
Efficiency
Question 8. Change in Gross Margin
Compare this year's gross margin (Gross Profit divided by sales) to last year's.
Score 1 if this year's gross margin is higher, 0 if it's lower.
Youlife Group's gross margin of this year was 0.10357991. Youlife Group's gross margin of last year was 0.14450357.
==> Last year's gross margin is higher ==> Score 0.
Question 9. Change in asset turnover
Compare this year's asset turnover (total sales for the year divided by total assets at the beginning of the year) to last year's asset turnover ratio.
Score 1 if this year's asset turnover ratio is higher, 0 if it's lower
Youlife Group's asset turnover of this year was 2.11020094. Youlife Group's asset turnover of last year was 1.39097917.
==> This year's asset turnover is higher. ==> Score 1.
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Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
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Youlife Group has an F-score of 5 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.
Youlife Group (YOUL) has a Piotroski F-Score of 5 as of Jul. 15, 2026. The Piotroski F-score grades a company's business operating strength from 0-9. View historical data on Youlife Group and its competitors. This is 17% below median its historical median of 6.00. Over the past decade, Youlife Group's Piotroski F-Score has ranged from 5.00 to 6.00. According to the industry distribution chart, Youlife Group ranks #119 out of 250 companies in the Education industry, placing it in the top 47.6%.
Is Youlife Group's Piotroski F-Score too high?
Youlife Group's current Piotroski F-Score of 5 is 17% below median its 10-year median of 6.00. Over the past 10 years, this metric has ranged from a low of 5.00 to a high of 6.00. The Education industry median Piotroski F-Score is 5.00. Youlife Group's value of 5 is 0% at this industry median. Based on the distribution chart, Youlife Group ranks #119 out of 250 companies in the Education industry, which is above 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 Piotroski F-Score compare to RYET and AACG?
According to the Education industry distribution chart, Youlife Group ranks #119 out of 250 companies for Piotroski F-Score. This puts Youlife Group in the upper half of its industry. The industry median Piotroski F-Score is 5.00. Youlife Group's value of 5 is 0% at this benchmark. Historically, Youlife Group's own Piotroski F-Score has ranged from 5.00 to 6.00 over the past decade. While the company's 10-year median is 6.00 vs. the industry median of 5.00, Youlife Group has consistently been at 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 Piotroski F-Score for an Education company?
The median Piotroski F-Score among Education companies is 5.00, based on 250 companies in the industry. Companies in the top quartile (top 25%) have a Piotroski F-Score significantly above this median, while those in the bottom quartile fall well below. However, Piotroski F-Score should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Youlife Group's current Piotroski F-Score of 5 is 0% at 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 Piotroski F-Score mean?
A high Piotroski F-Score can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. The Piotroski F-score grades a company's business operating strength from 0-9. View historical data on Youlife Group and its competitors. For the Education industry, the median Piotroski F-Score is 5.00 — values significantly above this may indicate overvaluation, while values below may suggest a bargain or underlying issues. Youlife Group's current Piotroski F-Score is 5, which is 17% below median its own 10-year median of 6.00. 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 Piotroski F-Score of 5. The current Piotroski F-Score is 5, which is 17% below median its 10-year median of 6.00 and 0% at the Education industry median of 5.00. 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 Piotroski F-Score calculated?
Piotroski F-Score is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Youlife Group (YOUL), the current Piotroski F-Score is 5 as of Jul. 15, 2026. 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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