YOUL (Youlife Group) Net Debt Paydown Yield % : -20.07% (As of Jul. 15, 2026)

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YOUL Youlife Group Inc YOUL
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What is Youlife Group Net Debt Paydown Yield %?

Youlife Group YOUL +7.02% 16 Net Debt Paydown Yield % is -20.07% as of Jul. 15, 2026. GuruFocus rates YOUL with a GF Score™ of 16/100. The stock has 5 warning signs investors should review. Among 224 Education companies, Youlife Group ranks worse than 89.73% on this metric.

Net Debt Paydown Yield % is a metric that evaluates the total amount of debt a company has paid in relation to its market capitalization. It is a measure of a company's willingness and ability to reduce its debt. As of today, Youlife Group's Net Debt Paydown Yield % was -20.07%.


Youlife Group  (NAS:YOUL) Net Debt Paydown Yield % Explanation

Net Debt Paydown Yield % is the change in average of four quarters of company's total debt over a company's market cap. Assuming the total value of a company remains that same, shareholder value is increased as debt is reduced. In other words, it is a measure of the willingness and ability of a firm's management to pay down debt. Companies that have high debt paydown yields indicate that they are more aggressive with paying down debt.

In the calculation of Net Debt Paydown Yield %, we use the reductions of TTM average total debt one-year-ago and TTM average total debt at present, divided by its Market Cap.

We calculating the TTM average debt by adding up the total debt, calculated by the sum of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation, in the trailing twelve months(TTM) divided by the counts of the total debt, accoring to the company's report frequency.


Youlife Group Net Debt Paydown Yield % Related Terms


Youlife Group Net Debt Paydown Yield % Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Youlife Group's Net Debt Paydown Yield % 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 Net Debt Paydown Yield % Chart

Youlife Group Annual Data
Trend Dec22 Dec23 Dec24 Dec25
Net Debt Paydown Yield %
0.00 0.00 0.00 -8.56

Youlife Group Semi-Annual Data
Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24 Dec24 Jun25 Dec25
Net Debt Paydown Yield % Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -8.56

YOUL vs RYET, AACG, GNS: Net Debt Paydown Yield % Comparison

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Youlife Group's Net Debt Paydown Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Net Debt Paydown Yield % 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 Net Debt Paydown Yield % vs Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Youlife Group's Net Debt Paydown Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Youlife Group's Net Debt Paydown Yield % falls into.


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Youlife Group Net Debt Paydown Yield % Calculation

Youlife Group's Net Debt Paydown Yield % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2025 is calculated as:

Net Debt Paydown Yield %
=( TTM Average Debt   (1-Year Ago))-TTM Average Debt )/Market Cap
=( 10.77-20.09 )/108.826119
=-8.56 %

* 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.

* All the data are calculated by TTM values. Note that if a companies is traded in several exchanges, then we calculate the company level data for Net Debt Paydown Yield % using the primary share class stock data. The calculation result in definition page is for demonstration purpose only, and it's showing the share class level data. Therefore, the numbers in the calculation may differ from elsewhere if the stock is not a primary share.

What does a Net Debt Paydown Yield % of -20.07% mean?
Youlife Group (YOUL) has a Net Debt Paydown Yield % of -20.07% as of Jul. 15, 2026. Net Debt Paydown Yield is a metric that evaluates the total amount of debt a company has paid in relation to its market capitalization. This metric provides insight into a company's willingness and ability to reduce its debt using free cash flow. View historical data on Youlife Group and its competitors. According to the industry distribution chart, Youlife Group ranks #201 out of 224 companies in the Education industry, placing it in the top 89.7%.
Is Youlife Group's Net Debt Paydown Yield % too high?
Youlife Group's current Net Debt Paydown Yield % is -20.07%. Based on the distribution chart, Youlife Group ranks #201 out of 224 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 Net Debt Paydown Yield % compare to RYET and AACG?
According to the Education industry distribution chart, Youlife Group ranks #201 out of 224 companies for Net Debt Paydown Yield %. This places Youlife Group in the lower half of its industry. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Net Debt Paydown Yield % for an Education company?
A good Net Debt Paydown Yield % depends on the Education industry context. However, Net Debt Paydown Yield % 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 Net Debt Paydown Yield % mean?
A high Net Debt Paydown Yield % can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Net Debt Paydown Yield is a metric that evaluates the total amount of debt a company has paid in relation to its market capitalization. This metric provides insight into a company's willingness and ability to reduce its debt using free cash flow. View historical data on Youlife Group and its competitors. Youlife Group's current Net Debt Paydown Yield % is -20.07%. 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 Net Debt Paydown Yield % of -20.07%. The current Net Debt Paydown Yield % is -20.07%. 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 Net Debt Paydown Yield % calculated?
Net Debt Paydown Yield % is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Youlife Group (YOUL), the current Net Debt Paydown Yield % is -20.07% 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 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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