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Youlife GroupYOUL +7.02%16 Return-on-Tangible-Equity is 6.59% as of Dec. 2025. GuruFocus rates YOUL with a GF Score™ of 16/100. The stock has 5 warning signs investors should review. Among 246 Education companies, Youlife Group ranks better than 56.1% on this metric.
Return-on-Tangible-Equity is calculated as Net Income divided by its average total shareholder tangible equity. Total shareholder tangible equity equals to Total Stockholders Equity minus Intangible Assets. Youlife Group's annualized net income for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2025 was $1.5 Mil. Youlife Group's average shareholder tangible equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2025 was $23.1 Mil. Therefore, Youlife Group's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2025 was 6.59%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Youlife Group's Return-on-Tangible-Equity or its related term are showing as below:
YOUL'
s Return-on-Tangible-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -59.09 Med: -26.15 Max: 14.66
Current: 14.66
During the past 4 years, Youlife Group's highest Return-on-Tangible-Equity was 14.66%. The lowest was -59.09%. And the median was -26.15%.
YOUL's Return-on-Tangible-Equity is ranked better than 56.1% of 246
companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 11.685
vs YOUL: 14.66
Youlife Group (NAS:YOUL) Return-on-Tangible-Equity Explanation
Return-on-Tangible-Equity measures the rate of return on the ownership interest (shareholder's tangible equity) of the common stock owners. It measures a firm's efficiency at generating profits from every unit of shareholders' tangible equity (shareholders equity minus intangibles). Return-on-Tangible-Equity shows how well a company uses investment funds to generate earnings growth. Return-on-Tangible-Equitys between 15% and 20% are considered desirable.
Be Aware
Net Income is used.
Because a company can increase its Return-on-Tangible-Equity by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high Return-on-Tangible-Equity companies. Like Return-on-Tangible-Asset, Return-on-Tangible-Equity is calculated with only 12 months data. Fluctuations in company's earnings or business cycles can affect the ratio drastically. It is important to look at the ratio from a long term perspective.
Asset light businesses require very few assets to generate very high earnings. Their Return-on-Tangible-Equitys can be extremely high.
Youlife Group Return-on-Tangible-Equity Related Terms
Youlife Group Return-on-Tangible-Equity Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Youlife Group's Return-on-Tangible-Equity 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: Return-on-Tangible-Equity Comparison
For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Youlife Group's Return-on-Tangible-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Return-on-Tangible-Equity 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 Return-on-Tangible-Equity vs Education Industry
For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Youlife Group's Return-on-Tangible-Equity distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Youlife Group's Return-on-Tangible-Equity 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.
In the calculation of annual Return-on-Tangible-Equity, the net income of the last fiscal year and the average total shareholder tangible equity over the fiscal year are used. In calculating the quarterly data,
the net income data used here is two times the semi-annual (Dec. 2025) net income data.
Return-on-Tangible-Equity is displayed in the 10-year financial page.
What does a Return-on-Tangible-Equity of 6.59% mean?
Youlife Group (YOUL) has a Return-on-Tangible-Equity of 6.59% as of Dec. 2025. Return on tangible equity is the ratio of current-period net income to average two-period tangible equity. View historical data on Youlife Group and its competitors. According to the industry distribution chart, Youlife Group ranks #108 out of 246 companies in the Education industry, placing it in the top 43.9%.
Is Youlife Group's Return-on-Tangible-Equity too high?
Youlife Group's current Return-on-Tangible-Equity is 6.59%. The Education industry median Return-on-Tangible-Equity is 11.69. Youlife Group's value of 6.59% is 43.6% below this industry median. Based on the distribution chart, Youlife Group ranks #108 out of 246 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 Return-on-Tangible-Equity compare to RYET and AACG?
According to the Education industry distribution chart, Youlife Group ranks #108 out of 246 companies for Return-on-Tangible-Equity. This puts Youlife Group in the upper half of its industry. The industry median Return-on-Tangible-Equity is 11.69. Youlife Group's value of 6.59% is 43.6% below this benchmark. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Return-on-Tangible-Equity for an Education company?
The median Return-on-Tangible-Equity among Education companies is 11.69, based on 246 companies in the industry. Companies in the top quartile (top 25%) have a Return-on-Tangible-Equity significantly above this median, while those in the bottom quartile fall well below. However, Return-on-Tangible-Equity should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Youlife Group's current Return-on-Tangible-Equity of 6.59% is 43.6% 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 Return-on-Tangible-Equity mean?
A high Return-on-Tangible-Equity can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Return on tangible equity is the ratio of current-period net income to average two-period tangible equity. View historical data on Youlife Group and its competitors. For the Education industry, the median Return-on-Tangible-Equity is 11.69 — values significantly above this may indicate overvaluation, while values below may suggest a bargain or underlying issues. Youlife Group's current Return-on-Tangible-Equity is 6.59%. 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 Return-on-Tangible-Equity of 6.59%. The current Return-on-Tangible-Equity is 6.59% and 43.6% below the Education industry median of 11.69. 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 Return-on-Tangible-Equity calculated?
Return-on-Tangible-Equity is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Youlife Group (YOUL), the current Return-on-Tangible-Equity is 6.59% 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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