51Talk Online Education Group (COE) is a Software - Application company in the Technology sector, currently trading at $26.00. It has a SharesGrow Score of 24/100, indicating a weak investment profile with 0 out of 7 criteria passed.
Valuation: COE trades at a trailing Price-to-Earnings (P/E) of -0.1 (S&P 500 average ~25).
Financials: revenue is $96M, +85.4%/yr average growth. Net income is $17M (loss), growing at -32.7%/yr. Net profit margin is -17.6% (negative). Gross margin is 73.9% (-4.9 pp trend).
Balance sheet: total debt is $3M with negative equity of -$31M — this means total liabilities exceed total assets. This is a warning sign that may indicate accumulated losses, aggressive share buybacks, heavy debt financing, or aggressive dividend payouts. Companies like McDonald's and Starbucks also carry negative equity due to buybacks and dividends, but investors should assess whether the business generates sufficient cash flow to service its debt and sustain payouts. Current ratio is 0.63 (tight liquidity). Debt-to-assets is 4.4%. Total assets: $66M.
Analyst outlook: 1 / 2 analysts rate COE as buy (50%) — moderate consensus.
SharesGrow 7-Criteria breakdown: Value ?/100 (Fail), Growth 58/100 (Partial), Past 0/100 (Fail), Health 0/100 (Fail), Moat 41/100 (Fail), Future 40/100 (Partial), Income 10/100 (Fail).
