Youlife Group Inc. American Depositary Shares (YOUL) is a Education & Training Services company in the Consumer Defensive sector, currently trading at $1.08. It has a SharesGrow Score of 51/100, indicating a mixed investment profile with 2 out of 7 criteria passed.
Valuation: YOUL trades at a trailing Price-to-Earnings (P/E) of -8.9 (S&P 500 average ~25).
Financials: revenue is $1.6B, +52.4%/yr average growth. Net income is $52M (loss), growing at +26.7%/yr. Net profit margin is -3.3% (negative). Gross margin is 14.5% (-3.1 pp trend).
Balance sheet: total debt is $85M with negative equity of -$436M — 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 2.3 (strong liquidity). Debt-to-assets is 9.3%. Total assets: $908M.
SharesGrow 7-Criteria breakdown: Value ?/100 (Fail), Growth 100/100 (Pass), Past 33/100 (Fail), Health 100/100 (Pass), Moat 25/100 (Fail), Future ?/100 (Fail), Income 10/100 (Fail).
