Gaotu Techedu Inc. (GOTU)Consumer Defensive | Education & Training Services | Beijing, China | NYSE
2.00 USD
+0.03
(1.523%)
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(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 2.00 +0.00 (0.025%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 6:53 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ☆☆☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 10:22 p.m. EDT
Despite news headlines trumpeting growth and buybacks, the data tells a starkly different story for investors: the order flow is overwhelmingly short. With a 45-day forecast predicting a nearly -2% move and open interest concentrated in deep out-of-the-money puts, Gaotu Techedu faces near-term headwinds. While the stock trades at a conservative P/S and has a solid balance sheet with low debt, the lack of revenue (negative ROE/ROA) and the overwhelming speculative pressure on the put side suggest this is a value trap in the making, not a momentum play. Hold or be prepared to sell on any bounce. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.077005 |
| MSTL | 0.080674 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.080928 |
| AutoETS | 0.080928 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 44% |
| H-stat | 10.15 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.191 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.32 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 46.684 |
| Revenue per Share | 25.122 |
| Market Cap | 484,103,936 |
| Forward P/E | 12.87 |
| Beta | 0.69 |
| Profit Margins | -5.26% |
| Website | https://ir.gaotu.cn |
As of April 18, 2026, 10:22 p.m. EDT: Options sentiment is heavily skewed bearish on the short-to-intermediate horizon. In the April expiration, put volume massively dominates call volume (175 call vs 1 traded put), despite low implied volatility for the 2% OTM puts (IV 5.5x ATM). For the July expiration, 72% of put volume originated from the 2027-Jan strike, a deep out-of-the-money strike with high implied volatility, indicating speculative positioning for a sustained decline to $1.50. Call positioning is quiet, with significant open interest clustering at $3.00 and $4.00 strikes, suggesting defined-risk sellers or long-dated hedgers rather than aggressive momentum buyers. The low ATM IV for near-term calls (0.89 for May) suggests traders are not anticipating a significant upside move soon.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.23954374 |
| Address1 | Gientech Building, 17 East Zone |
| Address2 | 5th Floor 10 Xibeiwang East Road Haidian District |
| All Time High | 149.05 |
| All Time Low | 0.64 |
| Ask | 2.03 |
| Ask Size | 2,200 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 335,090 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 435,556 |
| Average Volume | 435,556 |
| Average Volume10Days | 335,090 |
| Beta | 0.688 |
| Bid | 2.02 |
| Bid Size | 2,800 |
| Book Value | 0.76590663 |
| City | Beijing |
| Country | China |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 2.0 |
| Current Ratio | 0.938 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 2.0689 |
| Day Low | 1.97 |
| Debt To Equity | 46.684 |
| Display Name | Gaotu Techedu |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,772,715,600 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,772,715,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,772,717,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,761,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,761,800 |
| Ebitda | -438,195,008 |
| Ebitda Margins | -0.07129 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 5.476 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | -0.39 |
| Enterprise Value | -2,399,571,200 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.28485 |
| Eps Forward | 0.15543173 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.19 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 2.0486 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.04859996 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.023723498 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -23.954374 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 4.56 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -2.56 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.5614035 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 1.84 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.15999997 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.0869565 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 1.84 - 4.56 |
| Financial Currency | CNY |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,559,827,800,000 |
| Float Shares | 79,446,564 |
| Forward Eps | 0.15543173 |
| Forward P E | 12.867385 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.67434996 |
| Gross Profits | 4,145,079,040 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.06343 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.15592 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 242,051,969 |
| Industry | Education & Training Services |
| Industry Disp | Education & Training Services |
| Industry Key | education-training-services |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Gaotu Techedu Inc., a data-driven education company, provides learning services, educational content, and digitalized learning products in Mainland China. Its learning services include traditional learning services that cover academic subjects, such as mathematics, English, Chinese, physics, chemistry, biology, history, geography and political science; and non-academic tutoring services, including adolescent development, Cambridge English, international competitions and international examinations. It also offers college student and adult education services, comprising admission courses for entrance exams and interviews for postgraduate programs and civil service exams,; exam preparation courses, such as IELTS and TOEFL; consulting services for those pursuing studies abroad, as well as English courses for improving language skills which includes grammar, vocabulary, and speaking; and professional courses for qualification exams, such as teacher certification. In addition, the company offers educational content products, including course outlines, courseware, practice exercises and lesson notes, and reference books, such as Chinese dictionaries and exam question compilations for the college entrance exam; and digitalized learning products, including reading apps for young learners, and AI-based writing assessment tools that offer instant feedback, as well as learning pen and tablet devices. It provides its learning offerings to learners across various age groups from primary school students to adults through online and offline courses, and AI-powered applications. The company was formerly known as GSX Techedu Inc. and changed its name to Gaotu Techedu Inc. in June 2021. Gaotu Techedu Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Beijing, China. |
| Long Name | Gaotu Techedu Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 484,103,936 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_612817599 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | -323,307,008 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 479,937,490 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 7 |
| Open | 1.97 |
| Operating Margins | -0.07005 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 86 10 8282 6826 |
| Post Market Change | 0.00049996376 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.024998188 |
| Post Market Price | 2.0005 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,466,381 |
| Previous Close | 1.97 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 7.0212393 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | 2.6112843 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.07875743 |
| Profit Margins | -0.052600004 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.778 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.03 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 1.52284 |
| Regular Market Day High | 2.0689 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 1.97 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 1.97 - 2.0689 |
| Regular Market Open | 1.97 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 1.97 |
| Regular Market Price | 2.0 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,002 |
| Regular Market Volume | 483,510 |
| Return On Assets | -0.05229 |
| Return On Equity | -0.20288 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.214 |
| Revenue Per Share | 25.122 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.38150132 |
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Sector Disp | Consumer Defensive |
| Sector Key | consumer-defensive |
| Shares Outstanding | 130,010,814 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0082 |
| Shares Short | 1,964,814 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 2,070,632 |
| Short Name | Gaotu Techedu Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0171 |
| Short Ratio | 3.79 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | GOTU |
| Target High Price | 5.085235 |
| Target Low Price | 1.6122879 |
| Target Mean Price | 3.5165613 |
| Target Median Price | 3.4236546 |
| Total Cash | 3,304,983,040 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 20.649 |
| Total Debt | 585,294,976 |
| Total Revenue | 6,146,771,968 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.19 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 2.7962 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -0.79620004 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.28474358 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 483,510 |
| Website | https://ir.gaotu.cn |
| Zip | 100,193 |