17 Education & Technology Group Inc. (YQ)Consumer Defensive | Education & Training Services | Beijing, China | NasdaqGS
3.48 USD
-0.27
(-7.158%) ⇩
(Oct. 14, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
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Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 5:59 a.m. EDT
The investment case for this education technology group is fundamentally broken by persistent losses and a severe multi-year price collapse. Despite a recent headline claiming 359% revenue growth, the underlying financials tell a different story: the company is burning cash with negative operating margins, negative return on equity, and a forward P/E that indicates no earnings power. The stock has lost over three-quarters of its value over the last four years, a structural decline that suggests the market has permanently reassessed the business quality. While insider buying provides a glimmer of confidence, it cannot offset the reality of deteriorating fundamentals and a balance sheet that is barely covering its obligations. With no dividend to provide income and a statistical forecasting model that is completely unreliable, there is no clear edge for investors right now. The price is cheap, but the business appears to be failing. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.180057 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.182309 |
| AutoETS | 0.182399 |
| MSTL | 0.184892 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 25% |
| H-stat | 25.58 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.020 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.27 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 4.469 |
| Revenue per Share | 22.943 |
| Market Cap | 33,659,812 |
| Forward P/E | -1.19 |
| Beta | 0.84 |
| Profit Margins | -46.59% |
| Website | https://ir.17zuoye.com |
As of Oct. 10, 2026, 5:59 a.m. EDT: Options activity is extremely sparse with negligible open interest across all expirations. The few contracts present show a slight preference for out-of-the-money calls over puts, suggesting minimal speculative fear, but the lack of meaningful volume or positioning makes this data statistically insignificant for directional bias.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.38538587 |
| Address1 | Block B, Wangjing Greenland Center |
| Address2 | 16/F Chaoyang District |
| All Time High | 478.6 |
| All Time Low | 1.26 |
| Ask | 3.57 |
| Ask Size | 1 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 6,990 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 73,171 |
| Average Volume | 73,171 |
| Average Volume10Days | 6,990 |
| Beta | 0.844 |
| Bid | 3.6 |
| Bid Size | 1 |
| Book Value | 3.7217286 |
| City | Beijing |
| Country | China |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 3.475 |
| Current Ratio | 1.771 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,790,726,400 |
| Day High | 3.68 |
| Day Low | 3.475 |
| Debt To Equity | 4.469 |
| Display Name | 17 Education & Technology |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,749,603,600 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,749,603,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,758,052,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,756,756,800 |
| Ebitda | -114,295,504 |
| Ebitda Margins | -0.45995998 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 3.562 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | -1.638 |
| Enterprise Value | -407,078,880 |
| Eps Forward | -2.93 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -2.86 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 15 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 2.99772 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.4772799 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.1592143 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -38.538586 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 6.45 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -2.975 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.46124032 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 1.68 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 1.795 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 1.0684524 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 1.68 - 6.45 |
| Financial Currency | CNY |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,607,092,200,000 |
| Float Shares | 4,499,409 |
| Forward Eps | -2.93 |
| Forward P E | -1.1860068 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 1,017 |
| Fullday Change | -0.2679 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -7.157552 |
| Fullday Price | 3.475 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.61202997 |
| Gross Profits | 152,083,008 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.120570004 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.05119 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 9,686,277 |
| Industry | Education & Training Services |
| Industry Disp | Education & Training Services |
| Industry Key | education-training-services |
| Ipo Expected Date | 2,020-12-04 |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,702,857,600 |
| Last Split Factor | 1:5 |
| Long Business Summary | 17 Education & Technology Group Inc., an education technology company, provides education and education technology services in the People's Republic of China. It provides teaching and learning SaaS products, such as classroom solutions, question banks, homework assignments, self-directed learning, and multi-role reporting, etc. for regional educational authorities and schools. The company also provides other educational products and services, including membership-based premium educational content subscriptions to its selected educational contents, light courses, Chinese reading, math oral arithmetic, reading machines, study plans, and associated services. 17 Education & Technology Group Inc. was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People's Republic of China. |
| Long Name | 17 Education & Technology Group Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 33,659,812 |
| Market State | PREPRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_694905802 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | -115,772,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 34,192,557 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 1 |
| Open | 3.68 |
| Operating Margins | -0.0069999998 |
| Phone | 86 10 6479 6786 |
| Previous Close | 3.7429 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | 0.9337059 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.13545741 |
| Profit Margins | -0.4659 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.522 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.2679 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -7.1575513 |
| Regular Market Day High | 3.68 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 3.475 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 3.475 - 3.68 |
| Regular Market Open | 3.68 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 3.7429 |
| Regular Market Price | 3.475 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,792,008,000 |
| Regular Market Volume | 2,249 |
| Return On Assets | -0.14151 |
| Return On Equity | -0.37620997 |
| Revenue Growth | 2.546 |
| Revenue Per Share | 22.943 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.1570785 |
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Sector Disp | Consumer Defensive |
| Sector Key | consumer-defensive |
| Shares Outstanding | 5,686,277 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0017 |
| Shares Short | 16,868 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,788,134,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 8,444 |
| Short Name | 17 Education & Technology Group |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0047 |
| Short Ratio | 0.09 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | YQ |
| Target High Price | 10.024659 |
| Target Low Price | 10.024659 |
| Target Mean Price | 10.024659 |
| Target Median Price | 10.024659 |
| Total Cash | 456,856,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 42.108 |
| Total Debt | 12,075,000 |
| Total Revenue | 248,490,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -2.86 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 2.73432 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 0.74068 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.2708827 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 2,249 |
| Website | https://ir.17zuoye.com |
| Zip | 100,102 |