17 Education & Technology Group Inc. (YQ)Consumer Defensive | Education & Training Services | Beijing, China | NasdaqGS
2.39 USD
-0.01
(-0.541%) ⇩
(July 13, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 2.49 +0.10 (4.184%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 4:10 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 5:37 a.m. EDT
The investment case here is fractured by a brutal multi-year decline. Despite a recent rebound where the stock is up year-to-date, the broader trajectory remains catastrophic, having lost nearly 96% of its value over the last four years. The company is fundamentally broken, posting negative earnings, negative operating margins, and negative returns on equity and assets. While the recent news highlights surging revenue growth and narrowing losses, the market has clearly priced in severe distress, evidenced by the massive put open interest sitting right at the current price level. There is no dividend to provide income, and the balance sheet, while holding some cash, carries significant debt relative to equity. The statistical forecast offers no directional clarity, and the options flow confirms a defensive, bearish sentiment. Until the multi-year downtrend is decisively reversed with sustained profitability, this remains a speculative trap rather than a viable investment. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.122663 |
| AutoETS | 0.122952 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.124495 |
| MSTL | 0.127808 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 39% |
| H-stat | 0.20 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.386 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.97 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 4.969 |
| Revenue per Share | 17.634 |
| Market Cap | 23,150,204 |
| Forward P/E | -0.82 |
| Beta | 0.92 |
| Profit Margins | -77.71% |
| Website | https://ir.17zuoye.com |
As of July 11, 2026, 5:37 a.m. EDT: Options activity shows a distinct asymmetry with significant put open interest concentrated at the $2.50 strike, while call activity is negligible. This heavy positioning in downside protection suggests speculators are hedging against a potential drop to the $1.70 fifty-two-week low rather than betting on a rally, despite the recent price recovery.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.05726874 |
| Address1 | Block B, Wangjing Greenland Center |
| Address2 | 16/F Chaoyang District |
| All Time High | 478.6 |
| All Time Low | 1.26 |
| Ask | 2.56 |
| Ask Size | 1 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 6,400 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 7,724 |
| Average Volume | 7,724 |
| Average Volume10Days | 6,400 |
| Beta | 0.919 |
| Bid | 2.35 |
| Bid Size | 10 |
| Book Value | 3.711667 |
| City | Beijing |
| Country | China |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 2.39 |
| Current Ratio | 2.031 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,782,777,600 |
| Day High | 2.39 |
| Day Low | 2.39 |
| Debt To Equity | 4.969 |
| Display Name | 17 Education & Technology |
| 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 | -141,544,752 |
| Ebitda Margins | -0.77007 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 2.211 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | -1.703 |
| Enterprise Value | -313,014,784 |
| Eps Forward | -2.93 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -2.06 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 2.3794 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.01060009 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.0044549424 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 5.726874 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 6.45 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -4.0599995 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.6294573 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 1.7 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.69000006 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.4058824 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 1.7 - 6.45 |
| Financial Currency | CNY |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,607,092,200,000 |
| Float Shares | 4,401,555 |
| Forward Eps | -2.93 |
| Forward P E | -0.8156997 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 1,017 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.56785 |
| Gross Profits | 104,375,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.120900005 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.050440002 |
| 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 | 23,150,204 |
| Market State | POSTPOST |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_694905802 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,774,915,200 |
| Net Income To Common | -142,830,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 23,247,064 |
| Open | 2.39 |
| Operating Margins | -0.21410999 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 86 10 6479 6786 |
| Post Market Change | 0.099999905 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 4.1840963 |
| Post Market Price | 2.49 |
| Post Market Time | 1,783,973,404 |
| Previous Close | 2.403 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | 0.64391553 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.12594774 |
| Profit Margins | -0.77706003 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.696 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.013000011 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -0.5409909 |
| Regular Market Day High | 2.39 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 2.39 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 2.39 - 2.39 |
| Regular Market Open | 2.39 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 2.403 |
| Regular Market Price | 2.39 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,783,972,800 |
| Regular Market Volume | 322 |
| Return On Assets | -0.18346001 |
| Return On Equity | -0.44787997 |
| Revenue Growth | 3.59 |
| Revenue Per Share | 17.634 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20847368 |
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Sector Disp | Consumer Defensive |
| Sector Key | consumer-defensive |
| Shares Outstanding | 5,686,277 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0001 |
| Shares Short | 769 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,780,012,800 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 1,072 |
| Short Name | 17 Education & Technology Group |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0002 |
| Short Ratio | 0.13 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | YQ |
| Total Cash | 352,328,992 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 32.458 |
| Total Debt | 13,371,000 |
| Total Revenue | 183,808,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -2.06 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 3.39787 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -1.00787 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.29661816 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 322 |
| Website | https://ir.17zuoye.com |
| Zip | 100,102 |