Company Analysis

Ambow Education Holding Ltd. American Depository Shares (each representing twenty (20) (AMBO)

NYSE: AMBO · Services-Educational Services · Cupertino, CA · filing with the SEC since 2010
Grade4.9
◀ Past 3.9● Present 5.0▶ Future 5.9
1 est.

The grade of Ambow Education Holding Ltd. American Depository Shares (each representing twenty (20)

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.9/10
◀ Past3.930% of the headline
● Present5.040% of the headline
▶ Future5.930% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.9/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 42 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Ambow Education Holding Ltd. American Depository Shares (each representing twenty (20)'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
2.0/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-25.9% a year over 8 filed years; profitable in 4 of 8.

weight 45% of this tense · 20th percentile among 39 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Ambow Education Holding Ltd. American Depository Shares (each representing twenty (20)'s 8 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $77 million in fiscal 2018 to $9 million in fiscal 2025, down 25.9% a year; it rose in 3 of 7 years; the deepest fall was 89% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2023; net income was positive in 4 of 8 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span-25.9%bottom 9% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 9% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 45% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak89.1%bottom 19% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
2.7/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 5.2% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 27th percentile among 28 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Ambow Education Holding Ltd. American Depository Shares (each representing twenty (20)'s diluted share count grew about 5.2% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 36% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 17% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.0/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed
5.2/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 16%: 16¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 60%: owes 60¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 51st percentile among 42 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Ambow Education Holding Ltd. American Depository Shares (each representing twenty (20) earned about 16 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 25 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 60 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 0.9% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 27% of its family
  • return on equitytop 29% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 49% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 41% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
4.2/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 42% of 41 in its family; net margin 14.4%.

weight 45% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 41 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Ambow Education Holding Ltd. American Depository Shares (each representing twenty (20)'s standing among 41 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $9 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 23% by size; a net margin of 14.4% ranks in the top 18%; revenue growth of -13.9% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 21% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$9.5Mbottom 23% of its family
  • net margin14.4%top 18% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-13.9%bottom 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

SI estimate
6.6/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 6.6/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 66th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, officer and director changes on Form 8-K over three years, against the people in charge, which ranks in the top 34% of 17 in its family; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-24 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
What the record cannot read
The record of its people begins on 2026-03-24 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
How it was reasoned
one part: officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge, the one part on file, ranked among 17 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Ambow Education Holding Ltd. American Depository Shares (each representing twenty (20)'s leadership is put at 6.6 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, officer and director changes on Form 8-K over three years, against the people in charge, which ranks in the top 34% of 17 in its family; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-24 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.9/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.0/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 40% of 41 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 40th percentile among 41 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Ambow Education Holding Ltd. American Depository Shares (each representing twenty (20)'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $831 thousand against debt of $3 million leaves -9% of its assets as net cash, bottom 4% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -4.9% of revenue (bottom 35%); a gross margin of 54.8% (top 37%); research spending of 6.6% of revenue (top 44%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-9.0%bottom 4% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-4.9%bottom 35% of its family
  • gross margin54.8%top 37% of its family
  • research spending against revenue6.6%top 44% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.7/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 47% of 39 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 47th percentile among 39 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Ambow Education Holding Ltd. American Depository Shares (each representing twenty (20)'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -13.9% a year over the last three filed years against -25.9% over all 8, speeding up (top 12% of its family); the newest year grew 0.8% (bottom 32%); research spending grew -27.5% a year (bottom 19%) (its annual reports). Ambow Education Holding Ltd. American Depository Shares (each representing twenty (20) reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Educational Programs and Services at $7 million (75%), Hybri U Licensing and Selling at $2 million (25%); 1 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+12.0 points a yeartop 12% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth0.8%bottom 32% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-27.5%bottom 19% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
8.8/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 12% of 36 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 88th percentile among 36 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Ambow Education Holding Ltd. American Depository Shares (each representing twenty (20)'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $9 million in fiscal 2025 came in 26.7% above the $7 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 10% of its family); net income of $1 million against a prior three-year average of $6 million (top 15%); a net margin of 14.4% against -42.6% before (top 12%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace26.7%top 10% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+124%top 15% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+56.9 pointstop 12% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton AMBO · research, not advice