Gaotu Techedu Inc. (GOTU)

NYSE: GOTU · Services-Educational Services · Beijing, CN · filing with the SEC since 2019

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◀ Past 6.5● Present 5.9▶ Future 5.9

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The grade of Gaotu Techedu Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense

Headline grade

6.1/10

◀ Past6.530% of the headline

● Present5.940% 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?

6.5/1030% 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 2019.

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

From the record

Gaotu Techedu Inc.'s filings since 2019 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

5.1/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+67.8% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 3 of 9.

weight 45% of this tense · 51st percentile among 39 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Gaotu Techedu Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from CNY 98 million in fiscal 2017 to CNY 6.1 billion in fiscal 2025, up 67.8% a year; it rose in 6 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 65% from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2022; net income was positive in 3 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue growth over the filed span67.8%top 4% of its family
the share of years revenue rosetop 47% of its family
the share of filed years with a profitbottom 26% of its family
the deepest fall from a revenue peak64.9%bottom 29% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed

8.0/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 2.5% a year. 62% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 4 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 80th percentile among 28 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Gaotu Techedu Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 2.5% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 62% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 4 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30, buying about $1 million (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

the share count over the yearstop 21% of its family
cash returned against operating cash flowtop 19% 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?

5.9/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed

5.5/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -26%: lost 26¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 80%: owes 80¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 55th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Gaotu Techedu Inc. lost about 26 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 67 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 80 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 4.8% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 15% of its family
return on equitybottom 36% of its family
gross profit against assetstop 22% of its family
the share count against the year beforetop 11% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed

6.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 33% of 41 in its family; net margin -5.3%.

weight 45% of this tense · 67th percentile among 41 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Gaotu Techedu Inc.'s standing among 41 graded names in its industry family: revenue of CNY 6.1 billion in fiscal 2025 is not ranked by size, since the family reports in another currency; a net margin of -5.3% ranks in the bottom 43%; revenue growth of 35% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 9% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

net margin-5.3%bottom 43% of its family
three-year revenue growth35.0%top 9% of its family

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

Leadership

SI estimate

4.9/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 4.9/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 16 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate: It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-11 (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, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 16 members with one.
What the record cannot read: It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-11 (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: family median, 16 readings behind it.
Confidence: 20 of 100
What would change it: Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Gaotu Techedu Inc.'s leadership is put at 4.9 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because it files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-11 (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, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 16 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs 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

6.3/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 37% of 41 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 41 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Gaotu Techedu Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of CNY 596 million against debt of CNY 32 million leaves 9.1% of its assets as net cash, bottom 42% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 4% of revenue (top 48%); a gross margin of 67.4% (top 10%); research spending of 10.2% of revenue (top 32%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

cash less debt against assets9.1%bottom 42% of its family
cash from operations less capital spending against revenue4.0%top 48% of its family
gross margin67.4%top 10% of its family
research spending against revenue10.2%top 32% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed

6.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 37% of 39 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 39 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Gaotu Techedu Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 35% a year over the last three filed years against 67.8% over all 9, slowing (bottom 17% of its family); the newest year grew 35% (top 9%); research spending grew 12.1% a year (top 42%); capital spending grew 107.5% a year (top 12%) (its annual reports). Gaotu Techedu Inc. reported 3 product lines in fiscal 2025: Learning Services at CNY 6.0 billion (98%), Educational Content and Digitalized Learning Products at CNY 77 million (1%), Other Revenue at CNY 31 million (1%); 1 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

three-year growth against the whole span-32.9 points a yearbottom 17% of its family
the newest year's revenue growth35.0%top 9% of its family
three-year growth of research spending12.1%top 42% of its family
three-year growth of capital spending107.5%top 12% 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

5.1/10

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

top 49% of 36 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 51st percentile among 36 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Gaotu Techedu Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of CNY 6.1 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 0% above the CNY 6.1 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 35% of its family); net income of CNY 323 million against a prior three-year average of CNY 348 million (bottom 38%); a net margin of -5.3% against -7.6% before (top 49%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the prior three years' pace0.0%top 35% of its family
net income against the prior three years' average+7%bottom 38% of its family
net margin against its prior average+2.3 pointstop 49% 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 GOTU · research, not advice