Ambow Education Holding

AMBO

Education & Training Services · Consumer Defensive

Price

$2.27

+0.02 (+0.89%)

Market Cap

$324,646

Exchange

New York Stock Exchange American

Winston Score

Winston is curious

A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Share count rising — dilution

+23.5% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 2.3M (2021) → 2.9M (2025)

Ambow Education Holding Ltd. is a Chinese education company that provides tutoring, test preparation, and career training services. Its main customers are students in China looking to improve their academic scores or gain job-ready skills. The company operates in the private education market in China, which is one of the largest in the world due to intense competition for university spots.

Ambow makes money by charging students fees for its courses and training programs, delivered both in-person and online. The company is relatively small, with a market cap near zero, and operates primarily in China. A major risk the business faces is China's ongoing regulatory crackdown on private tutoring companies, which began in 2021 and forced many competitors to shut down or dramatically shrink their operations — Ambow has had to adapt its offerings to stay compliant, and continued policy uncertainty remains a significant threat to its revenue.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+10.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

-54.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$628,000/ year

↑ Rising (+43% vs prior year)

6.6% of revenue

3.3x the sector average (2%)

R&D investment increasing — building for the future

Insider Activity

48.7%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~11 months

$4M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Ambow Education Holding has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

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Quality

Gross Margin

60.2%

Premium pricing power — 60.2% gross margin

Operating Margin

15.8%

Healthy — 15.8% operating margin

ROCE

3.7%

Weak — 3.7% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+20.6%

Fast-growing sales (20.6% YoY)

EPS YoY

N/A

Data not available

EPS Consistency

8/8 quarters

Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

28%

Weak — only 28% of profit becomes cash

FCF Margin

2.9%

Thin free cash flow (2.9%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.37

Conservative — low debt load (0.37)

Interest Cover

32.02x

Comfortably covers interest (32.0x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

2.0x

Attractive valuation — P/E 2.0

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

P/E vs Forward

N/A

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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