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Total return (dividends reinvested) vs the market, from quarter-end prices.
Above 0 = ahead of the S&P 500 since the window start; below 0 = behind. Rising means it's pulling ahead.
How far the stock fell below its prior peak. Deeper, longer drawdowns = a rougher ride to the same return.
Quarter-end, dividend-adjusted (total return). Beta & volatility from quarterly returns (annualized). Benchmark is the S&P 500 (SPY total return). Annual returns compound the quarters ending in each calendar year; the first and last years in a window may be partial. Past performance doesn't predict future results.
Ranked against 14 sector peers with collected financials. Valuation from latest close × latest fiscal-year fundamentals; 13F conviction as of 2026-09-30.
Percentile is “goodness” within the peer set (100 = best). For valuation and leverage that means cheaper / less-levered ranks higher.
| Company | Mkt cap ▼ | P/E | EV/EBITDA | P/S | Rev gr | Gross | Net | ROE | ROIC | Net D/EBITDA | 13F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDU | $7.5B | — | 7.0× | 1.3× | 15.5% | 54.6% | 8.4% | 11.9% | 11.9% | -2.2× | — |
| TAL | $5.5B | 3.6× | 11.5× | 1.8× | 33.7% | 55.4% | 17.6% | 14.1% | 14.1% | -4.4× | 29 |
| GHC | $4.9B | 17.6× | 17.4× | 1.0× | 2.5% | — | 6.0% | 6.1% | 5.2% | 1.9× | 69 |
| LAUR | $4.5B | 17.6× | 8.9× | 2.6× | 8.6% | 28.3% | 16.5% | 23.7% | 21.4% | -0.0× | 68 |
| CVSA | $4.2B | 17.7× | 10.4× | 2.1× | 9.3% | 57.3% | 12.9% | 17.4% | 11.9% | 0.6× | — |
| LOPE | $3.9B | 19.2× | 12.6× | 3.5× | 7.1% | — | 19.5% | 28.9% | 28.9% | -0.4× | 90 |
| LRN | $3.3B | 11.0× | 5.1× | 1.3× | 4.7% | 37.8% | 13.4% | 20.7% | 16.5% | -0.6× | 69 |
| DAO | $2.4B | 154.5× | — | 2.9× | 9.6% | 44.3% | 1.6% | -5.0% | -5.0% | — | 3 |
| PRDO | $1.9B | 12.3× | 7.4× | 2.2× | 24.2% | — | 18.9% | 16.4% | 16.4% | -0.5× | 62 |
| STRA | $1.6B | 13.5× | 6.7× | 1.3× | 4.0% | — | 10.0% | 7.7% | 7.7% | -0.6× | 59 |
| UTI | $1.2B | 20.0× | 10.4× | 1.5× | 14.0% | — | 7.5% | 19.2% | 15.2% | -0.3× | 37 |
| APEI | $742M | 29.8× | 10.3× | 1.1× | 3.9% | 54.2% | 4.9% | 10.7% | 8.1% | -1.2× | 30 |
| LINC | $656M | 32.3× | 12.7× | 1.3× | 17.8% | 60.4% | 3.9% | 10.0% | 10.0% | -0.6× | 24 |
| LGCY | $123M | 14.5× | 8.0× | 1.5× | 24.8% | — | 11.4% | 17.3% | 17.3% | -1.8× | 9 |
| AMBO | $4M | 64.4× | 48.3× | 0.5× | 0.8% | 54.8% | 14.4% | 16.5% | 11.9% | 17.0× | — |
Peers = companies sharing AMBO's sector (Services-Educational Services) with collected SEC financials. Multiples use the most recent end-of-day close and latest fiscal-year fundamentals (trailing, not forward). Missing cells mean the peer never reported that line item, has no collected price, or has a non-positive denominator. Not investment advice.
Solve the discounted cash flow backwards, then stress-test the assumptions.
Average free cash flow across the last 1 positive fiscal year (FY2024). Smooths the cycle. Stock compensation is NOT charged — it is added back inside operating cash flow.
To be worth $1.52 today, the market must believe free cash flow compounds 4.2%/yr for a decade (off $435K on the 3-yr avg basis).
Default is 10.0% — this company's computed cost of capital (published default — this company's cost of capital could not be computed), the same rate the Analysis tab discounts at.
2-stage DCF · 0.00B shares (market data) · net debt $2.4M
mean -191.4% · volatility σ 190% · implied rate exceeded in 1/4 yrs
Central path = implied 4.2%/yr growth; shaded band = ±1σ (190%) of this company's historical FCF volatility, widening with time. The wider the band, the less certain the growth.
Reverse DCF: rather than guessing a fair value, we solve for the growth the current price implies, then you stress-test the assumptions. Enterprise value of the FCF stream, less net debt, ÷ shares. Educational — not a recommendation.
What the company returns to shareholders — and whether it's covered by cash.
No dividend to cover. Last year: $0 dividends + $0 buybacks = $0 returned on -$463K FCF.
Yields use the latest fiscal-year dividends/buybacks over current market cap. Dividends and buybacks from the SEC cash-flow statement; payout coverage vs net income and free cash flow. Educational — not a recommendation.
How management deployed cash over 10 years — and what it earned on reinvestment.
A reinvestment story — most cash went back into growth rather than to shareholders.
Modest payoff on reinvested capital. Current ROIC on all capital: 12%. Rough measure (includes maintenance capex).
Cash uses aggregated from the SEC cash-flow statement over 10 fiscal years. "Return on reinvestment" is a rough proxy — operating-income change ÷ cumulative CapEx + M&A — and includes maintenance capex. Educational — not a recommendation.
EOD close · as of 2026-10-30
Where each multiple sits in its own 8-yr range · 54th pct blended
Dot = today · shaded = middle 50% · line = median. Lower percentile = cheaper vs its own 8-yr history.
Is the profit real, and how strong is the balance sheet?
FY2025 · every deduction from revenue to net income
DuPont — the three levers
ROE 16% against ROIC 12% — 5% of the return on equity comes from leverage and buybacks rather than from the operating business.
Equity is the year-end figure. On average equity over the two year-ends, ROE is 18.1% — the two diverge when buybacks or issuance move equity during the year.
What the company owes vs. what it holds
This shows debt/cash structure and net leverage. The year-by-year maturity schedule is on the Debt & Leverage tab.
Latest year: profit growth vs revenue growth
Profit and sales moved in opposite directions this year.
Each line as % of revenue — the trend in color
| % of revenue | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost of Revenue | 63.6 | 66.6 | 87.8 | 86.4 | 98.1 | 72.8 | 46.9 | 45.2 |
| Gross Profit | 36.4 | 33.4 | 12.2 | 13.6 | 1.9 | 27.2 | 53.1 | 54.8 |
| R&D | 0.3 | 0.6 | 4.7 | 12.8 | — | 5.3 | 4.7 | 6.6 |
| SG&A | 25.0 | 33.3 | 33.7 | 44.5 | 51.4 | 57.4 | 45.3 | 35.5 |
| Operating Income | 2.9 | -16.7 | -42.6 | -48.5 | -63.9 | -47.0 | -7.7 | 1.2 |
| Income Tax | 0.7 | 2.2 | -3.0 | -2.8 | — | 0.2 | -8.9 | 0.1 |
| Net Income | 8.5 | -17.1 | -52.2 | 2.6 | -96.4 | -34.7 | 3.3 | 14.4 |
Green = margin-favorable vs the row's own range · red = unfavorable.
The metrics that matter, over time
A 30-second read on AMBO: price, valuation and headline fundamentals from SEC filings. The four questions at the top of the page are where the judgements live.
How much the company owes, how it's trended, and how comfortably it's serviced.
Green ≤ 1.5× · amber ≤ 3× · red > 3× (leverage relative to cash earnings).
Thin coverage — earnings barely cover interest. Effective rate ~3.2% on $3.2M of debt.
Cash of $831K fully covers short-term debt of $500K.
Mostly long-term debt (balance-sheet current vs non-current split). A year-by-year maturity schedule wasn't disclosed for this issuer.
Debt, cash, interest and equity from the SEC balance sheet & income statement. Effective rate = interest ÷ average debt. Educational — not a recommendation.
EOD close · as of 2026-10-30
How a revenue dollar becomes profit — FY2025
Dividends and buybacks are cash paid out, shown here against the same year's profit for scale — not funded from it.
Each value shows its share of revenue below it (common-size).
| Line Item | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | FY2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $9.5M 100.0% | $9.4M 100.0% | $9.2M 100.0% | $14.8M 100.0% | $17.8M 100.0% | $120.2M 100.0% | $583.9M 100.0% | $531.5M 100.0% | $443.9M 100.0% | $412.0M 100.0% |
| Cost of Revenue | $4.3M 45.2% | $4.4M 46.9% | $6.7M 72.8% | $14.6M 98.1% | $15.4M 86.4% | $105.5M 87.8% | $388.9M 66.6% | $338.1M 63.6% | $256.4M 57.8% | $238.7M 57.9% |
| Gross Profit | $5.2M 54.8% | $5.0M 53.1% | $2.5M 27.2% | $284K 1.9% | $2.4M 13.6% | $14.7M 12.2% | $195.0M 33.4% | $193.4M 36.4% | $187.5M 42.2% | $173.3M 42.1% |
| Research & Development | $628K 6.6% | $438K 4.7% | $484K 5.3% | — | $2.3M 12.8% | $5.7M 4.7% | $3.8M 0.6% | $1.5M 0.3% | $6.3M 1.4% | $7.6M 1.8% |
| Selling, General & Admin | $3.4M 35.5% | $4.3M 45.3% | $5.3M 57.4% | $7.6M 51.4% | $7.9M 44.5% | $40.6M 33.7% | $194.4M 33.3% | $132.7M 25.0% | $142.3M 32.0% | $145.5M 35.3% |
| Total Operating Expenses | $5.1M 53.6% | $5.7M 60.8% | $6.8M 74.2% | $9.8M 65.8% | $11.1M 62.1% | $65.9M 54.8% | $292.7M 50.1% | $178.0M 33.5% | $185.2M 41.7% | $217.3M 52.7% |
| Operating Income | $112K 1.2% | -$722K -7.7% | -$4.3M -47.0% | -$9.5M -63.9% | -$8.6M -48.5% | -$51.2M -42.6% | -$97.7M -16.7% | $15.4M 2.9% | $2.3M 0.5% | -$44.0M -10.7% |
| Interest Expense | -$103K -1.1% | $63K 0.7% | $57K 0.6% | $101K 0.7% | — | — | — | — | $0 0.0% | $0 0.0% |
| Other Income (Expense), net | $1.3M 13.2% | $192K 2.0% | $1.1M 12.5% | $236K 1.6% | $1.4M 8.1% | $39.9M 33.2% | $10.2M 1.7% | $33.1M 6.2% | $53.2M 12.0% | $12.9M 3.1% |
| Pretax Income | $1.4M 14.4% | -$530K -5.6% | -$3.2M -34.5% | -$9.3M -62.3% | -$7.2M -40.4% | -$11.3M -9.4% | -$87.5M -15.0% | $48.4M 9.1% | $55.5M 12.5% | -$31.1M -7.5% |
| Income Tax Expense | $6K 0.1% | -$839K -8.9% | $14K 0.2% | — | -$505K -2.8% | -$3.6M -3.0% | $12.9M 2.2% | $3.5M 0.7% | $9.6M 2.2% | $5.9M 1.4% |
| Net Income | $1.4M 14.4% | $309K 3.3% | -$3.2M -34.7% | -$14.3M -96.4% | $470K 2.6% | -$62.7M -52.2% | -$99.9M -17.1% | $45.0M 8.5% | $46.5M 10.5% | -$35.7M -8.7% |
| Per Share | ||||||||||
| EPS (Basic) | $0.02 | $0.01 | -$0.06 | -$0.19 | -$0.14 | -$1.41 | -$2.30 | $1.09 | $1.20 | -$0.93 |
| EPS (Diluted) | $0.02 | $0.01 | -$0.06 | -$0.19 | -$0.14 | -$1.41 | -$2.30 | $1.08 | $1.18 | -$0.93 |
| Weighted Avg Shares (Basic) | 57.1M | 57.1M | 56.3M | 49.5M | 46.7M | 44.4M | 43.5M | 41.3M | 38.8M | 38.5M |
| Weighted Avg Shares (Diluted) | 57.6M | 57.1M | 56.3M | 49.5M | 46.7M | 44.4M | 43.5M | 41.7M | 39.3M | 38.5M |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (annual, fiscal year). Quarterly flow items are derived from cumulative filings; balance-sheet figures are as-of each period end. Ratios and margins are computed, not reported.
Earns -1.24pts against its cost of capital — capital is being consumed, not created.
| Period | ROIC | Cost of capital | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | -33.8% | 2.1% (today's — no rate published for this year) | -35.9pts |
| FY2020 | -37.7% | 2.1% (today's — no rate published for this year) | -39.9pts |
| FY2021 | -22.0% | 2.1% (today's — no rate published for this year) | -24.1pts |
| FY2022 | -59.6% | 11.2% | -70.8pts |
| FY2023 | -25.1% | 11.2% | -36.3pts |
| FY2024 | -4.9% | 13.4% | -18.3pts |
| FY2025 | 0.7% | 1.9% | -1.2pts |
| Now | 11.9% | 2.1% | 9.7pts |
| Fiscal year | Gross margin | Operating margin | Net margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2017 | 42.2% | 0.5% | 10.5% |
| FY2018 | 36.4% | 2.9% | 8.5% |
| FY2019 | 33.4% | -16.7% | -17.1% |
| FY2020 | 27.2% | -23.4% | -11.8% |
| FY2021 | 13.6% | -48.5% | 2.6% |
| FY2022 | 1.9% | -63.9% | -96.4% |
| FY2023 | 27.2% | -47.0% | -34.7% |
| FY2024 | 53.1% | -7.7% | 3.3% |
| FY2025 | 54.8% | 1.2% | 14.4% |
Leverage and buybacks account for 5 points of the 16% return on equity in FY2025. The business earns 12% on the capital it employs; the rest is balance sheet.
ROE is on average equity; ROIC is NOPAT over average invested capital (debt plus equity less excess cash). The gap is not a single adjustment.
The spread is -1.24pts and would invert under a ±2% move in WACC, so the verdict rests on the cost-of-capital assumption rather than on the business.
Accruals are positive and DSO is up +39 days over 3 years — profit is being recognised ahead of collection.
Reported free cash flow is -$463,000; after share-based compensation it is -$617,000. The difference is a real cost that the cash flow statement adds back.
Stressed coverage falls to -0.8x — below the level at which interest is reliably covered.
| EBITDA decline | Interest coverage |
|---|---|
| 0% | -1.09x |
| 5% | -1.03x |
| 10% | -0.98x |
| 15% | -0.92x |
| 20% | -0.87x |
| 25% | -0.82x |
| 30% | -0.76x |
| 35% | -0.71x |
| 40% | -0.65x |
| 45% | -0.60x |
| 50% | -0.54x |
| 55% | -0.49x |
| 60% | -0.43x |
Balance sheet at 2025-12-31. Undrawn revolving credit is not shown: the tag is collected but not yet mapped through to the API.
Free cash flow is negative, so debt service depends on the cash balance rather than on the business.
At $1.52, free cash flow must compound 12.9%/yr for 10 years. It has no positive compounding record to compare against, though across a reporting-basis change.
| Fiscal year | FCF growth | Price requires |
|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | −438.8% | 12.9% |
| FY2025 | −206.4% | 12.9% |
The percentile ranks the FISCAL-YEAR point, because the distribution behind each strip is built from fiscal-year closes — ranking a TTM figure inside it would compare two different bases. No TTM point: the four most recent quarters do not form a usable window.
The achieved growth rate spans a reporting-basis change in FY2021, so part of it measures the restatement rather than the business.
| Step | Amount | Running total |
|---|---|---|
| Net income | $1M | $1M |
| Share-based comp | $154,000 | $2M |
| Other non-cash & working capital | −$1M | $137,000 |
| Operating cash flow | $137,000 | $137,000 |
| Capex | −$600,000 | −$463,000 |
| Free cash flow | −$463,000 | −$463,000 |
| FCF after SBC | −$617,000 | −$617,000 |
| Fiscal year | Revenue growth | Receivables growth | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | -2.8% | 24.7% | 27.5 points |
| FY2021 | -78.2% | 25.0% | 103.2 points |
| FY2022 | -16.7% | -50.6% | -34.0 points |
| FY2023 | -38.3% | 15.0% | 53.2 points |
| FY2024 | 2.5% | 11.4% | 8.9 points |
| FY2025 | 0.8% | -10.0% | -10.8 points |
| Fiscal year | DSO | DIO | DPO | Cash conversion cycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 11.2 days | not reported | 13.8 days | -2.6 days |
| FY2020 | 14.4 days | not reported | 18.3 days | -3.9 days |
| FY2021 | 82.3 days | not reported | 109.7 days | -27.4 days |
| FY2022 | 48.8 days | not reported | 60 days | -11.2 days |
| FY2023 | 90.8 days | 1.6 days | 75.9 days | 16.6 days |
| FY2024 | 98.8 days | 2.4 days | 62.1 days | 39.1 days |
| FY2025 | 88.2 days | 6.8 days | 137.1 days | -42.1 days |
| Fiscal year | Accruals / assets |
|---|---|
| FY2019 | -8.8 percent |
| FY2020 | -6.4 percent |
| FY2021 | 1.9 percent |
| FY2022 | not reported |
| FY2023 | not reported |
| FY2024 | -7.6 percent |
| FY2025 | 5.9 percent |
Below the line, the asset base is being consumed faster than it is replaced.
Depreciation here includes amortisation of acquired intangibles — goodwill written down over time, customer lists, acquired technology. Capex does not replace those and is not meant to, so an acquisitive or asset-light company sits below 1.0 permanently and correctly. The signal is cleanest for capital-intensive businesses, where the two measure the same physical base. For that reason this informs the earnings-quality verdict but never caps it.
SBC is added back inside operating cash flow, so reported free cash flow treats shares issued to employees as free. Percent of revenue says how expensive the payroll is; percent of operating cash flow says how much of the cash exists only because the charge was added back. The buyback offset is buybacks over SBC — below 1.0 the repurchase does not cover the shares issued.
Figures are the latest fiscal year (FY2025) from the company's own filings, not a trailing-twelve-month window — Q2 reads fiscal years throughout so the cash-conversion ratios and these share one basis. A blank is a line the filer did not report; it is never read as zero.