Ambow Education Holding

AMBO

Education & Training Services · Consumer Defensive

Price

$2.02

-0.04 (-2.18%)

Market Cap

$288,480

Exchange

New York Stock Exchange American

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

How the score breaks down

Quality

Mixed

Growth

Good

Cash Flow

Weak

Stability

Exceptional

Valuation

Data not available

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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)

Winston Score History

The full picture

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.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+87.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+216.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

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

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~11 months

$4M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Revenue accelerating

Ambow Education Holding grew revenue 88% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

56.2%

Premium pricing power — 56.2% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

6.0%

Modest — 6.0% operating margin

Return on the money invested

ROCE

3.4%

Weak — 3.4% 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 growth

Sales YoY

+24.9%

Fast-growing sales (+24.9% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

-257.8%

Earnings shrinking (-257.8% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

5/8 quarters

Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

-73%

Weak — only -73% of profit becomes cash

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

-5.9%

Burning cash (-5.9%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

0.37

Conservative — low debt load (0.37)

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

36.46x

Comfortably covers interest (36.5x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful

Cheaper or dearer next year

P/E vs Forward

N/A

not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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