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Youdao Inc ADR (NYSE: DAO) closed the day trading at $9.1 down -2.99% from the previous closing price of $9.38. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.99 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.11 million shares were traded. DAO stock price reached its highest trading level at $9.555 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $9.09.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of DAO, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.49 and its Current Ratio is at 0.54.
On November 08, 2023, Daiwa Securities Downgraded its rating to Neutral which previously was Buy and also lowered its target price recommendation from $7 to $4.60.
Daiwa Securities Upgraded its Neutral to Outperform on March 20, 2023, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $4 to $9.50.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Sep 24 ’25 when Li Yongwei bought 8,000 shares for $9.38 per share.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, DAO now has a Market Capitalization of 1088080256 and an Enterprise Value of 2396884736. As of this moment, Youdao’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 55.22, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 29.37. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.82. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.36. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.422 whereas that against EBITDA is 8.757.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for DAO is 0.26, which has changed by 0.39583337 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.12159383 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, DAO has reached a high of $11.82, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $5.23. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -10.65%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 0.18%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, DAO traded about 108.00K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, DAO traded about 171900 shares per day. A total of 31.28M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 28.38M. Insiders hold about 9.27% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 31.92% stake in the company. Shares short for DAO as of 1763078400 were 371616 with a Short Ratio of 3.44, compared to 1760486400 on 241256. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 371616 and a Short% of Float of 1.9299999.
