New Oriental Education (EDU) Reports In-Line Q2 EPS

New Oriental Education (NYSE: EDU) reported Q2 EPS of $0.08, in-line with the analyst estimate of $0.08. Revenue for the quarter came in at $341.24 million versus the consensus estimate of $329.56 million.

Michael Minhong Yu, New Oriental's Executive Chairman, commented, "We are very pleased with our better than anticipated results for the second quarter. We are experiencing increased student satisfaction as we bring together the best learning experiences to help students achieve more, which in turn boosts retention rate and new student enrollment and also contributes to strengthening our brand reputation. This fueled a strong growth of the second quarter top line metrics -- a top line growth of 22.7% or 30.2% if considering in our functional currency Renminbi. This was driven largely by a combination of a broad product portfolio, solid market demand, and effective operation at the sales level. It is also encouraging to see a strong deferred revenue balance of US$764.7 million at the end of the second quarter, up approximately 30.4% year-over-year. The key driver of this was student enrollments which were up by 56% in the quarter. Our K-12 all-subjects after-school tutoring business continued its strong momentum, with revenue up approximately 45% and enrollment up approximately 78% year-over-year. Further, our U-Can middle and high school all-subjects after-school tutoring business grew approximately 43% and the POP Kids program achieved a growth of approximately 49% year-over-year."

Chenggang Zhou, New Oriental's Chief Executive Officer, added, "As part of the execution of our well-proven 'Optimize the Market' strategy, we made great progress across the board in building out our successful diversified business model during the second quarter. We added a net of 15 learning centers in existing cities, opened a new school and a new learning center in the city of Yantai, and piloted a dual-teacher model school in the city of Tai'an, aiming to bring our expertise to more remote areas in China. All together this added a total of approximately 30,000 square meters of classroom area, representing about 3% capacity expansion. On the other hand, we continued to roll out the well-proven O2O integrated education system, including the new POP Kids program and U-Can Visible Progress System in all existing cities. We also continued to test the new O2O system for overseas test preparation business, including IELTS, TOEFL and SAT programs, in seven large cities in China. In addition, our pure online education platform, Koolearn.com, recorded revenue growth of 33% year-over-year, with an 11% increase in registered users and a 33% increase in paid users."

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