DAO vs GOTU
Youdao, Inc. and Gaotu Techedu Inc., side by side — 9 fiscal years reported in CNY, drawn from SEC filings.
At a glance
Most recent reported year
| Metric | DAO | GOTU |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CNY 5.9B | CNY 6.1B |
| Net income | CNY 97.0M | CNY -323.3M |
| Gross margin | 44.3% | 67.4% |
| Net margin | 1.6% | −5.3% |
| Return on equity | — | −20.3% |
| Diluted EPS | CNY 0.90 | −CNY 1.98 |
| Dividend / share | — | — |
| Payout ratio | — | — |
| Free cash flow | CNY 29.6M | CNY 246.6M |
| Equity | — | CNY 1.3B |
| Net debt / equity | — | −0.37× |
| Current ratio | 0.59× | 0.94× |
| Revenue CAGR 5y | 18.5% | −2.9% |
| Profit CAGR 5y | — | — |
DAO and GOTU book revenue within 15% of each other, and GOTU closed the last reported year at a loss.
The stronger figure of the pair is set in bold. That is arithmetic, not a recommendation — this page does not pick a winner.
Revenue by year
9 years side by side
| Fiscal year | DAO | GOTU |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | CNY 5.9B | CNY 6.1B |
| FY2024 | CNY 5.6B | CNY 4.6B |
| FY2023 | CNY 5.4B | CNY 3.0B |
| FY2022 | CNY 5.0B | CNY 2.5B |
| FY2021 | CNY 4.0B | CNY 6.6B |
| FY2020 | CNY 2.5B | CNY 7.1B |
| FY2019 | CNY 1.2B | CNY 2.1B |
| FY2018 | CNY 731.6M | CNY 397.3M |
| FY2017 | CNY 455.7M | CNY 97.6M |
Net income by year
Bottom line
| Fiscal year | DAO | GOTU |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | CNY 97.0M | CNY -323.3M |
| FY2024 | CNY 75.2M | CNY -1.0B |
| FY2023 | CNY -550.1M | CNY -7.3M |
| FY2022 | CNY -745.9M | CNY 13.2M |
| FY2021 | CNY -1.0B | CNY -3.1B |
| FY2020 | CNY -1.8B | CNY -1.4B |
| FY2019 | CNY -601.5M | CNY 226.6M |
| FY2018 | CNY -208.9M | CNY 19.6M |
| FY2017 | CNY -133.6M | CNY -87.0M |