Covista Inc (CVSA) is undervalued and New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc ADR (EDU) is undervalued.
Against our estimates of intrinsic value, CVSA trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +33%, against +24% for EDU.
Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.
Discounting its cash flows at 8.1% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $184.12; the price of $123.00 is 33% below that value, and 80% of that value comes from beyond year five.
Leak Score 100/100 on 3 of 12 signals
Discounting its cash flows at 7.6% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $72.33; the price of $54.74 is 24% below that value, and 81% of that value comes from beyond year five.
Leak Score 100/100 on 3 of 12 signals
| Metric | CVSA | EDU |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Undervalued | Undervalued |
| Price | $123.00 | $54.74 |
| Intrinsic value | $184.12 | $72.33 |
| Margin of safety | +33% | +24% |
| Leak Score | 100/100 (3/12) | 100/100 (3/12) |
| Market cap | $4.2B | $8.7B |
| Revenue growth, 5 years | 16.6% | 5.7% |
| Operating margin | 19.9% | 11.4% |
| Net margin | 13.7% | 8.4% |
| Return on equity | 18.6% | 12.5% |
| Debt to equity | 0.63 | 0.21 |
| P/E | 18.8x | 18.3x |
| Forward P/E | 12.3x | 10.7x |
| P/B | 2.9x | 2.2x |
| Dividend yield | — | 3.5% |