ATA Creativity Global
Services-educational services company · E9 · FY ends Dec · Revenue $38M · -23.91% margin · -$2M FCF
$0.95
+$0.32 (+50.79%)
EOD Oct 16, 2026
The business is unprofitable at the operating level (-23.91% margin). The thesis depends entirely on whether and when it reaches sustainable profitability.
Revenue grew 4.4%, steady but not accelerating. Margins contracted 7.9pp, which offsets some of the top-line progress.
ROIC dropped from -11.01% to -17.47%, capital efficiency is deteriorating. Negative free cash flow of -$2M. The business is consuming cash, not generating it.
Price History
Valuation & Multiples
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
$38M
▲ +4.4% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
-$7M
▼ -38.9% YoY
Op. Margin
-23.91%
▼ -7.9pp YoY
ROIC
-17.47%
▼ -6.5pp YoY
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF (TTM)
-$2M
▲ +23.5% YoY
Op. Cash Flow (TTM)
-$2M
▼ -394.2% YoY
Net Debt
$20M
Cash & Equiv.
$12M
5Y CAGR: +9.1%
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SourceComputed from the 10-K filed 31 Mar 2026, covering the period ending 31 Dec 2025, as reported to the SEC. Data last refreshed 5 Jun 2026. How this is calculated.
Price from market data, last close as of 16 Oct 2026. Fiscal year ends Dec. Sector medians are approximate S&P 500 benchmarks and update periodically.
Is ATA Creativity Global (AACG) overvalued?
ATA Creativity Global (AACG)'s valuation is best read against its own history, its peers, and the growth its price implies. A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.
On quality, ATA Creativity Global scores 32/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a lower-quality business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. All figures are computed from SEC filings; read the full methodology, or see how the market compares in our US profitability statistics. This is analysis, not investment advice.
Frequently asked
Is ATA Creativity Global a high-quality business?+
ATA Creativity Global scores 32 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 6 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a lower-quality business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a -23.9% operating margin and a -17.5% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from SEC filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
Is ATA Creativity Global a good stock to buy right now?+
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. you should weigh AACG's valuation and scores 32/100 on quality (lower-quality). A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from SEC filings, not investment advice.
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