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ATA Creativity Global

AACG Nasdaq Services-Educational Services Financials FY2015โ€“FY2025

Revenue Total sales reported in the income statement.
$37.3M
0.1% vs prior year
Operating margin Operating income as a share of revenue.
โˆ’23.9%
7.9ย pts
Net income Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
โˆ’$6.7M
Free cash flow Cash from operations minus capital spending.
โˆ’$2.4M
Return on capital After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Market cap Last close times the latest diluted share count, so it is approximate.
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P/E Last close divided by diluted earnings per share over the last four quarters.
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On โˆ’$0.21 EPS (TTM)

What ATA Creativity Global does

No business description yet.

Legal name
ATA Creativity Global
Fiscal year ends
December 31, 2025
Latest annual report
20-F ยท Mar 31, 2026
Accession ยท CIK
0001104659-26-037267
0001420529

Revenue and margins

ATA Creativity Global had $37.3M of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 0.1% on the year before.

Revenue
Revenue
Margins, % of revenue
Gross Operating Net FCF
Margins, % of revenue
Gross Operating Net FCF

Net income and earnings per share

Loss periods are shown in red.

Net income
Net income
Diluted EPS

Returns on capital

After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.

Return on capital, equity and assets (annual)
Return on capital Return on equity Return on assets

Cash flow

Free cash flow was โˆ’$2.4M in fiscal 2025, โˆ’6.4% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.

Free cash flow
Free cash flow
Cash from operations vs capital spending
Cash from operations Capital spending
Cash from operations vs capital spending
Cash from operations Capital spending

Dividends, buybacks and share count

ATA Creativity Global returned โ€” to shareholders in fiscal 2025. The diluted share count rose 0.7%.

Dividends and buybacks
Dividends Buybacks
Diluted shares outstanding (annual)

Balance sheet

Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably ATA Creativity Global can carry it.

Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Cash Debt
Fiscal year endFY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Cash and short-term investments $11.2M$8.0M$8.5M$5.0M$12.2M
Debt incl. finance leases โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”$2.3M
Debt / equity โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”0.5x
Current ratio 0.3x0.2x0.2x0.2x0.3x
Quick ratio 0.3x0.2x0.2x0.2x0.3x
Total assets $79.8M$68.8M$63.2M$62.6M$58.3M
Total liabilities $49.8M$48.0M$47.3M$51.7M$53.8M
Shareholders' equity $29.6M$20.7M$15.9M$10.9M$4.6M
Net debt (โˆ’ = net cash) โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โˆ’$9.9M

Insider trades

Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. โ€œPlanโ€ marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.

Bought, 12 months

$0.0M

0 insiders

Sold, 12 months

$0.0M

0 insiders

Of sales under plans

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$0.0M

No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.

Piotroski F-score

Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8โ€“9 is strong, 0โ€“2 weak.

TestFY15FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Net income is positive โœ“ โœ• โœ“ โœ• โœ• โœ• โœ• โœ• โœ• โœ•
Cash from operations is positive โœ“ โœ“ โœ• โœ• โœ• โœ• โœ• โœ“ โœ• โœ•
Return on assets rose โ€” โ€” โœ“ โœ• โœ“ โœ“ โœ• โœ“ โœ• โœ•
Cash from operations exceeds net income โœ“ โœ“ โœ• โœ“ โœ“ โœ“ โœ“ โœ“ โœ“ โœ“
Debt fell relative to assets โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โœ• โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€”
Current ratio rose โ€” โ€” โœ“ โœ• โœ• โœ• โœ• โœ“ โœ• โœ“
Share count didn't rise โ€” โ€” โœ• โœ• โœ• โœ• โœ• โœ• โœ• โœ•
Gross margin rose โ€” โ€” โœ• โœ“ โœ“ โœ“ โœ• โœ“ โœ“ โœ•
Revenue rose relative to assets โ€” โ€” โœ• โœ“ โœ“ โœ“ โœ“ โœ“ โœ“ โœ“
F-score โ€” / 3โ€” / 33 / 83 / 84 / 94 / 82 / 86 / 83 / 83 / 8
Accruals ratio โˆ’8.3%โˆ’12.1%259.3%โˆ’12.8%โˆ’10.1%โˆ’0.3%โˆ’6.7%โˆ’9.1%โˆ’7.2%โˆ’7.4%
Altman Z'' 9.894.3916.34โˆ’1.96โˆ’4.00โˆ’4.73โˆ’5.97โˆ’6.68โˆ’7.61โˆ’8.48

10 years of figures

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Fiscal yearFY15FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Income statement
Revenue $65.6M $1.3M $0.2M $14.1M $23.5M $31.4M $30.7M $31.3M $37.2M $37.3M
Gross profit $32.9M $0.7M โˆ’$0.4M $5.2M $9.2M $16.2M $15.2M $16.2M $19.6M $18.1M
Research and development $5.7M $2.9M $3.0M $1.7M $1.3M $1.8M $1.0M $0.7M $0.5M $0.4M
Operating income $8.1M โˆ’$8.4M โˆ’$10.2M โˆ’$17.0M โˆ’$15.6M โˆ’$10.3M โˆ’$8.4M โˆ’$5.9M โˆ’$6.0M โˆ’$8.9M
Pretax income $7.1M โˆ’$8.6M โˆ’$10.3M โˆ’$20.4M โˆ’$16.1M โˆ’$5.9M โˆ’$8.1M โˆ’$5.7M โˆ’$5.9M โˆ’$7.2M
Income tax $3.0M $0.2M โ€” โˆ’$1.0M โˆ’$1.5M โˆ’$0.2M โˆ’$0.9M โˆ’$1.0M โˆ’$0.9M โˆ’$0.5M
Net income $4.1M โˆ’$1.4M $129M โˆ’$17.7M โˆ’$13.4M โˆ’$5.2M โˆ’$7.1M โˆ’$4.8M โˆ’$5.0M โˆ’$6.7M
Net income to common $4.1M โˆ’$1.4M $126M โˆ’$18.6M โˆ’$14.3M โˆ’$5.6M โˆ’$7.1M โˆ’$4.8M โˆ’$5.0M โˆ’$6.7M
Diluted EPS $0.18 โˆ’$0.06 $5.52 โˆ’$0.73 โˆ’$0.46 โˆ’$0.18 โˆ’$0.23 โˆ’$0.15 โˆ’$0.16 โˆ’$0.21
Diluted shares 0.02B 0.02B 0.02B 0.03B 0.03B 0.03B 0.03B 0.03B 0.03B 0.03B
Cash flow
Cash from operations $10.1M $9.1M โˆ’$47.2M โˆ’$8.4M โˆ’$4.0M โˆ’$4.9M โˆ’$2.2M $1.2M โˆ’$0.5M โˆ’$2.2M
Capital expenditure $0.5M $0.5M $1.1M $0.2M $0.7M $0.7M $0.2M $0.3M $2.8M $0.2M
Free cash flow $9.7M $8.6M โˆ’$48.3M โˆ’$8.6M โˆ’$4.7M โˆ’$5.6M โˆ’$2.4M $0.9M โˆ’$3.2M โˆ’$2.4M
Depreciation and amortization $1.4M $1.5M $2.0M $2.5M $4.3M $3.6M $3.4M $3.1M $3.4M $3.0M
Stock-based compensation $1.4M $1.0M $3.1M $0.7M $0.3M $0.2M $0.2M $0.4M $0.4M $0.1M
Acquisitions โ€” โˆ’$0.1M โ€” $5.0M $2.2M $0.7M โ€” $0.1M โ€” โ€”
Share buybacks $3.1M โ€” โ€” โ€” $0.6M โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€”
Dividends paid โ€” โ€” $143M โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€”
Dividends and buybacks $3.1M โ€” $143M โ€” $0.6M โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€”
Balance sheet
Cash and short-term investments $38.4M $8.2M $27.7M $22.2M $17.2M $11.2M $8.0M $8.5M $5.0M $12.2M
Total debt โ€” โ€” โ€” $0.7M $1.0M โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” $2.3M
Finance lease liabilities โ€” โ€” โ€” $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M โ€” โ€” โ€”
Current assets $49.0M $56.4M $31.0M $26.4M $18.5M $11.9M $9.5M $9.9M $9.1M $15.9M
Current liabilities $11.5M $21.8M $2.9M $38.0M $42.0M $42.2M $42.4M $44.3M $48.6M $49.2M
Property and equipment, net $8.9M $6.5M $5.4M $6.0M $5.8M $5.7M $4.7M $4.3M $5.3M $4.6M
Goodwill $4.8M $4.9M $0.0M $28.8M $29.8M $30.7M $28.5M $27.6M $26.9M $23.2M
Intangible assets $0.1M $0.9M $2.5M $19.5M $16.9M $14.7M $11.0M $8.3M $6.3M $4.6M
Total assets $72.9M $87.4M $48.7M $97.1M $88.0M $79.8M $68.8M $63.2M $62.6M $58.3M
Total liabilities $11.8M $25.7M $2.9M $46.8M $50.2M $49.8M $48.0M $47.3M $51.7M $53.8M
Shareholders' equity $61.1M $56.0M $40.1M $43.1M $30.3M $29.6M $20.7M $15.9M $10.9M $4.6M
Margins
Gross margin 50.1% 50.1% โˆ’217.6% 36.7% 39.2% 51.8% 49.6% 51.7% 52.7% 48.6%
Operating margin 12.4% โˆ’643.2% โˆ’5,064.1% โˆ’120.5% โˆ’66.3% โˆ’32.8% โˆ’27.4% โˆ’18.7% โˆ’16.1% โˆ’23.9%
EBITDA margin 14.5% โˆ’526.7% โˆ’4,068.3% โˆ’102.5% โˆ’47.8% โˆ’21.4% โˆ’16.4% โˆ’8.8% โˆ’7.0% โˆ’15.9%
Net margin 6.2% โˆ’110.0% 63,863.5% โˆ’125.0% โˆ’56.9% โˆ’16.6% โˆ’23.2% โˆ’15.2% โˆ’13.5% โˆ’17.9%
FCF margin 14.7% 660.6% โˆ’23,884.5% โˆ’60.5% โˆ’20.2% โˆ’17.9% โˆ’7.8% 2.9% โˆ’8.7% โˆ’6.4%
Returns
Return on capital โ€” โ€” โ€” โˆ’62.1% โˆ’87.0% โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€”
Return on capital employed 13.3% โˆ’12.8% โˆ’22.3% โˆ’28.8% โˆ’33.9% โˆ’27.3% โˆ’31.9% โˆ’30.9% โˆ’42.6% โˆ’98.0%
Return on equity 6.7% โˆ’2.6% 268.7% โˆ’42.5% โˆ’36.4% โˆ’17.4% โˆ’28.3% โˆ’25.9% โˆ’37.4% โˆ’86.3%
Return on assets 5.6% โˆ’1.6% 189.9% โˆ’24.3% โˆ’14.4% โˆ’6.2% โˆ’9.6% โˆ’7.2% โˆ’8.0% โˆ’11.1%
Return on tangible equity 7.3% โˆ’2.9% 335.7% โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€”
Growth
Revenue growth โ€” โ€” โˆ’84.5% 6,893.9% 66.1% 33.4% โˆ’2.0% 1.9% 19.0% 0.1%
Net income growth โ€” โ€” โ€” โˆ’113.7% โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€”
EPS growth โ€” โ€” โ€” โˆ’113.2% โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€”
FCF growth โ€” โ€” โˆ’659.8% โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โˆ’453.3% โ€”
Share count change โ€” โ€” 0.1% 11.2% 23.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% 0.3% 0.7%
Financial health
Debt / equity โ€” โ€” โ€” 0.0x 0.0x โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” 0.5x
Current ratio 4.3x 2.6x 10.8x 0.7x 0.4x 0.3x 0.2x 0.2x 0.2x 0.3x
Quick ratio 4.3x 2.6x 10.8x 0.7x 0.4x 0.3x 0.2x 0.2x 0.2x 0.3x
Capital allocation
Capex / revenue 0.7% 36.4% 531.1% 1.3% 3.0% 2.2% 0.8% 1.0% 7.5% 0.5%
Stock comp / revenue 2.2% 78.8% 1,538.2% 4.9% 1.1% 0.5% 0.7% 1.4% 1.0% 0.2%
Payouts / FCF 31.8% โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€”
Quality scores
Piotroski F-score โ€” โ€” 3.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 2.0 6.0 3.0 3.0
Altman Z'' 9.9 4.4 16.3 โˆ’2.0 โˆ’4.0 โˆ’4.7 โˆ’6.0 โˆ’6.7 โˆ’7.6 โˆ’8.5
Accruals ratio โˆ’8.3% โˆ’12.1% 259.3% โˆ’12.8% โˆ’10.1% โˆ’0.3% โˆ’6.7% โˆ’9.1% โˆ’7.2% โˆ’7.4%

Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001420529). Data updated October 24, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. Filed in CNY under US GAAP and converted to US$: income and cash-flow lines at each period's average exchange rate, balance-sheet lines at the period-end rate. Per-share figures are per US-listed share (1 ADS = 2 ordinary shares). For information only โ€” not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.

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