DAO Stock — Youdao Inc

Youdao Inc (DAO)

Updated October 16, 2026.

DAO is a Stock. Total return is 45.3% over the past 7 years, 134.4 points behind SPY at 179.7%.

Youdao Inc is a Chinese internet technology company operating three main business segments: Learning Services, which delivers digital educational content and courses through platforms like Youdao Lingshi and China University MOOC; Smart Devices, which manufactures learning-focused hardware such as dictionary pens and smart terminals; and Online Marketing Services, offering performance-based advertising and promotion solutions. The company also develops language and AI-learning applications including Youdao Dictionary and AI tutoring tools, and operates as a subsidiary of NetEase Inc. Youdao does not currently have an established distribution program.

DAO performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 45.3% over the past 7 years, 134.4 points behind SPY at 179.7%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 59.6%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 29.4%.

DAO key facts

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

10/25/2019

Distribution frequency

None

Last close

$18.16 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$592,856,281

Average volume

10531.0

Beta

0.517

Payout ratio

0.0%

P/E ratio

90.8

Forward P/E

42.4096

EPS

$0.20

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (the posted rate) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

DAO risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 29.4%.

Who may consider DAO — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (DAO does not currently distribute); investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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