Research and Strategy for the Education Sector, Schoolhouse Solutions

Edward Slade

Research and Strategy for the Education Sector

Schoolhouse Solutions

Schoolhouse is a strategy and research provider for the Education sector. We publish differentiated reports and bespoke research on the sector, focused on private and public companies in Asia-Pacific. Our team has decades of experience working with Education companies ranging from K-12 to Tertiary and Edtech.

Strategy and Research Provider

Equity Bottom-Up

Crizac Limited is an education-technology company that facilitates international student recruitment. It operates a proprietary B2B platform connecting students and recruitment agents with global higher education institutions in countries like the UK, Canada, Republic of Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand, streamlining the application and admission lifecycle. Crizac is headquartered in Kolkata, India, and was founded in 2011.

<ul>
<li>Crizac has had a successful IPO, pricing at 28x PE. </li>
<li>Before any aftermarket premium, the company is already at a significant valuation premium to other global education stocks.</li>
<li>CRIZ has too many risks to justify a high rating. 95% of revenues come from India-UK student placement, aggregating applications for 10,362 agents.   </li>
</ul>


Crizac has had a successful IPO, pricing at 28x PE. 
Before any aftermarket premium, the company is already at a significant valuation premium to other global education stocks.
CRIZ has too many risks to justify a high rating. 95% of revenues come from India-UK student placement, aggregating applications for 10,362 agents.   


Crizac (CRIZ:NS). Sell into the Aftermarket.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul>
<li>Recovery in face-to-face education stocks will accelerate as Chinese international students return on-campus</li>
<li>International K-12 schools will perform strongly as hubs like Dubai and Singapore are booming.</li>
<li>Service providers like <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/idp-education-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1098:1" rel="noopener">IDP Education (IEL AU), </a><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/flywire-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33339:1" rel="noopener">Flywire Corp (FLYW US)</a>; schools like Taaleem; and tertiary <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-education-group-holdin" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18218:1" rel="noopener">China Education Group (839 HK)</a> , <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/laureate-education-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26388:1" rel="noopener">Laureate Education (LAUR US)</a>,  and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/icollege-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14576:1" rel="noopener">Icollege Ltd (ICT AU)</a> will outperform.</li>
</ul>


Recovery in face-to-face education stocks will accelerate as Chinese international students return on-campus
International K-12 schools will perform strongly as hubs like Dubai and Singapore are booming.
Service providers like IDP Education (IEL AU), Flywire Corp (FLYW US); schools like Taaleem; and tertiary China Education Group (839 HK) , Laureate Education (LAUR US),  and Icollege Ltd (ICT AU) will outperform.


International Education Stocks: Surging Student Volumes

Edward Slade
Research and Strategy for the Education Sector
• Schoolhouse Solutions

Crizac (CRIZ:NS). Sell into the Aftermarket.

Crizac is an Indian education agent that has just IPO'd. The shares began trading today. The stock is overvalued vs global peers. It has a risky...

Edward Slade

International Education Stocks: Surging Student Volumes

International education is surging following the end of the pandemic. China's re-opening will turbo-charge a sector that already booming from South...

Edward Slade