SCHL
SCHOLASTIC CORP
Next earnings Jul 16, 2026 · consensus $2.23 EPS, $527M rev
Last earnings +2.5% on 2026-03-19
$46.01
▲ +4.73%$46.01▲ +121.13%
over 1Y
L $20.46EODHDH $46.01
Earnings Dividend Split Congress buy Congress sellGrouped by date · hover a pin to expand
Today+4.7%
1W+8.2%
1M+11.6%
3M+19.4%
YTD+55.2%
1Y+121.1%
Hold
Conviction
Horizon
Medium (3–12mo)
12-mo target
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Street · 6 analysts
Sell
Cheap legacy children's publisher trading at 0.8x sales, but margins are razor-thin and earnings have collapsed to a small loss.
Price / Sales 0.8x · FY2025
Scholastic is the world's largest publisher and distributor of children's books, with a defensible franchise built on its proprietary school-based Book Clubs and Book Fairs channels (~$2.3M sq ft of warehouse footprint dedicated to Fairs alone). The valuation is genuinely undemanding — a $1.34B market cap on $1.63B in FY2025 revenue (P/S 0.8) for a company that still generated $124M of operating cash flow and returned $92.6M to shareholders via buybacks ($70M) and dividends ($22.6M). That capital return alone is ~7% of the market cap, which puts a floor under the stock.
Financials · annual, by fiscal year
| Line item | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.30B | $1.64B | $1.70B | $1.59B | $1.63B |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating income | -$22.7M | $97.4M | $106M | $14.5M | $15.8M |
| Net income | -$11.0M | $80.9M | $86.3M | $12.1M | -$1.90M |
| Diluted EPS | -$0.32 | $2.27 | $2.49 | $0.40 | -$0.07 |
| Net margin | -0.8% | 4.9% | 5.1% | 0.8% | -0.1% |
Annual figures from SEC 10-K XBRL filings. Open the filing links below for full statement detail.
Key statistics
Valuation
Enterprise value$1.56B
EV / EBITDA22.2
EV / Sales1.0
EV / FCF53.3
P / FCF48.8
PEG (trailing)—
Earnings yield-0.1%
FCF yield2.0%
Quality & risk
ROIC (est.)1.0%
Free cash flow$29.2M
Total debt$257M
Net cash-$133M
Piotroski F-Score2/7
Capital returns
Buyback yield4.9%
Dividend yield (est.)1.6%
Shareholder yield6.5%
Computed from SEC XBRL annual figures + the current quote. EV and ROIC use long-term + current debt where filed; estimates, not investment advice.
Disclosure timeline
SEC · 8-Ks + reportsRecent disclosure tone has skewed negative — read the flagged items.
- 10-Q Quarterly report2026-03-20
Q3 FY26 10-Q; thin operating margins continue, debt at $250M
- 8-K Earnings results2026-03-19
Other event disclosure alongside earnings, likely related supplemental info
- 8-K Other event2026-03-19
Other event disclosure alongside earnings, likely related supplemental info
- 8-K Officer / director change2025-12-22
Officer/director change disclosed; governance update post-earnings
- 10-Q Quarterly report2025-12-19
Q2 FY26 10-Q reflects acquisition impact and rising current liabilities
- 8-K Acquisition / disposition2025-12-18
Q2 FY26 earnings release; pressures on margins persist from FY25 weakness
- 8-K Earnings results2025-12-18
Q2 FY26 earnings release; pressures on margins persist from FY25 weakness
- 8-K Material agreement2025-12-05
Signed material agreement + acquisition with new debt facility
- 10-Q Quarterly report2025-09-19
Q1 FY26 10-Q; seasonal loss period, no major surprises
Recent filings
all on EDGAR ↗4Period ending 2026-05-072026-05-11open ↗SCHEDULE 13G/AFiling2026-04-24open ↗SC TO-I/AFiling2026-04-23open ↗SC TO-I/AFiling2026-04-21open ↗SCHEDULE 13G/AFiling2026-04-09open ↗SC TO-I/AFiling2026-03-30open ↗4Period ending 2026-03-252026-03-27open ↗SCHEDULE 13G/AFiling2026-03-27open ↗4Period ending 2026-01-222026-03-25open ↗SC TO-IFiling2026-03-23open ↗10-QPeriod ending 2026-02-282026-03-20open ↗8-KPeriod ending 2026-03-192026-03-19open ↗
Frequently asked
- Is SCHOLASTIC CORP (SCHL) a buy?
- SCHL currently carries a Hold rating with 3/5 conviction, derived from its latest SEC filings. Cheap legacy children's publisher trading at 0.8x sales, but margins are razor-thin and earnings have collapsed to a small loss.
- What is SCHOLASTIC CORP's quality score?
- SCHL scores 52.68627450980392/100 (grade C-) on a SEC-grounded quality model spanning value, growth, profitability, financial health and momentum.
Sources: SEC EDGAR (CIK 0000866729, latest 10-Q filed 2026-03-20) · EODHD · analysis by claude-code · as of 6/25/2026, 3:01:18 PM.
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