Educational Development Corporation

EDUC Communication Services Publishing

Educational Development Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended February 2026) was $22.9 million, down 33.0% from fiscal 2025. In the quarter to August 2026, revenue fell 11.9%, EPS fell 23.5% and free cash flow fell 62.0%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for three consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

1.04 0.05 −4.59%
Market cap
$9.3M
P/E
5.3×
Fwd P/E
10.4×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
1.93
Beneish M
−2.43
Dividend safety
n/a

Insider Decisions trades per month

Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy 3 — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — — — — — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 11.86%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 9.30
Revenue 20.01
Net Income 1.72
Free Cash Flow 30.07
Net Debt (1.21)
Current Ratio 3.27 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.00 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 5.34
Fwd P/E 10.40
P/S ratio 0.44
P/B ratio 0.22
Past 5Y EPS Growth (29.03%) (below 0%: weak)
This Y EPS Growth —
Next Y EPS Growth —
Next Y revenue growth 81.40% (at or above 10%: strong)
Next 5Y EPS Growth —

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 6.37%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 52.38%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 3.28%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 96.46%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 5.29%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —
Annual Dividend Rate —
Annual Dividend Yield —
total individual payouts
2022 0.10
0.10
2021 0.40
0.10
0.10
0.10
0.10
2020 0.27
0.05
0.06
0.06
0.10
2019 0.20
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
2018 0.15
0.05
0.05
0.05
2016 0.18
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Cash 1 1 1 1
Receivables 2 2 1 1
Inventory 44 29 17 15
Other 18 19 1 0
66 52 21 18
2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Payables 4 2 2 2
ST’ Debt 2 27 — —
Other 3 3 1 1
17 37 6 6

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales (9.71%) (35.46%) (36.10%)
Cash Flow (11.30%) (23.82%) 224.84%
Earnings 0.93% (28.71%) 0.00%
Book Value 12.46% 1.23% (1.83%)

Revenue $m

May Aug Nov Feb Year
’26 5 4 — — —
’26 7 5 7 4 23
’25 10 7 11 7 34
’24 15 11 17 9 51
’23 23 19 30 15 88
’22 41 33 45 23 142
’21 38 59 67 40 205
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

May Aug Nov Feb Year
’26 1 (1) — — —
’26 1 0 3 (2) 2
’25 1 (1) 4 (2) 3
’24 1 4 7 (3) 9
’23 (2) (1) 4 (1) 0
’22 (5) (8) 5 (14) (21)
’21 13 16 11 (32) 8
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

May Aug Nov Feb Year
’26 0 (1) — — —
’26 1 0 32 (2) 31
’25 1 (1) 4 (2) 3
’24 1 3 12 (3) 13
’23 — — — — 0
’23 (2) (2) 4 (1) (2)
’22 — — — — (21)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

May Aug Nov Feb Year
’26 (0.16) (0.19) — — —
’26 (0.13) (0.15) 0.91 (0.37) 0.27
’25 (0.15) (0.22) (0.10) (0.16) (0.63)
’24 (0.11) 0.13 0.24 (0.19) 0.07
’23 0.03 (0.10) 0.00 (0.24) (0.31)
’22 0.41 0.23 0.31 0.04 0.98
’21 0.23 0.51 0.51 0.25 1.50
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to February

Group Line 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Trend 2027e 2028e 2029e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 3.13 7.53 5.61 3.02 7.50 2.00 0.80 1.11 0.92 1.03

Analyst estimates 2027–2029

Powerpack
High 9.50 14.35 11.07 20.00 19.50 9.87 4.00 2.95 1.93 1.65
People
People Employees 202 193 178 201 214 166 138 101 83 64
Revenue/emp, $m 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.56 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.51 0.41 0.36
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 107 112 119 113 205 142 88 51 34 23
Gross margin, % 73.17 68.01 67.12 67.38 70.66 68.85 63.84 64.64 61.50 59.37
EBT 5 8 9 8 17 11 (3) 1 (7) 5
EBT margin, % 4.33 6.99 7.73 6.86 8.42 7.90 (3.90) 1.44 (20.05) 23.33
Net income 3 5 7 6 13 8 (3) 1 (5) 2
Depreciation 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 13.07 6.85 14.51 13.59 24.50 17.69 10.77 6.17 4.10 2.68
Earnings 0.35 0.64 0.82 0.68 1.51 1.03 (0.31) 0.07 (0.63) 0.27
Cash flow (0.19) 0.56 0.48 0.51 0.94 (2.63) 0.01 1.06 0.38 0.23
Capex 0.00 0.00 0.00 (0.08) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.49 (0.05) 3.43
Free cash flow (0.19) 0.56 0.48 0.43 0.94 (2.63) 0.01 1.55 0.33 3.67
Book value 1.87 1.25 3.17 3.53 4.82 5.82 5.54 5.50 4.86 5.00
Shares, m 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 13.80 14.93 9.85 7.54 10.67 7.57 0.00 26.29 0.00 5.23
P/S 0.37 0.69 0.56 0.38 0.66 0.44 0.34 0.30 0.35 0.51
P/B 2.59 3.80 2.55 1.45 3.34 1.35 0.66 0.33 0.30 0.27
EV/Sales 0.57 0.85 0.70 0.52 0.70 0.62 0.74 0.83 1.85 2.68
EV/FCF (14.85) 12.25 32.48 16.22 39.14 (3.53) (42.50) 3.31 22.69 1.96
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow (2) 9 4 4 8 (21) 0 9 3 2
Capex (2) (1) (1) (1) (4) (4) (2) 4 0 29
Free cash flow (2) 9 4 4 8 (21) 0 13 3 31
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 8 12 18 21 20 36 9 49 15 14
Total debt 26 21 20 19 16 43 0 28 27 —
Net debt 26 18 17 16 14 43 0 27 26 (1)
Shareholders’ equity 15 20 26 29 40 47 45 45 41 43
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 0.00 0.00 0.00 8.43 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.58 (6.25) 3.51
ROIC 0.00 0.00 0.00 9.74 0.00 0.00 0.00 (5.08) (6.39) (10.83)
ROE 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.41 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.21 (12.24) 5.58
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Feb 2026 · latest quarter Aug 2026 · fundamentals updated 16 Oct 2026

Charts ten years each

Educational Development Corporation vs peers in Publishing (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
NYT The New York Times Company $11.1B 28.0× 28.6× +11.17% (above 0%: growing) +13.73% (above 0%: growing) +78.27% (above 0%: growing) 51.76% 15.48% Compare
PSO Pearson, PLC $10.7B 18.8× — +7.23% (above 0%: growing) +1,083.81% (above 0%: growing) +1,102.06% (above 0%: growing) 48.91% 0.00% Compare
WLY John Wiley & Sons, Inc. $2.7B 13.7× 11.2× −2.63% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +30.28% (above 0%: growing) 73.89% 0.76% Compare
WLYB John Wiley & Sons, Inc. $2.1B 13.7× — −2.63% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +30.28% (above 0%: growing) 73.89% 0.76% Compare
TDAY USA TODAY Co., Inc. $1.1B — (loss-making) 26.6× −8.30% (below 0%: shrinking) −88.89% (below 0%: shrinking) +1.14% (above 0%: growing) 38.83% 3.73% Compare
SCHL Scholastic Corporation $711.5M 24.9× 16.2× −3.90% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −18.41% (below 0%: shrinking) 45.53% (42.53%) Compare
LEE Lee Enterprises, Incorporated $150.0M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −10.85% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −36.16% (below 0%: shrinking) 62.43% 6.85% Compare
EDUC Educational Development Corporation $9.3M 5.3× 10.4× −11.92% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −61.99% (below 0%: shrinking) 59.73% (38.41%)
TNMG TNL Mediagene $2.5M 13.1× — — +25.00% (above 0%: growing) −233.71% (below 0%: shrinking) — — Compare
Median of peers $1.6B 16.2× 21.4× −2.63% +19.37% +15.71% 51.76% 0.76%

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Educational Development Corporation (EDUC) key facts

  • Concern: Educational Development Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended February 2026) was $22.9 million, down 33.0% from fiscal 2025.
  • Educational Development Corporation (EDUC) is a Publishing company in the Communication Services sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • As of October 16, 2026, EDUC traded at $1.04, a market capitalization of $9.3 million.
  • Return on equity was 5.58% and debt-to-equity 0.00.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 5 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 1.93 (grey zone) for fiscal 2026.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations · fundamentals updated Oct 16, 2026.

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