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Scholastic Corporation

SCHL Communication Services Publishing

Scholastic Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended May 2026) was $1.6 billion, down 2.68% from fiscal 2025.

Revenue
−3.90%
EPS
−33.2%
Free cash flow
−18.4%
Total debt
−30.0%

Quarter to August 2026, against a year earlier

37.20 0.34 +0.92%
Market cap
$678.6M
P/E
24.6×
Fwd P/E
30.9×
Dividend yield
2.42%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
2.47
Beneish M
−2.42
Dividend safety
61/100
Overview
Financials
Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios

Insider Decisions last twelve months

Sold, $m 14.26
Trades a month
Jan 26 Apr 26 Jul 26 Oct 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — 1 — — — — 5 — — —
Insider Ownership 24.18%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Size
Market Cap 678.57
Revenue ttm 1,573.10
Net income ttm 56.60
Free cash flow ttm (14.40)
Net debt Q 68.20
Valuation
P/E 24.64
Forward P/E 30.90
Price / sales 0.45
Forward P/S Powerpack
Price / FCF 0.00
Price / book 1.07
Financial health
Current ratio Q 1.25
Debt / equity Q 0.27 (at or below 0.5: strong)
Interest coverage Q 253.25
Growth
Revenue growth Q −3.90% (below 0%: shrinking)
Operating income growth Q 0.00%
EPS, this year −24.60% (below 0%: weak)
EPS, next year A +71.28% (at or above 15%: strong)
Revenue, next year A +2.16%
EPS, past 5 yrs —
EPS, next 5 yrs A +84.30% (at or above 15%: strong)

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges; (Q) is the latest quarter, (A) analysts’ estimates. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years
EV/Sales is 0.5×, against a ten-year median of 0.7×; over the ten years it ranged from 0.4× in 2020 to 0.9× in 2021.
P/E against its own 10 years 37.05%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 9.49%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 51.87%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 11.25%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Yield
2.42%
Annual rate
0.90
Payout ratio
64.3%
Growth, 2018–26
+5.20%/yr
  1. 0.60 ’18
  2. 0.60 ’19 +0
  3. 0.60 ’20 +0
  4. 0.60 ’21 +0
  5. 0.70 ’22 +17
  6. 0.80 ’23 +14
  7. 0.80 ’24 +0
  8. 0.80 ’25 +0
  9. 0.90 ’26 +13
paid change on the year, % Powerpack

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Cash 114 124 135 107
Receivables 250 303 284 255
Inventory 264 250 265 315
Other — — — —
677 725 721 730
2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Payables 139 157 144 150
ST’ Debt — — — —
Other — 18 17 19
535 626 586 583

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales (0.56%) 4.00% (2.45%)
Cash Flow 0.00% (6.44%) (30.08%)
Earnings 3.42% 0.00% (13.07%)
Book Value (5.03%) (8.68%) (13.61%)

Earnings Trends EPS, adjusted, against the consensus

Q1 FY27 Estimate −3.42 Actual −3.63

Earnings per share against the consensus, by quarter
Quarter Estimate Reported Result
Q2 FY26 2.07 2.57 Beat by 0.50
Q3 FY26 −0.37 −0.15 Beat by 0.22
Q4 FY26 2.16 2.19 Beat by 0.03
Q1 FY27 −3.42 −3.63 Miss by 0.21
Q2 FY27 3.52 — Reports 17 December 2026

EPS $

Aug Nov Feb May Year
’26 (3.77) — — — —
’26 (2.83) 2.17 2.55 0.45 2.34
’25 (2.21) 1.71 (0.13) 0.59 (0.07)
’24 (2.35) 2.45 (0.91) 1.23 0.40
’23 (1.33) 2.12 (0.57) 2.26 2.49
’22 (0.70) 1.91 (0.44) 1.46 2.27
’21 (1.16) 1.02 (0.41) 0.22 (0.32)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Revenue $m

Aug Nov Feb May Year
’26 217 — — — —
’26 226 551 329 476 1,582
’25 237 545 335 508 1,626
’24 229 563 324 475 1,590
’23 263 588 325 528 1,704
’22 260 524 345 514 1,643
’21 215 406 278 401 1,300
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Aug Nov Feb May Year
’26 (95) — — — —
’26 (82) 73 (30) 90 51
’25 (42) 71 (12) 107 124
’24 (38) 110 13 70 155
’23 (60) 82 8 120 149
’22 64 78 37 48 226
’21 (26) 46 16 35 71
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Aug Nov Feb May Year
’26 (109) — — — —
’26 (92) 63 (44) 75 3
’25 (62) 60 (21) 95 72
’24 (52) 95 (2) 55 96
’23 (72) 69 (5) 95 87
’22 53 69 28 34 184
’21 (42) 36 6 24 24
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

3
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to May

Ten-year view Analyst estimates Powerpack
Group Line 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 TTM Aug ’26 Trend 10 yrs 2027e 2028e 2029e Next 3/yr
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 1,742 1,628 1,654 1,487 1,300 1,643 1,704 1,590 1,626 1,582 1,573 (1.1%) 1,616 1,671 — +2.8%
Gross margin, % 53.23 54.27 52.84 52.30 51.65 53.41 53.85 55.65 55.78 56.39 56.49 +3.2 pt
EBT 88 (1) 26 (90) (18) 90 112 16 (1) 85 89 (0.3%)
EBT margin, % 5.05 (0.09) 1.57 (6.03) (1.40) 5.46 6.60 1.02 (0.08) 5.39 5.63 +0.3 pt
Net income 52 (5) 16 (44) (11) 81 86 12 (2) 57 57 +0.9%
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 50.19 46.53 46.99 42.98 37.91 47.62 50.41 53.71 58.89 66.75 83.23 +3.2%
Earnings 1.51 (0.14) 0.44 (1.27) (0.32) 2.33 2.56 0.41 (0.07) 2.39 1.51 +5.2%
Cash flow 4.07 4.04 3.31 0.06 2.07 6.55 4.41 5.22 4.50 2.15 2.02 (6.9%)
Capex (1.89) (3.47) (2.70) (1.81) (1.38) (1.22) (1.83) (1.97) (1.89) (2.04) (2.78) +0.8%
Free cash flow 2.18 0.57 0.61 (1.75) 0.69 5.33 2.57 3.25 2.61 0.11 (0.76) (28.6%)
Book value 37.69 37.74 36.16 34.12 34.47 35.32 34.45 34.40 34.29 31.68 34.74 (1.9%)
Shares, m 35 35 35 35 34 35 34 30 28 24 23 (4.1%)
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 28.54 0.00 76.95 0.00 0.00 16.04 16.34 71.14 0.00 17.46 24.64 22.6
P/S 0.85 0.97 0.70 0.69 0.92 0.79 0.84 0.68 0.29 0.64 0.45 0.7
P/B 1.13 1.19 0.92 0.87 1.01 1.06 1.23 1.05 0.50 1.35 1.07 1.0
EV/Sales 0.63 0.77 0.54 0.59 0.80 0.66 0.77 0.68 0.39 0.61 0.50 0.6
EV/FCF 14.49 62.40 41.87 (14.47) 43.73 5.90 15.17 11.17 8.69 388.90 (54.85) 57.8
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 141 142 116 2 71 226 149 155 124 51 38 (10.7%)
Capex (66) (121) (95) (63) (47) (42) (62) (58) (52) (48) (52) (3.3%)
Free cash flow 76 20 21 (61) 24 184 87 96 72 3 (14) (31.5%)
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 583 513 419 534 333 376 291 142 99 136 147 (15.0%)
Net debt (444) (392) (334) (183) (359) (240) (146) (114) 126 (60) 68 (20.0%)
Shareholders’ equity 1,308 1,321 1,273 1,181 1,182 1,218 1,165 1,018 947 751 657 (6.0%)
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 3.01 (0.28) 0.84 (2.24) (0.54) 4.10 4.53 0.68 (0.10) 3.08 3.08 +0.1 pt
ROIC 6.45 3.74 1.66 (5.55) (1.72) 6.22 6.53 1.00 0.92 1.38 1.31 (5.1) pt
ROE 4.08 (0.38) 1.20 (3.57) (0.93) 6.74 7.24 1.11 (0.19) 6.68 7.38 +2.6 pt
People
People Employees 9,000 9,000 8,900 8,300 6,800 6,880 6,760 6,660 7,090 6,905 — (2.9%)
Revenue/emp, $m 0.19 0.18 0.19 0.18 0.19 0.24 0.25 0.24 0.23 0.23 — +1.9%
Negative figures in brackets.
estimates

All 10 years →

Fiscal years to May 2026 · latest quarter Aug 2026 · fundamentals updated 30 Sep 2026

Scholastic 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 $10.6B 27.1× 27.1× +9.66% (above 0%: growing) +20.70% (above 0%: growing) −14.82% (below 0%: shrinking) 51.41% 15.87% Compare
PSO Pearson, PLC $10.5B 17.8× — +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. $2.6B 13.1× 15.7× −2.63% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +30.28% (above 0%: growing) 73.89% 0.76% Compare
WLYB John Wiley & Sons, Inc. $2.1B 13.2× — −2.63% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +30.28% (above 0%: growing) 73.89% 0.76% Compare
TDAY USA TODAY Co., Inc. $898.5M — (loss-making) 21.0× −7.41% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −28.17% (below 0%: shrinking) 35.06% (1.11%) Compare
SCHL Scholastic Corporation $678.6M 24.6× 30.9× −3.90% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −18.41% (below 0%: shrinking) 45.53% (42.53%)
LEE Lee Enterprises, Incorporated $156.0M — (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 $8.4M 4.7× 10.4× −11.92% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −1,474.93% (below 0%: shrinking) 59.73% (38.41%) Compare
TNMG TNL Mediagene $2.2M 12.5× — — +25.00% (above 0%: growing) −233.71% (below 0%: shrinking) — — Compare
Median of peers $1.5B 13.2× 18.4× −2.63% +25.00% −21.49% 59.73% 0.76%

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Pay and ownership Proxy statement filed 7 August 2026

Chief executive’s pay

Year Total pay Actually paid $100 invested
2026 3.74m 5.38m 135.25
2025 3.30m 2.40m 56.23
2024 2.04m 1.79m 113.12
2023 3.30m 3.84m 130.75
2022 5.18m 5.56m 113.31

Ownership

Directors and executive officers, together 10.20%
Austin, TX 8.30%
Iole Lucchese 6.70%
New York, NY 5.50%
Total pay is as the Summary Compensation Table states it; actually paid revalues the year’s share awards at its end, as the SEC’s pay-versus-performance rule asks. $100 invested is what $100 in the company’s shares at the start of the earliest year shown was worth at each year’s end. Ownership is the proxy’s own table: the directors and officers as a group, and every holder of 5% or more. Read the proxy statement

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