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Scholastic Corporation

Scholastic Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended May 2026) was $1.6 billion, down 2.68% from fiscal 2025. In the quarter to August 2026, revenue fell 3.90%, EPS fell 33.2%, free cash flow fell 18.4% and total debt fell 30.0%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years.

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Market cap: $711.5M
P/E: 24.9×
Fwd P/E: 16.2×
Dividend yield: 2.92%
F-score: 7/9
Altman Z: 2.47
Beneish M: −2.42
Dividend safety: 61/100

Overview Business Profile Financial Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios 10-Q 10-K

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 14.26

Totals in millions of $.

	Dec 25			Mar 26			Jun 26			Sep 26
Buy	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sell	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	5	—	—

Insider Ownership 24.18%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 711.52

Revenue 1,573.10

Net Income 56.60

Free Cash Flow (14.40)

Net Debt 68.20

Current Ratio 1.25

Debt/Equity 0.27

P/E ratio 24.95

Fwd P/E 16.20

P/S ratio 0.45

P/B ratio 1.08

Past 5Y EPS Growth —

This Y EPS Growth (24.60%)

Next Y EPS Growth 71.28%

Next Y revenue growth 2.16%

Next 5Y EPS Growth 84.30%

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Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years

P/E against its own 10 years 38.19%

10-year low 10-year high

P/S against its own 10 years 10.58%

10-year low 10-year high

P/B against its own 10 years 56.69%

10-year low 10-year high

EV/Sales against its own 10 years 11.54%

10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.79

Annual Dividend Rate 1.10

Annual Dividend Yield 2.92%

	total	individual payouts
2028	Powerpack
2027	Powerpack
2026	0.90	0.20 0.20 0.25 0.25
2025	0.80	0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20
2024	0.80	0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20
2023	0.80	0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20
2022	0.70	0.15 0.15 0.20 0.20
2021	0.60	0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15
2020	0.60	0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15
2019	0.60	0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15
2018	0.60	0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15
2017	0.60	0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15
2016	0.60	0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15

predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

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%)

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.

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.

Group	Line	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	2027e
Price, $
Price, $	Low	33.51	33.84	31.38	18.80	23.96	28.22	30.50	19.14	15.77	28.98	Analyst estimates 2027–2029 Powerpack
	High	48.20	47.94	45.80	38.74	41.50	48.28	47.25	40.74	31.86	48.07
People
People	Employees	9,000	9,000	8,900	8,300	6,800	6,880	6,760	6,660	7,090	6,905
	Revenue/emp, $m	0.19	0.18	0.19	0.18	0.19	0.24	0.25	0.24	0.23	0.23
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
	Gross margin, %	53.23	54.27	52.84	52.30	51.65	53.41	53.85	55.65	55.78	56.39
	EBT	88	(1)	26	(90)	(18)	90	112	16	(1)	85
	EBT margin, %	5.05	(0.09)	1.57	(6.03)	(1.40)	5.46	6.60	1.02	(0.08)	5.39
	Net income	52	(5)	16	(44)	(11)	81	86	12	(2)	57
	Depreciation	65	68	82	91	90	91	89	94	111	106
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
	Earnings	1.51	(0.14)	0.44	(1.27)	(0.32)	2.33	2.56	0.41	(0.07)	2.39
	Cash flow	4.07	4.04	3.31	0.06	2.07	6.55	4.41	5.22	4.50	2.15
	Capex	(1.89)	(3.47)	(2.70)	(1.81)	(1.38)	(1.22)	(1.83)	(1.97)	(1.89)	(2.04)
	Free cash flow	2.18	0.57	0.61	(1.75)	0.69	5.33	2.57	3.25	2.61	0.11
	Book value	37.69	37.74	36.16	34.12	34.47	35.32	34.45	34.40	34.29	31.68
	Shares, m	35	35	35	35	34	35	34	30	28	24
Valuation, ×
Valuation, ×	P/E	28.54	0.00	76.95	0.00	0.00	16.04	16.34	71.14	0.00	17.46
	P/S	0.85	0.97	0.70	0.69	0.92	0.79	0.84	0.68	0.29	0.64
	P/B	1.13	1.19	0.92	0.87	1.01	1.06	1.23	1.05	0.50	1.35
	EV/Sales	0.63	0.77	0.54	0.59	0.80	0.66	0.77	0.68	0.39	0.61
	EV/FCF	14.49	62.40	41.87	(14.47)	43.73	5.90	15.17	11.17	8.69	388.90
Cash, $m
Cash, $m	Operating cash flow	141	142	116	2	71	226	149	155	124	51
	Capex	(66)	(121)	(95)	(63)	(47)	(42)	(62)	(58)	(52)	(48)
	Free cash flow	76	20	21	(61)	24	184	87	96	72	3
Balance, $m
Balance, $m	Working capital	583	513	419	534	333	376	291	142	99	136
	Total debt	6	8	7	211	7	77	78	—	250	75
	Net debt	(444)	(392)	(334)	(183)	(359)	(240)	(146)	(114)	126	(60)
	Shareholders’ equity	1,308	1,321	1,273	1,181	1,182	1,218	1,165	1,018	947	751
Returns, %
Returns, %	ROA	3.01	(0.28)	0.84	(2.24)	(0.54)	4.10	4.53	0.68	(0.10)	3.08
	ROIC	6.45	3.74	1.66	(5.55)	(1.72)	6.22	6.53	1.00	0.92	1.38
	ROE	4.08	(0.38)	1.20	(3.57)	(0.93)	6.74	7.24	1.11	(0.19)	6.68

Negative figures in brackets.

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

Charts ten years each

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%)
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%)	Compare
TNMG TNL Mediagene	$2.5M	13.1×	—	—	+25.00% (above 0%: growing)	−233.71% (below 0%: shrinking)	—	—	Compare
Median of peers	$1.6B	13.7×	18.9×	−2.63%	+19.37%	+15.71%	59.73%	0.76%

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Scholastic Corporation (SCHL) key facts

Concern: Scholastic Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended May 2026) was $1.6 billion, down 2.68% from fiscal 2025.
Scholastic Corporation (SCHL) is a Publishing company in the Communication Services sector, listed on Nasdaq.
As of October 16, 2026, SCHL traded at $37.67, a market capitalization of $711.5 million.
Scholastic Corporation pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share, a yield of 2.92%, with a payout ratio of 78.6%.
Return on equity was 6.68% and debt-to-equity 0.27.
Its Piotroski F-score is 7 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 2.47 (grey zone) for fiscal 2026.