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. 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.

37.67 0.98 −2.54%
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

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 (at or below 0.5: strong)
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%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y EPS Growth 71.28% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth 2.16%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 84.30% (at or above 15%: strong)

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Valuation vs history

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.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

3
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to May

Group Line 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Trend 2027e 2028e 2029e
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

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 $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.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations · fundamentals updated Sep 30, 2026.

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