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Educational Development Corporation (EDUC) vs Scholastic Corporation (SCHL)

Educational Development Corporation and Scholastic Corporation are both Publishing companies. Scholastic Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $711.5M against $9.3M — 76.5× the size. Educational Development Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 5.3× against 24.9×. Scholastic Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −2.53% against −32.0%. Educational Development Corporation has the higher net margin (8.60% vs 3.60%) and the lower return on invested capital (−10.7% vs 1.31%). Across the 20 metrics below, Educational Development Corporation leads on 10 and Scholastic Corporation on 10.

Valuation

Metric EDUC SCHL Publishing median
P/E 5.34 24.95 13.70
P/S 0.44 0.45 0.46
P/B 0.22 1.08 4.35
Price to free cash flow 0.29 n/m 10.85
EV/EBITDA n/m 6.68 9.73
EV/Sales 2.94 0.51 1.68
Earnings yield 18.73% 4.01% 5.33%
Free cash flow yield 339.29% (2.02%) 5.68%

Profitability

Metric EDUC SCHL Publishing median
Gross margin 60.12% 56.49% 58.31%
Operating margin (33.16%) 0.97% 4.37%
Net margin 8.60% 3.60% 7.58%
Free cash flow margin 150.23% (0.92%) 3.40%
Return on equity 4.41% 7.38% 7.38%
Return on assets 2.76% 3.08% 2.76%
Return on invested capital (10.74%) 1.31% 3.31%

Growth

Metric EDUC SCHL Publishing median
Revenue growth (TTM) (31.97%) (2.53%) (1.40%)
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 142.86% 3,442.86% 105.56%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (35.46%) 4.00% (2.38%)
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (28.71%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric EDUC SCHL Publishing median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.27 1.62
Current ratio 3.27 1.25 1.17
Net debt to EBITDA 0.23 (0.49) 1.44

Dividend

Metric EDUC SCHL Publishing median
Dividend yield — 2.92% —
Payout ratio — 0.79 —

Size

Metric EDUC SCHL Publishing median
Market cap 9.30m 711.52m 1.05b

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