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Scholastic Corporation (SCHL) vs USA TODAY Co., Inc. (TDAY)

Scholastic Corporation and USA TODAY Co., Inc. are both Publishing companies. USA TODAY Co., Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.1B against $711.5M — 1.5× the size. USA TODAY Co., Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Scholastic Corporation trades at 24.9×. Scholastic Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −2.53% against −6.67%. Scholastic Corporation has the higher net margin (3.60% vs −1.81%) and the lower return on invested capital (1.31% vs 6.43%). Across the 19 metrics below, Scholastic Corporation leads on 15 and USA TODAY Co., Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric SCHL TDAY Publishing median
P/E 24.95 n/m 13.70
P/S 0.45 0.46 0.46
P/B 1.08 6.67 4.35
Price to free cash flow n/m 13.47 10.85
EV/EBITDA 6.68 7.62 9.73
EV/Sales 0.51 0.85 1.68
Earnings yield 4.01% (4.02%) 5.33%
Free cash flow yield (2.02%) 7.42% 5.68%

Profitability

Metric SCHL TDAY Publishing median
Gross margin 56.49% 39.47% 58.31%
Operating margin 0.97% 4.69% 4.37%
Net margin 3.60% (1.81%) 7.58%
Free cash flow margin (0.92%) 3.40% 3.40%
Return on equity 7.38% (20.67%) 7.38%
Return on assets 3.08% (2.12%) 2.76%
Return on invested capital 1.31% 6.43% 3.31%

Growth

Metric SCHL TDAY Publishing median
Revenue growth (TTM) (2.53%) (6.67%) (1.40%)
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 3,442.86% 105.56% 105.56%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.00% (7.53%) (2.38%)
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric SCHL TDAY Publishing median
Debt to equity 0.27 6.20 1.62
Current ratio 1.25 0.81 1.17
Net debt to EBITDA (0.49) 3.68 1.44

Dividend

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

Size

Metric SCHL TDAY Publishing median
Market cap 711.52m 1.05b 1.05b

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