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SCHOLASTIC CORP
SCHL
$1.2B
Mkt Cap
$43.15
-7.08%
SCHOLASTIC CORP (SCHL) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of 4.2%. This is below average and may indicate limited pricing power.
SCHOLASTIC CORP (SCHL) has a market capitalization of $902M. It is classified as a small-cap stock.
Yes, SCHOLASTIC CORP (SCHL) pays a dividend with a trailing twelve-month yield of 2.33%. The company also returns capital through share buybacks, with a buyback yield of 17.43%.
SCHOLASTIC CORP (SCHL) operates in the Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing industry, within the Communication Services sector.
SCHOLASTIC CORP (SCHL) reported annual revenue of $1.6 billion in its most recent fiscal year, based on SEC EDGAR filings.
SCHOLASTIC CORP (SCHL) has a net profit margin of -0.1%. The company is currently unprofitable.
SCHOLASTIC CORP (SCHL) generated $72 million in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Positive free cash flow supports dividends, buybacks, and debt reduction.
Scholastic Corporation (the “Corporation” and together with its subsidiaries, “Scholastic” or the “Company”) is the world’s largest publisher and distributor of children’s books, a leading provider of print and digital instructional materials for grades pre-kindergarten ("pre-K") to grade 12 and a producer of entertaining literary and educational children’s media. The Company creates quality print, digital and audio books, learning materials and programs, classroom magazines and other products that, in combination, offer children, families and educators engaging and comprehensive solutions to support children’s learning and reading both at home and at school. Since its founding in 1920, Scholastic has emphasized quality products and a dedication to reading, learning and literacy. The Company is the leading operator of school-based book club and book fair proprietary channels.
| Metric | TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1.6B | 1.6B | 1.6B | 1.7B | 1.6B | 1.3B |
| Net Income | 63M | -1.9M | 12M | 86M | 81M | -11M |
| EPS | $2.89 | $-0.07 | $0.40 | $2.49 | $2.27 | $-0.32 |
| Free Cash Flow | 22M | 72M | 96M | 87M | 184M | 24M |
| ROIC | 7.2% | 1.6% | 1.2% | 8.9% | 10.2% | -0.9% |
| Gross Margin | - | 55.8% | 55.6% | 53.8% | 53.4% | 51.6% |
| Debt/Equity | 0.00 | 0.27 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Dividends/Share | $1.00 | $0.80 | $0.80 | $0.80 | $0.60 | $0.60 |
| Operating Income | 17M | 16M | 15M | 106M | 97M | -23M |
| Operating Margin | 1.1% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 6.2% | 5.9% | -1.7% |
| ROE | 7.2% | -0.2% | 1.1% | 7.3% | 6.7% | -0.9% |
| Shares Outstanding | 21M | 27M | 30M | 35M | 36M | 34M |
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| Income Statement | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | 1.6B | 1.6B | 1.7B | 1.7B | 1.6B | 1.7B | 1.5B | 1.3B | 1.6B | 1.7B | 1.6B | 1.6B | 1.6B |
| Gross Margin | 53.6% | 53.6% | 54.4% | 53.2% | 54.3% | 52.8% | 52.3% | 51.6% | 53.4% | 53.8% | 55.6% | 55.8% | N/A |
| R&D | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| SG&A | 727M | 771M | 774M | 778M | 766M | 792M | 764M | 623M | 723M | 757M | 803M | 822M | 815M |
| EBIT | 10M | 33M | 72M | 89M | 56M | 25M | -89M | -23M | 97M | 106M | 15M | 16M | 17M |
| Op. Margin | 0.7% | 2.0% | 4.3% | 5.1% | 3.4% | 1.5% | -6.0% | -1.7% | 5.9% | 6.2% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 1.1% |
| Net Income | 44M | 295M | 40M | 52M | -5.0M | 16M | -44M | -11M | 81M | 86M | 12M | -1.9M | 63M |
| Net Margin | 2.8% | 18.0% | 2.4% | 3.0% | -0.3% | 0.9% | -2.9% | -0.8% | 4.9% | 5.1% | 0.8% | -0.1% | 3.9% |
| Non-Recurring | 24M | 15M | 12M | 22M | 21M | 12M | 17M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11M | 0 | 0 |
| Returns on Capital | |||||||||||||
| ROIC | 4.7% | 26.3% | 5.9% | 6.2% | 6.2% | 1.6% | -3.3% | -0.9% | 10.2% | 8.9% | 1.2% | 1.6% | 7.2% |
| ROE | 5.0% | 27.8% | 3.3% | 4.1% | -0.4% | 1.2% | -3.6% | -0.9% | 6.7% | 7.3% | 1.1% | -0.2% | 7.2% |
| ROA | 3.0% | 17.6% | 2.3% | 3.0% | -0.3% | 0.8% | -2.2% | -0.5% | 4.1% | 4.5% | 0.7% | -0.1% | 3.5% |
| Cash Flow | |||||||||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | 157M | 167M | -79M | 141M | 142M | 116M | 2.1M | 71M | 226M | 149M | 155M | 124M | 68M |
| Free Cash Flow | 130M | 137M | -115M | 76M | 20M | 21M | -61M | 24M | 184M | 87M | 96M | 72M | 22M |
| Owner Earnings | 90M | 112M | -125M | 95M | 89M | 55M | -60M | 6.1M | 163M | 86M | 89M | 60M | 6.9M |
| CapEx | 27M | 30M | 36M | 66M | 122M | 95M | 63M | 47M | 42M | 62M | 58M | 52M | 46M |
| Maint. CapEx | 58M | 46M | 37M | 36M | 42M | 53M | 58M | 58M | 55M | 53M | 55M | 55M | 52M |
| Growth CapEx | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29M | 80M | 42M | 4.4M | 0 | 0 | 9.5M | 3.9M | 0 | 0 |
| D&A | 58M | 46M | 37M | 36M | 42M | 53M | 58M | 58M | 55M | 53M | 55M | 55M | 52M |
| CapEx/OCF | 16.9% | 18.2% | N/A | 46.5% | 85.9% | 81.6% | 119.0% | 1.1% | 18.6% | 41.6% | 37.8% | 42.0% | 67.4% |
| Capital Allocation | |||||||||||||
| Dividends Paid | 18M | 20M | 21M | 21M | 21M | 21M | 21M | 21M | 21M | 26M | 25M | 23M | 21M |
| Dividend Yield | 2.2% | 2.0% | 1.8% | 1.7% | 1.8% | 1.6% | 2.1% | 2.5% | 1.7% | 2.0% | 2.2% | 3.4% | 2.3% |
| Share Buybacks | 6.2M | 3.5M | 14M | 6.9M | 27M | 8.5M | 36M | 0 | 33M | 132M | 158M | 70M | 157M |
| Buyback Yield | 0.8% | 0.3% | 1.3% | 0.6% | 2.0% | 0.7% | 3.8% | N/A | 2.7% | 9.7% | 14.8% | 15.2% | 17.4% |
| Stock-Based Comp | 8.4M | 8.8M | 9.7M | 10M | 11M | 8.3M | 3.8M | 6.6M | 7.8M | 11M | 11M | 9.3M | 9.2M |
| Debt Repayment | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Balance Sheet | |||||||||||||
| Net Debt | 99M | -507M | -400M | -444M | -392M | -334M | -181M | -357M | -314M | -222M | -112M | 128M | -102M |
| Cash & Equiv. | 21M | 507M | 400M | 444M | 392M | 334M | 394M | 367M | 317M | 225M | 114M | 124M | 105M |
| Long-Term Debt | 120M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 211M | 7.3M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 250M | N/A |
| Debt/Equity | 0.13 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.18 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.27 | 0.00 |
| Interest Coverage | 1.4 | 8.7 | 32.6 | 37.2 | 27.8 | 11.4 | -29.5 | -3.7 | 33.6 | 75.9 | 7.6 | 0.9 | 0.6 |
| Equity | 915M | 1.2B | 1.3B | 1.3B | 1.3B | 1.3B | 1.2B | 1.2B | 1.2B | 1.2B | 1.0B | 947M | 872M |
| Total Assets | 1.5B | 1.8B | 1.7B | 1.8B | 1.8B | 1.9B | 2.0B | 2.0B | 1.9B | 1.9B | 1.7B | 2.0B | 1.8B |
| Total Liabilities | 613M | 617M | 456M | 453M | 505M | 606M | 853M | 826M | 722M | 702M | 653M | 1.0B | -27M |
| Intangibles | 8.0M | 6.8M | 6.8M | 11M | 12M | 14M | 13M | 11M | 8.1M | 9.9M | 10M | 88M | 82M |
| Retained Earnings | 765M | 1.0B | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.0B | 948M | 916M | 977M | 1.0B | 1.0B | 1000M | 1.0B |
| Working Capital | 233M | 563M | 572M | 583M | 513M | 419M | 534M | 333M | 376M | 291M | 142M | 99M | 114M |
| Current Assets | 663M | 1.1B | 950M | 971M | 958M | 961M | 1.0B | 1.0B | 996M | 893M | 677M | 725M | 735M |
| Current Liabilities | 430M | 548M | 378M | 387M | 446M | 542M | 501M | 696M | 620M | 602M | 535M | 626M | 621M |
| Per Share Data | |||||||||||||
| EPS | 1.36 | 8.80 | 1.16 | 1.47 | -0.14 | 0.43 | -1.27 | -0.32 | 2.27 | 2.49 | 0.40 | -0.07 | 2.89 |
| Owner EPS | 2.77 | 3.35 | -3.60 | 2.68 | 2.49 | 1.51 | -1.74 | 0.18 | 4.60 | 2.48 | 2.95 | 2.23 | 0.33 |
| Book Value | 28.10 | 36.00 | 36.11 | 36.83 | 36.98 | 35.05 | 34.19 | 34.35 | 34.28 | 33.55 | 33.66 | 34.87 | 41.72 |
| Cash Flow/Share | 4.81 | 4.99 | -2.27 | 3.98 | 3.96 | 3.21 | 0.06 | 2.07 | 6.37 | 4.30 | 5.11 | 4.58 | 5.47 |
| Dividends/Share | 0.58 | 0.60 | 0.60 | 0.60 | 0.60 | 0.60 | 0.60 | 0.60 | 0.60 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 1.00 |
| Shares Out. | 32.6M | 33.5M | 34.8M | 35.5M | 35.7M | 36.3M | 34.5M | 34.4M | 35.5M | 34.7M | 30.3M | 27.1M | 20.9M |
| Valuation | |||||||||||||
| P/E Ratio | 18.6 | 4.1 | 27.7 | 23.9 | N/A | 75.2 | N/A | N/A | 15.2 | 15.7 | 88.1 | N/A | 14.9 |
| P/FCF | 6.3 | 8.9 | N/A | 16.5 | 67.0 | 54.8 | N/A | 43.7 | 6.7 | 15.6 | 11.1 | 6.4 | 40.8 |
| EV/EBIT | 88.7 | 21.5 | 10.1 | 9.0 | 17.1 | 33.6 | N/A | N/A | 9.3 | 10.7 | 57.8 | 29.3 | 46.3 |
| Price/Book | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| Price/Sales | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| FCF Yield | 15.8% | 11.3% | -10.2% | 6.1% | 1.5% | 1.8% | -6.6% | 2.3% | 15.0% | 6.4% | 9.0% | 15.6% | 2.5% |
| Market Cap | 823M | 1.2B | 1.1B | 1.2B | 1.3B | 1.2B | 922M | 1.0B | 1.2B | 1.4B | 1.1B | 461M | 902M |
| Avg. Price | 24.74 | 28.97 | 32.46 | 35.12 | 33.54 | 36.15 | 29.33 | 23.70 | 34.13 | 36.56 | 36.61 | 24.45 | 43.15 |
| Year-End Price | 25.28 | 36.28 | 32.18 | 35.17 | 37.52 | 32.34 | 26.74 | 30.27 | 34.52 | 39.15 | 35.24 | 16.98 | 43.15 |
SCHOLASTIC CORP passes 5 of 9 quality checks, suggesting mixed fundamentals.
On a free-cash-flow basis, the stock trades at 23.6x vs a median of 16.1x. The company's 5-year average ROIC is 4.2% with a gross margin of 54.1%. Total shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) is 19.8%. At current prices, the estimated annualized return to fair value is +38.9%.
SCHOLASTIC CORP (SCHL) has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27. This indicates a conservatively financed balance sheet.
SCHOLASTIC CORP (SCHL) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $-0.07 in its most recent fiscal year.
SCHOLASTIC CORP (SCHL) has a return on equity (ROE) of -0.2%. A negative ROE may indicate losses or negative equity.
SCHOLASTIC CORP (SCHL) has a 5-year average gross margin of 54.1%. This high margin suggests strong pricing power and a potential competitive moat.
The Ledger Terminal provides 17 years of financial data for SCHOLASTIC CORP (SCHL), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
SCHOLASTIC CORP (SCHL) has a book value per share of $34.87, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.
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