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Scholastic Corporation SCHL
$36.20 +0.98% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $682.8M
Next earnings report: Dec 17, 2026
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Three things to know
- The diluted share count fell 25.0% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $1.57B, down 2.5% from a year earlier.
- The stock is 24% below its highest close of the past year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Communication Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 23%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 7%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 23%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 47%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 37%
- Gross marginTop 45%
- Operating marginBottom 34%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 10%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 11%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 43%
- Interest coverTop 39%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 31%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 17%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 6%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 12%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 30%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 21%
- 6-month returnBottom 37%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 21%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 38%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 32%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 33%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 18%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 7%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 41%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 43%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 36%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 43%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -2.7% | -2.5% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 55.8% | 54.9% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 1.0% | 1.6% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 2.6% | -0.9% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -2.5% | -2.7% | ↑ | Bottom 23% |
| Gross margin | 54.9% | 55.8% | ↓ | Top 45% |
| Operating margin | 1.6% | 1.0% | ↑ | Bottom 34% |
| Net margin | 3.6% | -0.7% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -0.9% | 2.6% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 1.3% | — | Bottom 37% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -2.4% | — | Bottom 23% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 0.67×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 1.1%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.6%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +8.1 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.42×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 3.0×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 2.72%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 38.88%
- Shareholder yield
- 41.61%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -25.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -15.8%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Aug 31, 2026 (filed Sep 25, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +19.7%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 7
Analysts
- Analysts with a rating
- 4
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 25%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 2026 | -6.1% | -1.5% | -0.6% | — | — |
| Jul 23, 2026 | +1.4% | +0.2% | -11.5% | -12.3% | — |
| Mar 19, 2026 | +59.5% | +2.5% | +17.1% | +19.1% | +31.4% |
| Dec 18, 2025 | +24.2% | +0.4% | +1.4% | +20.1% | +17.6% |
| Sep 18, 2025 | -3.3% | +1.2% | -3.3% | +6.2% | +6.7% |
| Jul 24, 2025 | +2.4% | -4.6% | +8.0% | +11.9% | +26.5% |
| Mar 20, 2025 | +93.6% | -1.8% | -1.5% | -17.3% | -2.6% |
| Dec 19, 2024 | -20.9% | +0.8% | -11.6% | -18.4% | -22.3% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 2026 | -$3.63 | -$3.42 | -6.1% | $216.8M |
| Jul 23, 2026 | $2.19 | $2.16 | +1.4% | $476.1M |
| Mar 19, 2026 | -$0.15 | -$0.37 | +59.5% | $329.1M |
| Dec 18, 2025 | $2.57 | $2.07 | +24.2% | $551.1M |
| Sep 18, 2025 | -$2.52 | -$2.44 | -3.3% | $225.6M |
| Jul 24, 2025 | $0.87 | $0.85 | +2.4% | $508.3M |
| Mar 20, 2025 | -$0.05 | -$0.78 | +93.6% | $335.4M |
| Dec 19, 2024 | $1.82 | $2.30 | -20.9% | $544.6M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 25.9× | 23.1× | 59th | Top 31% |
| P/E (forward) | 25.7× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 3.8× | — | — | Top 6% |
| EV / Sales | 0.69× | — | — | Top 12% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -2.11% | — | — | Bottom 17% |
| Earnings yield | 3.87% | — | — | Top 31% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 15.0× – 276.7× since Aug 31, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -10.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.7%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -6.0%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -5.2%
- RSI (14)
- 49.5
- Relative volume
- 0.98×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 40.7%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 59th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.70
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.23
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -23.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -61.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2022 | Apr 16, 2025 | -66.7% | 680 days | Not yet recovered |
| Feb 16, 2022 | Jul 13, 2022 | -21.9% | 100 days | 9 days (Jul 26, 2022) |
| Jun 9, 2021 | Sep 10, 2021 | -18.5% | 65 days | 72 days (Dec 22, 2021) |
| Dec 15, 2020 | Dec 22, 2020 | -14.6% | 5 days | 29 days (Feb 4, 2021) |
| Oct 23, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | -10.9% | 8 days | 3 days (Nov 9, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $682.8M
- P/E (TTM)
- 25.9
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.40
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.57B
- Dividend yield
- 3.04%
- 52-week range
- $26.38 – $48.07
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.64B | $1.70B | $1.59B | $1.63B | $1.58B |
| Gross profit | $877.4M | $917.6M | $884.6M | $906.7M | $833.3M |
| Operating income | $97.8M | $106.3M | $24.5M | $18.7M | $26.1M |
| Net income | $81.0M | $86.3M | $12.1M | -$1.9M | $56.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.27 | $2.49 | $0.40 | -$0.07 | $2.34 |
| Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | Q1 2027 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $544.6M | $335.4M | $508.3M | $225.6M | $551.1M | $329.1M | $476.1M | $216.8M |
| Net income | $48.8M | -$3.6M | $15.4M | -$71.1M | $55.9M | $62.5M | $9.4M | -$71.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.71 | -$0.13 | $0.59 | -$2.83 | $2.17 | $2.55 | $0.45 | -$3.77 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $226.0M | $148.9M | $154.6M | $124.2M | $50.9M |
| Capital expenditure | -$42.0M | -$62.0M | -$58.4M | -$52.2M | -$48.4M |
| Free cash flow | $184.0M | $86.9M | $96.2M | $72.0M | $2.5M |
| Dividends paid | -$20.7M | -$25.6M | -$24.7M | -$22.6M | -$20.0M |
| Net share buybacks | -$33.4M | -$132.1M | -$158.2M | -$68.8M | -$247.3M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $106.8M
- Total assets
- $1.73B
- Total liabilities
- $1.07B
- Total debt
- $509.7M
- Net debt
- $402.9M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $656.5M
As of Aug 31, 2026 (filed Sep 25, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2026 | $0.25 | Dec 15, 2026 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | $0.25 | Sep 15, 2026 |
| Apr 30, 2026 | $0.20 | Jun 15, 2026 |
| Jan 30, 2026 | $0.20 | Mar 16, 2026 |
| Oct 31, 2025 | $0.20 | Dec 15, 2025 |
| Aug 29, 2025 | $0.20 | Sep 15, 2025 |
| Apr 30, 2025 | $0.20 | Jun 16, 2025 |
| Jan 31, 2025 | $0.20 | Mar 14, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,879,035
- Days to cover
- 5.82
- Change vs previous report
- -9.0%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jan 17, 2001
- 2-for-1