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Scholastic Corporation (SCHL)

NASDAQ / Communication Services / Publishing

Share price

38.65 USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 2026

Market capitalisation

711.5M USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 2026
Market data
Oct 15, 2026
Filed accounts
FY2026, filed Jul 24, 2026
Ratios computed
Oct 14, 2026
Filed years
17, FY2009 to FY2026
Four kinds of sourceSEC filingCompany statementMarket dataComputedWhat each means
SEC filingFiled with the SEC
Read from a statement the company filed with the SEC, with the form, fiscal year, filing date and accession beside it.
Company statementCompany statement
What the company says about itself in a filing: an 8-K item, the auditor, its own segment names.
Market dataMarket data
Prices, market value and what analysts publish, with the date they are as of.
ComputedComputed by ValueScreener
Worked out by us from the other three, with the inputs and the formula one press away. A score is a research output, not a rating or a recommendation.
Reading

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Overview

What the business is, what it costs, and how it reads on four questions.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

Four questions, at a glance

Quality

Return on equity

7.5% Computed

From the FY2026 filing

Read quality

Valuation

Price to earnings

16.29x Computed

FY2026 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read valuation

Cash generation

Free cash flow yield

0.3% Computed

FY2026 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read cash generation

Revenue and net income, as filed

FY2017 Revenue: 1.74B USDFY2017 Net income: 52.3M USDFY2018 Revenue: 1.63B USDFY2018 Net income: -5.0M USDFY2019 Revenue: 1.65B USDFY2019 Net income: 15.6M USDFY2020 Revenue: 1.49B USDFY2020 Net income: -43.8M USDFY2021 Revenue: 1.30B USDFY2021 Net income: -11.0M USDFY2022 Revenue: 1.64B USDFY2022 Net income: 80.9M USDFY2023 Revenue: 1.70B USDFY2023 Net income: 86.3M USDFY2024 Revenue: 1.59B USDFY2024 Net income: 12.1M USDFY2025 Revenue: 1.63B USDFY2025 Net income: -1.9M USDFY2026 Revenue: 1.58B USDFY2026 Net income: 56.7M USD
Revenue Net income10 filed fiscal years, from the annual reports; the table in Filings names each document.
Named tests met
3 of 30 Which tests
The business, and the score behind its five axes

The reading, in brief

Is it cheap

Price to earnings is 16.29x at the close of 2026-10-15 on FY2026 figures; the lines are 15.00x (Graham's defensive ceiling) and, by market convention, 10.00x, 25.00x and 40.00x, and this sits between 15.00x and 25.00x.

Today, against the Communication Services sector (109 companies), 16.29x sits at the 48th percentile; the middle half of that group runs from 7.59x to 41.06x.

Is it good

Return on equity was 7.5% in FY2026, in the band labelled "Likely below the cost of equity" (below 8.0%), on lines anchored on Damodaran's cost-of-capital data, suggesting returns on shareholders' money below the usual cost of equity.

Today, against the Communication Services sector (189 companies), 7.5% sits at the 65th percentile; the middle half of that group runs from -20.2% to 10.7%.

Is it safe

Interest coverage was 1.08x in FY2026, in the band labelled "Distress territory" (below 1.50x), on lines anchored on Damodaran's interest-coverage table, suggesting an interest bill operating profit barely covers.

Year by year against peers
Whether Scholastic Corporation's return on equity stayed above the median of the Communication Services sector, year by year. (FY2022 to FY2026, 5 fiscal years of Scholastic Corporation with a comparable figure)
The direction
Which way Scholastic Corporation's return on equity has moved, and how steadily. (FY2017 to FY2026, 10 filed years of Scholastic Corporation)
What could explain it
What in Scholastic Corporation's filed statements could explain the movements. (7 readings drawn from the statement lines Scholastic Corporation filed)
What to check next
What to check next on Scholastic Corporation, and where in its filings. (5 questions for Scholastic Corporation)
In one paragraph
One paragraph on Scholastic Corporation's returns, cash, balance sheet and price. (12 of sixteen figures read for Scholastic Corporation)

These are SCHL’s filed figures. The research desk says what they mean, against peers and its own years, with what to check next.

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What changed

The newest filing, what it moved, and when the next one is due.

SEC filingCompany statement

The newest accounts on file are the FY2026 annual report: 10-K, filed Jul 24, 2026, accession 0000866729-26-000018.

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Quality

The returns the business earns on its capital, and the margins behind them.

SEC filingComputed

Scholastic Corporation: returns on capital and margins, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Return on invested capital, after tax
Why n/a

The debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one.

n/a ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 24, 2026, 0000866729-26-000018
Return on equity7.5% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 24, 2026, 0000866729-26-000018
Return on capital employed, pre-tax1.3% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 24, 2026, 0000866729-26-000018
Return on assets3.3% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 24, 2026, 0000866729-26-000018
Gross margin56.4% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 24, 2026, 0000866729-26-000018
Operating margin1.0% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 24, 2026, 0000866729-26-000018
Net margin3.6% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 24, 2026, 0000866729-26-000018
SCHL 3.6%
MAX 2.3%RSVR 4.7%CRTO 7.4%OOMA 2.4%NEXN 6.9%
2.3%7.4%
Net margin: SCHL against the 5 companies named under Valuation context, each as filed for its own latest year. Placement only: no average is drawn.

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Financial strength

What it owes against what it owns, and whether it can meet what falls due.

SEC filingComputedCompany statement

Scholastic Corporation: leverage, liquidity and distress, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Debt to equity
Why n/a

The debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one.

n/a ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 24, 2026, 0000866729-26-000018
Current ratio1.23 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 24, 2026, 0000866729-26-000018
Quick ratio0.78 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 24, 2026, 0000866729-26-000018
Interest coverage1.08x ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 24, 2026, 0000866729-26-000018
Altman Z-score2.46 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Jul 24, 2026, 0000866729-26-000018
Net debt
Why n/a

The FY2026 balance sheet carries no net debt we could read.

n/a ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 24, 2026, 0000866729-26-000018
Total assets 1.73BTotal liabilities 977.3MShareholders' equity 750.8MOwnsOwes, and equity
Total assets Total liabilities Shareholders’ equity
The balance sheet, line by line

Financial health

What Scholastic Corporation owned and owed at the end of fiscal 2026, from the balance sheet it filed (10-K, filed Jul 24, 2026, 0000866729-26-000018).

Scholastic Corporation: balance sheet position
Total assets1.73B FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 24, 2026
Total liabilities977.3M FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 24, 2026
Shareholders' equity750.8M FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 24, 2026
Cash134.9M FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 24, 2026
Total debtn/a FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 24, 2026
Net debtn/a
Current ratio1.23
Debt to equityn/a
  • Debt to equity: FY2026: The debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one.

Read from the filed balance sheet for each year, with the income statement of the same year supplying operating profit where a ratio needs it. Nothing here is a view on whether this company is sound.

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Valuation context

What the market charges for it, against its own record and companies like it.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

Scholastic Corporation: what the market charges, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Price to earnings16.29x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Jul 24, 2026, 0000866729-26-000018
P/E on trailing twelve months28.14x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · Trailing four quarters, each as known on the day; the quarterly filings are listed under Filings
Price to book1.26x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Jul 24, 2026, 0000866729-26-000018
Price to sales0.60x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Jul 24, 2026, 0000866729-26-000018
Enterprise value to EBIT
Why n/a

The debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one.

n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Jul 24, 2026, 0000866729-26-000018
Enterprise value to EBITDA
Why n/a

The debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one.

n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Jul 24, 2026, 0000866729-26-000018
Price to earnings over growth
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Jul 24, 2026, 0000866729-26-000018
Diluted earnings per share2.34 USD FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 24, 2026, 0000866729-26-000018
Graham number40.85 USD ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 24, 2026, 0000866729-26-000018

We publish no fair value or price target of our own. Value SCHL on your own assumptions in the DCF workbench, starting from the filed figures.

Its own record, and companies like it

Valuation

What the market charges for Scholastic Corporation today, and the multiples it has carried. No value of ours: the figures are the filings’ and the market’s.

Scholastic Corporation: valuation
Share price38.65 USD
Market capitalisation711.5M USD
Enterprise value to EBITDAn/a
Graham number40.85 USD
Diluted earnings per share, FY20262.34 USD

Price to earnings on trailing twelve months, a different basis from the fiscal-year P/E above, since Oct 3, 2016: low 14.85x, median 29.69x, high 651.57x, latest 28.14x. 1,673 trading days with a meaningful ratio, 847 more on a loss and left out. Each close over the trailing twelve months of earnings as known that day: a quarter counts from the day it was filed.

Companies like Scholastic Corporation

  1. MediaAlpha, Inc. (MAX)Market cap 618.8M USD
  2. Reservoir Media, Inc. (RSVR)Market cap 634.3M USD
  3. Criteo S.A. (CRTO)Market cap 772.2M USD
  4. Ooma, Inc. (OOMA)Market cap 565.2M USD
  5. Nexxen International Ltd. (NEXN)Market cap 514.3M USD

Same sector (Communication Services) and size band (Small, 300M to 2B), nearest in market value, net margin and current ratio. Each of those counts equally, by how many of the companies considered sit between the two on it. Closest first: the order is likeness and nothing else.

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Cash generation

Whether profit arrives as cash, and what is paid back to shareholders.

SEC filingComputed

Scholastic Corporation: cash generation and what is paid out, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Free cash flow yield0.3% ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Jul 24, 2026, 0000866729-26-000018
Free cash flow2.5M USD ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 24, 2026, 0000866729-26-000018
Free cash flow margin0.2% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 24, 2026, 0000866729-26-000018
Dividend yield2.2% ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Jul 24, 2026, 0000866729-26-000018
Payout ratio35.3% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 24, 2026, 0000866729-26-000018
FY2017 Free cash flow: 75.7M USDFY2017 Net income: 52.3M USDFY2018 Free cash flow: 20.0M USDFY2018 Net income: -5.0M USDFY2019 Free cash flow: 21.4M USDFY2019 Net income: 15.6M USDFY2020 Free cash flow: -60.6M USDFY2020 Net income: -43.8M USDFY2021 Free cash flow: 23.8M USDFY2021 Net income: -11.0M USDFY2022 Free cash flow: 184.0M USDFY2022 Net income: 80.9M USDFY2023 Free cash flow: 86.9M USDFY2023 Net income: 86.3M USDFY2024 Free cash flow: 96.2M USDFY2024 Net income: 12.1M USDFY2025 Free cash flow: 72.0M USDFY2025 Net income: -1.9M USDFY2026 Free cash flow: 2.5M USDFY2026 Net income: 56.7M USD
Free cash flow Net incomeProfit that arrives as cash stands level with net income; a gap year after year is worth reading about.

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Filings

Every figure, the year it is for and the document it was read from.

SEC filingMarket data

The filed figures

Computed from the accounts this company filed with the SEC and, in a ratio with a price in it, the last close, dated on this page. Every filed figure below carries the fiscal year and the filing date its accounts were read from, and every blank carries the reason it is blank. Nothing here is a view on this company.

Scholastic Corporation: the eight ratios, with the fiscal year and filing date behind each.
FigureValueYearAs of
16.29xFY2026Oct 15, 2026
1.26xFY2026Oct 15, 2026
n/aFY2026Oct 15, 2026
n/a The debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one.
0.3%FY2026Oct 15, 2026
n/aFY2026Jul 24, 2026
n/a The debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one.
2.2%FY2026Oct 15, 2026
n/aFY2026Jul 24, 2026
n/a The debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one.
1.23FY2026Jul 24, 2026
0.60xFY2026Oct 15, 2026
n/aFY2026Oct 15, 2026
n/a This figure compares a year against the one before it, and we hold one filed year for this company.
2.46FY2026Oct 15, 2026
-2.57FY2026Jul 24, 2026
8/9FY2026Jul 24, 2026

The figures are computed from the accounts for fiscal 2026, the newest full year on file. 17 filed fiscal years on record, FY2009 to FY2026, from SEC EDGAR. Prices as of Oct 15, 2026. Ratios recomputed Oct 14, 2026. Two facts, because a recompute is not a fresh quote.

The year and the filing date name the statement each figure’s accounts are read from, and they stand even where the figure itself could not be computed: the line beneath a blank says what that statement did not carry. A figure’s name opens its formula and the filings behind it; a statement that names no SEC filing has no filing date, and reads n/a.

Ten years of filed figures, year by year

Ten years of filed figures

10 filed fiscal years, FY2017 to FY2026, read from the annual reports Scholastic Corporation filed with the SEC. Each year names its filing. Amounts in USD, as filed.

Scholastic Corporation: revenue, earnings, free cash flow and returns, by fiscal year, with the filing each year was read from
YearRevenueOperating incomeNet incomeEPS, dilutedFree cash flowOperating marginReturn on equityFiling
FY20261.58B15.2M56.7M2.342.5M1.0%7.5%10-K, Jul 24, 20260000866729-26-000018
FY20251.63B15.8M-1.9M-0.0772.0M1.0%-0.2%10-K, Jul 25, 20250000866729-25-000020
FY20241.59B14.5M12.1M0.4096.2M0.9%1.2%10-K, Jul 19, 20240000866729-24-000018
FY20231.70B106.3M86.3M2.4986.9M6.2%7.4%10-K, Jul 21, 20230000866729-23-000019
FY20221.64B97.4M80.9M2.27184.0M5.9%6.7%10-K, Jul 22, 20220000866729-22-000017
FY20211.30B-22.7M-11.0M-0.3223.8M-1.8%-0.9%10-K, Jul 23, 20210000866729-21-000013
FY20201.49B-88.5M-43.8M-1.27-60.6M-6.0%-3.7%10-K, Jul 27, 20200000866729-20-000010
FY20191.65B25.0M15.6M0.4321.4M1.5%1.2%10-K, Jul 29, 20190000866729-19-000009
FY20181.63B55.6M-5.0M-0.1420.0M3.4%-0.4%10-K, Jul 25, 20180000866729-18-000008
FY20171.74B89.2M52.3M1.4775.7M5.1%4.0%10-K, Jul 24, 20170000866729-17-000009
  • Revenue, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: -1.1%
  • Earnings, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: 0.9%
  • Earnings per share, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: 5.3%
  • Free cash flow, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: -31.5%

Every figure in this section is a line of a filed annual statement or a ratio of two of them. Nothing here is estimated or smoothed. Earnings per share filed before a share split are put on today's share count, and say so. Nothing here is a verdict on the company.

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Risks and guardrails

The accounting screens, the published tests, and the lines you can set to be told.

ComputedCompany statement

Scholastic Corporation: accounting screens and published tests, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Beneish M-score-2.57 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 24, 2026, 0000866729-26-000018
Piotroski F-score8/9 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jul 24, 2026, 0000866729-26-000018
Named tests met3 of 30 Computed
Beta0.71 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026

The named tests

Of 30 tests value investors published: 3 met, 23 not met, 4 we could not complete. Counts, never a score: a single figure would have to decide that meeting one investor’s criteria and meeting another’s are worth the same.

Which tests, by name(all 30)
Meets
Gross margin, turnover (Robert Novy-Marx); P/E times P/B (Benjamin Graham); Low P/S, rising earnings (James O'Shaughnessy)
Does not
Defensive investor (Benjamin Graham); Deep value; Large cap, low P/E; High F-score, low P/B (Joseph Piotroski); Three forensic scores; High returns and growth; EV/EBITDA and coverage; High yield, low payout; Dividends and buybacks; Low beta, profitable; Near the 52-week low; Z-score and coverage (Edward Altman); Two thirds of NCAV (Benjamin Graham); High returns, low debt; Owner earnings yield; High return on tangibles; Book or below, low debt (Walter Schloss); Cash-covered dividend; Tangible book or below; Cash-flow yield and ROIC; Cheapest quarter on P/E (David Dreman); Cheapest quarter on P/B (David Dreman); Low P/E, growth, yield (John Neff)
Not measured
Earnings yield and ROIC (Joel Greenblatt); Low PEG, low debt (Peter Lynch); ROIC at or above WACC; Clean books, high ROIC. A test with a figure we could not read is incomplete, never met and never failed.
Figures we could not read(7)
  • Debt to Equity: The debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one.
  • EV/EBIT: The debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one.
  • Return on Invested Capital: The debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one.
  • PEG Ratio: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Eps Growth 5Y: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • EV/EBITDA: The debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one.
  • ROIC-WACC Spread: The debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one.

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Declared positions

Whether anybody here owns this company.

Positions declared by Javier Sanz Alvarez: no holding in any company shown here, as of October 3, 2026.

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What to do with what you have read.

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What this cannot tell you

  • 7 figures could not be read on this company, among them Debt to Equity, EV/EBIT, Return on Invested Capital. Each blank in the table above names the rest, with its reason. 4 named tests come back incomplete because of them, which is neither met nor missed.

And the one that is true of all of it: This is what the numbers say today. It cannot tell you the day one of them stops being true. Nothing here can, because the reasons are not written down.

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