Communication Services
Live Price
Offline$42.83
+0.19% today
1Y Change
+99.86%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 8, 2026
Coverage: 241 bars · Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 8, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Scholastic Corporation (SCHL) is a Communication Services stock with a market cap of $1.01B and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $42.83 and up 99.9% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 8, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +2.3%, EPS growth of -116.8%, a dividend yield of 2.0%. What stands out right now is revenue +2.3%, EPS -116.8%, free cash flow -25.2% with operating margin 1.9% and ROIC 1.3%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 2.0%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 16.3 and price/sales 0.6. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines SCHL price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Communication Services peers on this page.
Benchmark Comparison
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SCHL
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
SCHL Max Drawdown
-12.02%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for SCHL and SPY.
Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$1.3B
-20.9% YoY
FY Net Income
-$11.0M
-113.6% YoY
Free Cash Flow
$23.8M
-87.1% YoY
Revenue Growth
+2.3%
EPS Growth
-116.8%
Gross Margin
52.3%
Net Margin
3.9%
Income statement
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| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1.6B | 1.6B | 1.7B | 1.6B | 1.3B |
| Gross Profit | 841M | 828M | 863M | 821M | 573M |
| Operating Income | 21M | 15M | 106M | 109M | 33M |
| EBITDA | 127M | 111M | 204M | 176M | 74M |
| Net Income | -2M | 12M | 86M | 81M | -11M |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
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| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 124M | 114M | 225M | 317M | 367M |
| Total Assets | 2.0B | 1.7B | 1.9B | 1.9B | 2.0B |
| Total Liabilities | 1.0B | 653M | 702M | 722M | 826M |
| Shareholder Equity | 947M | 1.0B | 1.2B | 1.2B | 1.2B |
| Total Debt | 375M | 122M | 101M | 97M | 283M |
| Net Debt | 251M | 8M | -124M | -220M | -84M |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
71M
-68.6% YoY
Capital Expenditures
47M
-12.4% YoY
Free Cash Flow
24M
-87.1% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
52.3%
Operating Margin
1.9%
Net Margin
3.9%
ROE
6.9%
Debt / Equity
0.33x
Next Step
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