Scholastic Corporation (SCHL)
Communications · NMS
Price as at 1 Oct 2026, 01:02 UTC. Quotes are delayed.
Fundamentals
Valuation and ratings
Scholastic Corporation trades at $35.16, close to the $40.10 our fair value estimate puts on the business. On this measure the market and the model broadly agree, so the interesting question is which of them is wrong.
Our moat model scores it 42 out of 100, which is little in the way of a moat. A moat is a structural reason competitors cannot take the profits away, and it matters more to a long holding period than any single quarter's numbers do.
It changes hands at 19.5 times earnings. Be careful reading that in isolation: for a cyclical business a low P/E arrives at the top of the cycle, when profits are peaking and about to fall, which is exactly when the shares look cheapest and are not.
SCHL dividend history
Dividends per share by year
| Year | Total per share | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | $0.650 | 3 |
| 2025 | $0.800 | 4 |
| 2024 | $0.800 | 4 |
| 2023 | $0.800 | 4 |
| 2022 | $0.700 | 4 |
| 2021 | $0.600 | 4 |
| 2020 | $0.600 | 4 |
| 2019 | $0.600 | 4 |
| 2018 | $0.600 | 4 |
| 2017 | $0.600 | 4 |
| 2016 | $0.600 | 4 |
Split-adjusted amounts in the listing currency, grouped by the calendar year of the ex-dividend date, from the filed record. Growth and streak figures compare complete years only.
SCHL earnings and analyst estimates
Recommendation mix, 1 published rating
Estimates are the published analyst consensus and move often. An earnings date is scheduled, not certain, and a share tends to reprice most violently on the day itself.
About Scholastic Corporation
Scholastic Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, publishes and distributes children's books in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and internationally. The Children's Book Publishing and Distribution segment engages in the publication and distribution of children's print, digital, and audiobooks, as well as media and interactive products through its school reading events and trade channels; and operates school-based book clubs and book fairs. Its original publications include Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, The Baby-Sitters Club, The Magic School Bus, Captain Underpants, Dog Man, Wings of Fire, Cat Kid Comic Club, Clifford The Big Red Dog, and I Survived, Goosebumps; licensed properties comprising the Peppa Pig and Pokémon; and publishes and creates Klutz and Make Believe Ideas titles, such as Mini Shake Shop, Pokémon Stained Glass, LEGO Miniature Photography, and the Never Touch series. The Education Solutions segment publishes and distributes classroom magazines under the Scholastic News, Scholastic Scope, Storyworks, Let's Find Out, and Junior Scholastic names; print and digital supplemental and core classroom materials and programs, and related support services; print and online reference and non-fiction products; and provides consulting services. The Entertainment segment provides the development, production, distribution and licensing of children and family film and television content. The International segment publishes and distributes English, Hindi, and French language books; and operates school-based marketing channels, as well as supplying original and licensed children's books, and supplemental educational materials, including professional books for teachers. It distributes its products and services directly to schools and libraries through retail stores and the internet. Scholastic Corporation was founded in 1920 and is based in New York, New York.
Company profile, industry and headcount are as reported by our data provider and can lag a company's own filings by a reporting period. The annual report is the authority.
Super investor ownership
8 of the funds we track reported a position in their latest SEC 13F filing. Largest first:
- Cliff Asness, AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC$13.22M · 0.0% of book
- Israel Englander, MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC$4.39M · 0.0% of book
- Marshall Wace, MARSHALL WACE, LLP$3.97M · 0.0% of book
- Ken Griffin, CITADEL ADVISORS LLC$1.88M · 0.0% of book
- D. E. Shaw, D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.$1.55M · 0.0% of book
A word of warning on reading these figures: a 13F reports the market value of a holding, so a fund that traded nothing at all still appears to have sold when the price fell. We found 102 companies where the standard reading gives the opposite answer. Only the share count is honest.
SCHL peers
The largest companies in the same industry (Publishing), then in the same sector.
- NYT The New York Times Company
- PSO Pearson plc
- WLYB John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- SPGNY Springer Nature AG & Co. KGaA
- TDAY USA TODAY Co., Inc.
- LEE Lee Enterprises, Incorporated
- GOOGL Alphabet Inc.
- META Meta Platforms, Inc.
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Common questions
Is Scholastic Corporation (SCHL) undervalued?
Against our fair value estimate of $40.10, SCHL at $35.16 is 14% below fair value. That is one model's answer, not a recommendation. It is built from normalized earning power with growth capped deliberately low, which understates companies whose value is mostly future growth.
Which funds own SCHL?
8 of the institutions we track reported a position in SCHL in their most recent SEC 13F filing. A 13F is filed up to 45 days after quarter end, so it tells you what a fund held then, not what it holds now.
What is SCHL's P/E ratio?
SCHL trades at 19.5 times earnings. A low P/E is not automatically cheap: on a cyclical company it is usually a warning that earnings are at a peak.
Does Scholastic Corporation (SCHL) pay a dividend?
Yes. Scholastic Corporation yields 1.72% at the current share price. It has paid $0.850 per share over the trailing twelve months. It has paid a dividend in each of the last 18 complete calendar years. A dividend is declared by the board and can be cut at any time; a yield is a fact about the current price, not a promise.
Where does SteadyShares get its SCHL data?
Fundamentals for SCHL come from company filings and exchange data, as listed on NMS; institutional ownership comes from SEC 13F filings. The share price shown was last refreshed on 1 Oct 2026, 01:02 UTC and is delayed. Our data quality score for this company is 96/100, which is the share of the inputs behind our scores that were actually available rather than assumed. Metrics we do not hold are left out of the page rather than estimated.
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Data from company filings, exchange quotes and SEC EDGAR 13F disclosures. Quotes are delayed. Metrics we do not have are left out rather than estimated. Educational information, not financial advice.