Scholastic Corp. (SCHL) intrinsic value & 10-year financials
Scholastic Corp. (SCHL) has a Graham intrinsic value of $38.56 per share. At $37.67 on Oct 17, 2026, the stock trades 2% below that value. Over the last 10 fiscal years revenue shrank 1.1% a year to $1.6B, with an average return on invested capital of 2.9%.
- Graham intrinsic value
- $38.56
- Share price (Oct 17, 2026)
- $37.67
- Price vs Graham value
- 2% below
- Market cap
- $911.6M
- Revenue (FY2026)
- $1.6B
- Revenue growth (10-yr CAGR)
- -1.1%
- ROIC (10-yr avg)
- 2.9%
- Free cash flow (FY2026)
- $2.5M
SCHL 10-year financial history
| Fiscal year | Revenue | Net income | EPS (diluted) | Free cash flow | Operating margin | ROIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | $1.6B | $56.7M | $2.34 | $2.5M | 1.0% | 0.9% |
| FY2025 | $1.6B | -$1.9M | -$0.07 | $72.0M | 1.0% | 1.5% |
| FY2024 | $1.6B | $12.1M | $0.40 | $96.2M | 0.9% | 1.1% |
| FY2023 | $1.7B | $86.3M | $2.49 | $86.9M | 6.2% | 8.2% |
| FY2022 | $1.6B | $80.9M | $2.27 | $184.0M | 5.9% | 9.4% |
| FY2021 | $1.3B | -$11.0M | -$0.32 | $23.8M | -1.7% | -1.4% |
| FY2020 | $1.5B | -$43.8M | -$1.27 | -$60.6M | -6.0% | -4.4% |
| FY2019 | $1.7B | $15.6M | $0.43 | $21.4M | 1.5% | 1.6% |
| FY2018 | $1.6B | -$5.0M | -$0.14 | $20.0M | 3.4% | 6.2% |
| FY2017 | $1.7B | $52.3M | $1.47 | $75.7M | 5.1% | 6.1% |
Source: annual 10-K filings on SEC EDGAR. Figures in USD.
Executive summary
SCHOLASTIC CORP is facing top-line stagnation, with revenue contracting over the decade.
SCHOLASTIC CORP has historically struggled to out-earn its cost of capital, averaging just 2.9% ROIC.
Over the decade, SCHOLASTIC CORP shows that management has aggressively returned capital to shareholders by retiring 31.6% of outstanding shares, and that the company has leveraged its balance sheet to sustain operations.
Benjamin Graham lens
Under Benjamin Graham's formula using SEC EDGAR fundamentals, SCHOLASTIC CORP is modeled at 5.3% normalized earnings growth with a 5.1% bond-yield adjustment. The resulting Graham intrinsic value estimate is $38.56 per share.