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Scholastic Corporation
1W: -1.8% 1M: +19.8% 3M: -4.0% YTD: +31.6% 1Y: +37.5% 3Y: +14.0% 5Y: +24.6%
$39.14
+0.38 (+0.98%)
After Hours: $37.87 (-1.27, -3.24%)
Weekly Expected Move ±4.6%
$35 $37 $38 $40 $42
NASDAQ · Communication Services · Publishing · Tech Score Buy · Power 62 · $713.6M mcap · 14M float · 2.80% daily turnover · Short 47% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: lower than 58% of companies Debt: 41.7% of company value Bonds: none of note held by US funds details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the middle of the pack, about 1 in 580 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $1.08 (down 97%), Scholastic Corporation would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $509.7M against a stock market value of $713.6M.
Distance to default 6.02 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-26, balance sheet 2026-08-31, debt counted $146.1M (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 35.1%; Altman Z'' 3.83. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
US fund filings (SEC N-PORT) show under $25M of this company's bonds, so there is no bond page. Its debt may be bank loans or privately placed. How these are computed.

Cash Flow Trends

Operating Cash Flow
$51M -59.0% ▼
5Y CAGR: -6.4%
Capital Expenditures
$48M +7.3% ▲
5Y CAGR: +0.5%
Free Cash Flow
$2M -96.5% ▼
5Y CAGR: -36.3%
Dividends Paid
$20M +11.5% ▲
Buybacks
$266M -279.9% ▼
Net Change in Cash
$11M +5.8% ▲

Cash Flow Composition

Year-over-Year Growth

View Full Cash Flow Statement
Line ItemFY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
— Operating Activities —
Net Income$81M$86M$12M-$2M$57M
Depreciation & Amort.$65M$65M$93M$88M$84M
Stock-Based Comp.$8M$10M$11M$9M$8M
Change in Working Capital-$4M-$70M$2M-$4M-$74M
Other Non-Cash Items$74M$58M$38M$52M-$28M
Operating Cash Flow$226M$149M$155M$124M$51M
— Investing Activities —
Capital Expenditures-$42M-$62M-$58M-$52M-$48M
Acquisitions (Net)$16M-$11M-$8M-$176M$0
Investment Purchases$0$0$0$0$0
Investment Sales$0$0$0$0$19M
Other Investing-$17M-$27M-$23M-$24M$435M
Investing Cash Flow-$43M-$100M-$90M-$253M$406M
— Financing Activities —
Net Debt Issuance-$185M-$2M-$2M$263M-$179M
Stock Repurchased-$33M-$132M-$158M-$70M-$266M
Dividends Paid-$21M-$26M-$25M-$23M-$20M
Other Financing$10M$21M$9M-$33M-$100K
Financing Cash Flow-$229M-$140M-$176M$137M-$446M
Net Change in Cash-$50M-$92M-$111M$10M$11M
Cash End of Period$317M$224M$114M$124M$135M
Free Cash Flow$184M$87M$96M$72M$2M

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