Educational Development (EDUC) Debt Ratio (2011 - 2025)
Educational Development's (EDUC) quarterly Debt Ratio came in at 0.7 in Q3 2025, up 115.3% YoY from 0.32 in Q3 2024, and up 1.09% on a QoQ basis from 0.69 in Q2 2025.
Educational Development (EDUC) Debt Ratio (2011 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Educational Development (EDUC) has 15 years of Debt Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.7 in Q3 2025.
- Quarterly Debt Ratio rose 115.3% year-over-year to 0.7 in Q3 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Aug 2025 was 0.7 (up 115.3% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.68, up 102.43% from the prior year.
- Debt Ratio improved to 0.7 in Q3 2025, from 0.69 in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Debt Ratio ranged from a high of 0.7 in Q3 2025 to a low of 0.11 in Q1 2023.
- A 5-year average of 0.36 and a median of 0.34 in 2023 frame the typical range for Debt Ratio.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2021 — Debt Ratio slumped 55.02% — and 2024, when it surged 217.06%.
- Tracing EDUC's Debt Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.24 in 2021, then jumped by 73.81% to 0.41 in 2022, then decreased by 18.84% to 0.34 in 2023, then rose by 5.49% to 0.35 in 2024, then surged by 96.58% to 0.7 in 2025.
- The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.7 (Q3 2025), 0.69 (Q2 2025), and 0.68 (Q1 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Debt Ratio (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York Times | 10.60 Bn | 9.94 Bn | 394.61 Mn | - |
| 2 | Pearson | 10.47 Bn | 9.86 Bn | 1.18 Bn | 0.00 |
| 3 | John Wiley & Sons | 2.73 Bn | 2.65 Bn | 337.86 Mn | 0.27 |
| 4 | Usa Today | 963.33 Mn | 876.68 Mn | 208.25 Mn | 0.40 |
| 5 | Scholastic | 949.42 Mn | 814.52 Mn | 285.70 Mn | 0.04 |
| 6 | Lee Enterprises | 187.86 Mn | 128.43 Mn | 63.89 Mn | 0.73 |
| 7 | Educational Development | 11.58 Mn | 9.77 Mn | 2.82 Mn | - |
| 8 | TNL Mediagene | 696,752.35 | -1.23 Mn | - | 0.15 |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2025 | 0.70 |
| May 31, 2025 | 0.69 |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 0.68 |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 0.35 |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 0.32 |
| May 31, 2024 | 0.32 |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 0.34 |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 0.34 |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 0.42 |
| May 31, 2023 | 0.46 |
| Feb 28, 2023 | 0.11 |
| Nov 30, 2022 | 0.41 |
| Aug 31, 2022 | 0.44 |
| May 31, 2022 | 0.23 |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 0.23 |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 0.24 |
| Aug 31, 2021 | 0.30 |
| May 31, 2021 | 0.16 |
| Feb 28, 2021 | 0.12 |
| Nov 30, 2020 | 0.10 |