Educational Development (EDUC) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2011 - 2026)
Educational Development (EDUC) reported Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of -7.05% for fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended Feb 28, 2026), up 0.43 percentage points from -7.48% a year earlier and up 0.87 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Educational Development (EDUC) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Feb 28, 2026), Educational Development posted Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of -5.66%, up 1.48 percentage points from FY2025.
- Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has a five-year change of -28.10 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- By fiscal year, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at -7.14% in FY2025 (-1.59 pp), -5.55% in FY2024 (-3.29 pp), -2.26% in FY2023 (-12.86 pp) and 10.60% in FY2022 (-11.85 pp).
- The fiscal Q4 2026 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] since fiscal Q2 2025.
- Year over year, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] gained in 1 of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.44 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in five years was fiscal Q1 2022 (a gain of 9.91 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q1 2023 (a drop of 16.26 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q4 2026 came in at -7.92% (Q3 2026), -7.19% (Q2 2026) and -7.71% (Q1 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROIC (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warner Bros. Discovery | 77.60 Bn | 63.26 Bn | 4.10 Bn | -1.60% |
| 2 | Fox | 26.84 Bn | 12.75 Bn | - | 9.59% |
| 3 | Omnicom | 20.35 Bn | 3.05 Bn | 1.30 Bn | 3.10% |
| 4 | News | 15.97 Bn | 8.16 Bn | - | 6.61% |
| 5 | Paramount Skydance | 10.53 Bn | 8.45 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | Pearson | 10.25 Bn | 7.39 Bn | - | - |
| 7 | New York Times | 10.06 Bn | 7.55 Bn | 394.61 Mn | - |
| 8 | Sirius Xm Holdings | 8.67 Bn | 8.25 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 5.82% |
| 9 | 36Kr Holdings | 5.97 Bn | 5.91 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Educational Development | 11.06 Mn | 4.42 Mn | 2.82 Mn | - |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Feb 28, 2026 | -7.05% |
| Nov 30, 2025 | -7.92% |
| Aug 31, 2025 | -7.19% |
| May 31, 2025 | -7.71% |
| Feb 28, 2025 | -7.48% |
| Nov 30, 2024 | -7.47% |
| Aug 31, 2024 | -6.95% |
| May 31, 2024 | -6.50% |
| Feb 29, 2024 | -5.58% |
| Nov 30, 2023 | -5.08% |
| Aug 31, 2023 | -4.27% |
| May 31, 2023 | -3.44% |
| Feb 28, 2023 | -2.23% |
| Nov 30, 2022 | -0.14% |
| Aug 31, 2022 | 2.48% |
| May 31, 2022 | 5.23% |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 9.50% |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 12.42% |
| Aug 31, 2021 | 15.24% |
| May 31, 2021 | 21.49% |
API Access
Educational Development Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=EDUC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "ticker": "EDUC", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=EDUC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();