Educational Development (EDUC) Total Debt (2011 - 2025)
Educational Development's Total Debt came in at $25.81 million for fiscal Q2 2026 (quarter ended Aug 31, 2025), down 19.0% from $31.86 million a year earlier and down 1.7% from the prior quarter.
Educational Development (EDUC) Total Debt (2011 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025 (ended Feb 28, 2025), Educational Development's Total Debt was $27.09 million, down 16.9% from FY2024.
- Total Debt has declined in each of the last three fiscal years, though with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 7.6% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by fiscal year, Total Debt was $32.59 million in FY2024 (-6.6%), $34.89 million in FY2023 (-13.1%), $40.13 million in FY2022 (+155.7%) and $15.7 million in FY2021 (-16.6%).
- The fiscal Q2 2026 figure represents the lowest quarterly Total Debt since fiscal Q1 2022.
- Year-over-year, Total Debt has declined for 11 consecutive quarters, with an average decline of 15.5% over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Total Debt over five years came in fiscal Q2 2022 (growth of 175.1%), and the weakest in fiscal Q3 2021 (a decline of 41.7%).
- Business Quant data shows EDUC's Total Debt at $26.25 million (Q1 2026), $27.09 million (Q4 2025) and $29.62 million (Q3 2025) in the three fiscal quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Total Debt (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warner Bros. Discovery | 77.70 Bn | 63.36 Bn | 4.10 Bn | 32.02 Bn |
| 2 | Fox | 28.64 Bn | 14.45 Bn | - | 6.61 Bn |
| 3 | Omnicom | 22.68 Bn | 4.76 Bn | 1.30 Bn | 10.00 Bn |
| 4 | News | 17.09 Bn | 8.58 Bn | - | 1.99 Bn |
| 5 | Pearson | 11.94 Bn | 9.06 Bn | - | 1.99 Bn |
| 6 | New York Times | 11.32 Bn | 8.81 Bn | 394.61 Mn | - |
| 7 | Sirius Xm Holdings | 9.20 Bn | 8.78 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 9.46 Bn |
| 8 | Skydance | 7.82 Bn | 5.74 Bn | - | 13.66 Bn |
| 9 | Wpp | 5.73 Bn | -6.32 Bn | - | 7.08 Bn |
| 10 | Educational Development | 8.89 Mn | 2.24 Mn | 2.82 Mn | - |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2025 | 30.01 Mn |
| May 31, 2025 | 30.44 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 31.29 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 31.42 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 33.66 Mn |
| May 31, 2024 | 33.60 Mn |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 34.39 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 33.88 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 43.74 Mn |
| May 31, 2023 | 45.42 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2023 | 45.53 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2022 | 44.33 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2022 | 47.84 Mn |
| May 31, 2022 | 46.85 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 42.68 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 28.50 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2021 | 32.58 Mn |
| May 31, 2021 | 23.47 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2021 | 16.23 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2020 | 11.11 Mn |
Educational Development Total Debt API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=total-debt&ticker=EDUC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "total-debt", "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=total-debt&ticker=EDUC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();