Scholastic (SCHL) Cost of Revenue (2009 - 2026)
Scholastic's Cost of Revenue came in at $118.1 million for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 31, 2026), down 4.4% from $123.5 million a year earlier and down 38.0% from the prior quarter.
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Scholastic (SCHL) Cost of Revenue (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Aug 31, 2026, Scholastic reported Cost of Revenue of $684.4 million, down 4.1% year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended May 31, 2026), it was $689.8 million, down 4.0% from FY2025.
- Cost of Revenue carries a five-year compound annual growth rate of 1.9% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- Going back by fiscal year, Cost of Revenue was $718.8 million in FY2025 (+1.9%), $705.1 million in FY2024 (-10.3%), $786.4 million in FY2023 (+2.7%) and $765.5 million in FY2022 (+21.8%).
- The fiscal Q1 2027 figure represents the lowest quarterly Cost of Revenue since fiscal Q1 2021.
- Year-over-year, Cost of Revenue has declined for five consecutive quarters, with an average decline of 1.4% over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Cost of Revenue over five years came in fiscal Q2 2022 (growth of 25.5%), and the weakest in fiscal Q4 2024 (a decline of 12.7%).
- Business Quant data shows SCHL's Cost of Revenue at $190.4 million (Q4 2026), $150.3 million (Q3 2026) and $225.6 million (Q2 2026) in the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Cost of Rev (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warner Bros. Discovery | 77.70 Bn | 63.36 Bn | 4.10 Bn | 4.62 Bn |
| 2 | Fox | 28.70 Bn | 14.61 Bn | - | - |
| 3 | Omnicom | 22.56 Bn | 4.63 Bn | 1.36 Bn | 5.06 Bn |
| 4 | News | 17.11 Bn | 9.30 Bn | - | - |
| 5 | Pearson | 11.61 Bn | 8.74 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | New York Times | 11.17 Bn | 8.65 Bn | 394.61 Mn | 367.84 Mn |
| 7 | Sirius Xm Holdings | 9.31 Bn | 8.89 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 722.00 Mn |
| 8 | Skydance | 7.66 Bn | 5.58 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Wpp | 5.73 Bn | -6.07 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Scholastic | 677.60 Mn | 232.00 Mn | 98.70 Mn | 118.10 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | 118.10 Mn |
| May 31, 2026 | 190.40 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 150.30 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 225.60 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 123.50 Mn |
| May 31, 2025 | 207.30 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 154.60 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 228.60 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 128.30 Mn |
| May 31, 2024 | 192.30 Mn |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 148.70 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 234.10 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 130.00 Mn |
| May 31, 2023 | 220.40 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2023 | 161.10 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2022 | 260.40 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2022 | 144.50 Mn |
| May 31, 2022 | 224.60 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 169.60 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 238.00 Mn |
API Access
Scholastic Cost of Revenue 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=cost-of-revenue&ticker=SCHL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "cost-of-revenue", "ticker": "SCHL", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=cost-of-revenue&ticker=SCHL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();