Scholastic (SCHL) Dividends Paid - Common (2009 - 2026)
Scholastic (SCHL) recorded Dividends Paid - Common of $3.8 million in fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 31, 2026), down 26.9% from $5.2 million a year earlier and down 17.4% from the prior quarter.
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Scholastic (SCHL) Dividends Paid - Common (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a TTM basis, Scholastic's Dividends Paid - Common came in at $18.6 million as of Aug 31, 2026, down 15.8% year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended May 31, 2026), it came in at $20 million, down 11.5% from FY2025.
- Annual Dividends Paid - Common has declined for three straight fiscal years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of -0.6% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- Across earlier fiscal years, Dividends Paid - Common came in at $22.6 million in FY2025 (-8.5%), $24.7 million in FY2024 (-3.5%), $25.6 million in FY2023 (+23.7%) and $20.7 million in FY2022 (+0.5%).
- The fiscal Q1 2027 figure is the lowest quarterly Dividends Paid - Common since fiscal Q3 2012.
- On a year-over-year basis, Dividends Paid - Common has declined for 12 consecutive quarters, with an average decline of 11.8% over the last eight quarters.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Dividends Paid - Common in the last five years was growth of 35.3% in fiscal Q2 2023, against a decline of 26.9% in fiscal Q1 2027 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three fiscal quarters came in at $4.6 million (Q4 2026), $5.1 million (Q3 2026) and $5.1 million (Q2 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Div. Paid (Common) (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warner Bros. Discovery | 77.70 Bn | 63.36 Bn | 4.10 Bn | - |
| 2 | Fox | 28.41 Bn | 14.21 Bn | - | - |
| 3 | Omnicom | 22.53 Bn | 4.62 Bn | 1.30 Bn | 229.80 Mn |
| 4 | News | 16.96 Bn | 8.44 Bn | - | - |
| 5 | Pearson | 11.84 Bn | 8.95 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | New York Times | 11.16 Bn | 8.64 Bn | 394.61 Mn | 37.19 Mn |
| 7 | Sirius Xm Holdings | 9.11 Bn | 8.68 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 91.00 Mn |
| 8 | Skydance | 7.66 Bn | 5.58 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Wpp | 5.68 Bn | -6.36 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Scholastic | 731.90 Mn | 286.30 Mn | 98.70 Mn | 3.80 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | 3.80 Mn |
| May 31, 2026 | 4.60 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 5.10 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 5.10 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 5.20 Mn |
| May 31, 2025 | 5.60 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 5.70 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 5.60 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 5.70 Mn |
| May 31, 2024 | 5.80 Mn |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 6.10 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 6.30 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 6.50 Mn |
| May 31, 2023 | 6.70 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2023 | 6.90 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2022 | 6.90 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2022 | 5.10 Mn |
| May 31, 2022 | 5.20 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 5.20 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 5.10 Mn |
API Access
Scholastic Dividends Paid - Common 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=dividends-paid-common&ticker=SCHL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "dividends-paid-common", "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=dividends-paid-common&ticker=SCHL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();