Scholastic (SCHL) EBITDA Margin (2009 - 2026)
Scholastic's EBITDA Margin came in at -35.19% for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 31, 2026), down 2.92 percentage points from -32.27% a year earlier and down 49.46 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Scholastic (SCHL) EBITDA Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Aug 31, 2026, Scholastic reported EBITDA Margin of 4.89%, down 0.40 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended May 31, 2026), it came in at 5.50%, down 0.30 percentage points from FY2025.
- EBITDA Margin has declined in each of the last three fiscal years, though with a five-year change of +0.30 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- Going back by fiscal year, EBITDA Margin was 5.80% in FY2025 (-0.97 pp), 6.77% in FY2024 (-4.73 pp), 11.50% in FY2023 (+0.02 pp) and 11.49% in FY2022 (+6.29 pp).
- The fiscal Q1 2027 figure represents the lowest quarterly EBITDA Margin since fiscal Q1 2018.
- Year-over-year, EBITDA Margin has declined for three consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.25 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in EBITDA Margin over five years came in fiscal Q4 2022 (a gain of 9.19 percentage points), and the weakest in fiscal Q1 2024 (a drop of 19.98 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows SCHL's EBITDA Margin at 14.26% (Q4 2026), -4.25% (Q3 2026) and 18.04% (Q2 2026) in the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBITDA Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warner Bros. Discovery | 77.70 Bn | 63.36 Bn | 4.10 Bn | 16.01% |
| 2 | Fox | 28.87 Bn | 14.68 Bn | - | 24.50% |
| 3 | Omnicom | 22.69 Bn | 4.78 Bn | 1.30 Bn | 16.59% |
| 4 | News | 17.02 Bn | 8.51 Bn | - | 17.37% |
| 5 | Pearson | 11.88 Bn | 8.99 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | New York Times | 11.24 Bn | 8.72 Bn | 394.61 Mn | 18.25% |
| 7 | Sirius Xm Holdings | 9.17 Bn | 8.75 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 29.68% |
| 8 | Skydance | 7.82 Bn | 5.74 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Wpp | 5.72 Bn | -6.32 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Scholastic | 731.34 Mn | 285.74 Mn | 98.70 Mn | -32.93% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | -32.93% |
| May 31, 2026 | 15.37% |
| Feb 28, 2026 | -2.67% |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 19.07% |
| Aug 31, 2025 | -29.88% |
| May 31, 2025 | 15.68% |
| Feb 28, 2025 | -0.48% |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 17.72% |
| Aug 31, 2024 | -27.28% |
| May 31, 2024 | 16.34% |
| Feb 29, 2024 | -2.19% |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 22.86% |
| Aug 31, 2023 | -30.59% |
| May 31, 2023 | 21.75% |
| Feb 28, 2023 | -2.49% |
| Nov 30, 2022 | 20.41% |
| Aug 31, 2022 | -13.54% |
| May 31, 2022 | 17.09% |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 0.15% |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 19.95% |
Scholastic EBITDA Margin 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=ebitda-margin&ticker=SCHL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ebitda-margin", "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=ebitda-margin&ticker=SCHL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();