Scholastic (SCHL) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)
Scholastic's FCF Payout Ratio was 0.06 in fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended May 31, 2026), up 3.6% from 0.06 a year earlier.
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Scholastic (SCHL) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended May 31, 2026), FCF Payout Ratio at Scholastic came in at 8.00.
- In earlier fiscal years, FCF Payout Ratio was 0.31 in FY2025 (+22.3%), 0.26 in FY2024 (-12.8%), 0.29 in FY2023 (+161.9%) and 0.11 in FY2022 (-87.0%).
- Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio has moved between 0.06 (fiscal Q4 2025) and 0.19 (fiscal Q3 2022) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, FCF Payout Ratio was higher in two of the last four quarters, with an average decline of 3.3%.
- The best year-over-year quarter for FCF Payout Ratio over five years was fiscal Q4 2024 (growth of 48.4%); the worst was fiscal Q3 2022 (a decline of 79.8%).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | FCF Cover (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warner Bros. Discovery | 77.70 Bn | 63.36 Bn | 4.10 Bn | - |
| 2 | Fox | 28.87 Bn | 14.68 Bn | - | - |
| 3 | Omnicom | 22.69 Bn | 4.78 Bn | 1.30 Bn | - |
| 4 | News | 17.02 Bn | 8.51 Bn | - | - |
| 5 | Pearson | 11.88 Bn | 8.99 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | New York Times | 11.24 Bn | 8.72 Bn | 394.61 Mn | 0.20 |
| 7 | Sirius Xm Holdings | 9.17 Bn | 8.75 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 0.15 |
| 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 | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| May 31, 2026 | 0.06 |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 0.08 |
| May 31, 2025 | 0.06 |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 0.09 |
| May 31, 2024 | 0.10 |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 0.07 |
| May 31, 2023 | 0.07 |
| Nov 30, 2022 | 0.10 |
| May 31, 2022 | 0.16 |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 0.19 |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 0.07 |
| Aug 31, 2021 | 0.10 |
| May 31, 2021 | 0.21 |
| Feb 28, 2021 | 0.93 |
| Nov 30, 2020 | 0.14 |
| Feb 29, 2020 | 0.43 |
| Nov 30, 2019 | 0.05 |
| May 31, 2019 | 0.17 |
| Feb 28, 2019 | 4.00 |
| Nov 30, 2018 | 0.05 |
API Access
Scholastic FCF Payout Ratio 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=fcf-payout-ratio&ticker=SCHL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "fcf-payout-ratio", "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=fcf-payout-ratio&ticker=SCHL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();