Growth Metrics

Scholastic (SCHL) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Scholastic (SCHL) reported FCF Payout Ratio of 0.1 for Q1 2026, up 60.71% year-over-year from 0.07 in Q1 2025, and down 227.35% on a QoQ basis from 0.08 in Q4 2025.

Scholastic (SCHL) has 18 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.1 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio rose 60.71% year-over-year to 0.1 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was 0.9 (up 34.51% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.31, up 23.03% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio eased to 0.1 in Q1 2026 per SCHL's latest filing, from 0.08 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 0.19 in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 3.75 in Q1 2024.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.05 (2025), against an average of 0.29.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when FCF Payout Ratio slumped 796.86%; it then surged 92.89% in 2025.
  • Tracing SCHL's FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.1 in 2022, then slumped by 37.77% to 0.06 in 2023, then soared by 49.51% to 0.09 in 2024, then slipped by 12.96% to 0.08 in 2025, then sank by 227.35% to 0.1 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest SCHL FCF Payout Ratio figures stand at 0.1 (Q1 2026), 0.08 (Q4 2025), and 0.06 (Q3 2025).

Historic Data

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DateValue
Feb 28, 2026 -0.10
Nov 30, 2025 0.08
Aug 31, 2025 -0.06
May 31, 2025 0.05
Feb 28, 2025 -0.27
Nov 30, 2024 0.09
Aug 31, 2024 -0.09
May 31, 2024 0.09
Feb 29, 2024 -3.75
Nov 30, 2023 0.06
Aug 31, 2023 -0.12
May 31, 2023 0.07
Feb 28, 2023 -1.33
Nov 30, 2022 0.10
Aug 31, 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 0.96
Nov 30, 2020 0.14
Aug 31, 2020 -0.12
May 31, 2020 -0.09
Feb 29, 2020 0.43
Nov 30, 2019 0.05
Aug 31, 2019 -0.05
May 31, 2019 0.17
Feb 28, 2019 4.08
Nov 30, 2018 0.05
Aug 31, 2018 -0.05
May 31, 2018 0.11
Feb 28, 2018 -2.79
Nov 30, 2017 0.05
Aug 31, 2017 -0.04
May 31, 2017 -2.04
Feb 28, 2017 0.22
Nov 30, 2016 0.03
Aug 31, 2016 -0.05
May 31, 2016 0.09
Feb 29, 2016 0.20
Nov 30, 2015 0.05
Aug 31, 2015 -0.02
May 31, 2015 0.10
Feb 28, 2015 0.45
Nov 30, 2014 0.04
Aug 31, 2014 -0.08
May 31, 2014 0.07
Feb 28, 2014 -0.02
Nov 30, 2013 0.03
Aug 31, 2013 -0.05
May 31, 2013 0.03
Feb 28, 2013 -0.13
Nov 30, 2012 0.05
Aug 31, 2012 0.19
May 31, 2012 0.04
Feb 29, 2012 0.22
Nov 30, 2011 0.02
Aug 31, 2011 -0.05
May 31, 2011 -0.33
Feb 28, 2011 0.04
Nov 30, 2010 0.02
Aug 31, 2010 -0.03
May 31, 2010 -0.39
Feb 28, 2010 0.03
Nov 30, 2009 0.02
Aug 31, 2009 -0.04