Growth Metrics

Scholastic (SCHL) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Scholastic (SCHL) has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio for 17 consecutive years, with 0.08 as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio fell 12.96% to 0.08 in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Nov 2025 was 0.48, a 11.15% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.31, up 25.82% from a year prior.
  • FCF Payout Ratio was 0.08 for Q4 2025 at Scholastic, up from 0.06 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 0.96 in Q1 2021 to a low of 3.81 in Q1 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 0.18 and a median of 0.07 in 2021 define the central range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • Peak YoY movement for FCF Payout Ratio: soared 334.84% in 2021, then tumbled 796.86% in 2023.
  • Scholastic's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.07 in 2021, then skyrocketed by 35.59% to 0.1 in 2022, then tumbled by 37.77% to 0.06 in 2023, then soared by 49.51% to 0.09 in 2024, then fell by 12.96% to 0.08 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for SCHL's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.08 (Q4 2025), 0.06 (Q3 2025), and 0.06 (Q2 2025).