Scholastic SCHL
NASDAQ SCHL
$35.01 -0.26 (-0.74%)
At close: Sep 11, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Scholastic (SCHL) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026)

Scholastic's (SCHL) quarterly Free Cash Flow came in at $75.0 million in Q2 2026, down 20.72% year-over-year from $94.6 million in Q2 2025, and up 270.84% quarter-over-quarter from -$43.9 million in Q1 2026.

Analysis

Scholastic (SCHL) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Scholastic (SCHL) has reported Free Cash Flow for 18 consecutive years, with $75.0 million the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Free Cash Flow fell 20.72% year-over-year to $75.0 million in Q2 2026; TTM through May 2026 was $2.5 million, a 96.53% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at $2.5 million, down 96.53% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow was $75.0 million for Q2 2026 at Scholastic, up from -$43.9 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Free Cash Flow peaked at $94.9 million in Q4 2023 and troughed at -$91.8 million in Q3 2025.
  • A 5-year average of $17.7 million and a median of $30.6 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Free Cash Flow.
  • Across the five-year window, Free Cash Flow surged 403.64% in 2022 and plunged 1212.5% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Over 5 years, Free Cash Flow stood at $68.9 million in 2022, then jumped by 37.74% to $94.9 million in 2023, then plunged by 36.46% to $60.3 million in 2024, then rose by 4.81% to $63.2 million in 2025, then gained by 18.67% to $75.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Free Cash Flow figures came in at $75.0 million (Q2 2026), -$43.9 million (Q1 2026), and $63.2 million (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 News 18.20 Bn 16.82 Bn - 276.00 Mn
2 New York Times 10.74 Bn 10.08 Bn 394.61 Mn 184.15 Mn
3 36Kr Holdings 6.17 Bn 6.15 Bn - -
4 John Wiley & Sons 2.38 Bn 2.28 Bn 285.49 Mn -66.47 Mn
5 McGraw Hill 2.36 Bn 2.16 Bn 439.20 Mn -23.33 Mn
6 Ziff Davis 1.97 Bn 359.50 Mn 241.03 Mn 53.96 Mn
7 Usa Today 933.76 Mn 846.62 Mn 208.25 Mn 19.57 Mn
8 Daily Journal 911.93 Mn 474.84 Mn 26.82 Mn -
9 Scholastic 829.74 Mn 694.84 Mn 285.70 Mn 75.00 Mn
10 Ennis 538.85 Mn 489.77 Mn 31.08 Mn 20.88 Mn
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 31, 2026 75.00 Mn
Feb 28, 2026 -43.90 Mn
Nov 30, 2025 63.20 Mn
Aug 31, 2025 -91.80 Mn
May 31, 2025 94.60 Mn
Feb 28, 2025 -21.00 Mn
Nov 30, 2024 60.30 Mn
Aug 31, 2024 -61.90 Mn
May 31, 2024 55.30 Mn
Feb 29, 2024 -1.60 Mn
Nov 30, 2023 94.90 Mn
Aug 31, 2023 -52.40 Mn
May 31, 2023 94.80 Mn
Feb 28, 2023 -5.10 Mn
Nov 30, 2022 68.90 Mn
Aug 31, 2022 -71.70 Mn
May 31, 2022 33.50 Mn
Feb 28, 2022 27.70 Mn
Nov 30, 2021 69.40 Mn
Aug 31, 2021 53.40 Mn