Scholastic SCHL
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At close: Oct 20, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Scholastic (SCHL) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Updated

Scholastic (SCHL) recorded Operating Expenses of $309 million in fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 31, 2026), down 2.8% from $317.8 million a year earlier and down 27.2% from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Scholastic (SCHL) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

On a TTM basis, Scholastic's Operating Expenses came in at $1.56 billion as of Aug 31, 2026, down 2.7% year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended May 31, 2026), it came in at $1.57 billion, down 2.7% from FY2025.

  • Annual Operating Expenses has a five-year compound annual growth rate of 3.4% (FY2021 to FY2026).
  • Across earlier fiscal years, Operating Expenses came in at $1.61 billion in FY2025 (+2.2%), $1.58 billion in FY2024 (-1.4%), $1.6 billion in FY2023 (+3.4%) and $1.55 billion in FY2022 (+16.8%).
  • The fiscal Q1 2027 figure is the lowest quarterly Operating Expenses since fiscal Q1 2022.
  • On a year-over-year basis, Operating Expenses has declined for five consecutive quarters, with an average decline of 0.6% over the last eight quarters.
  • Peak year-over-year performance for Operating Expenses in the last five years was growth of 23.3% in fiscal Q2 2022, against a decline of 6.6% in fiscal Q4 2026 at the low end.
  • Per Business Quant, the preceding three fiscal quarters came in at $424.7 million (Q4 2026), $356 million (Q3 2026) and $468.2 million (Q2 2026).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Warner Bros. Discovery 77.70 Bn 63.36 Bn 4.10 Bn 8.48 Bn
2 Fox 28.87 Bn 14.68 Bn - 2.38 Bn
3 Omnicom 22.69 Bn 4.78 Bn 1.30 Bn 5.64 Bn
4 News 17.02 Bn 8.51 Bn - 991.00 Mn
5 Pearson 11.88 Bn 8.99 Bn - -
6 New York Times 11.24 Bn 8.72 Bn 394.61 Mn 644.44 Mn
7 Sirius Xm Holdings 9.17 Bn 8.75 Bn 1.44 Bn 1.69 Bn
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 309.00 Mn
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Aug 31, 2026 309.00 Mn
May 31, 2026 424.70 Mn
Feb 28, 2026 356.00 Mn
Nov 30, 2025 468.20 Mn
Aug 31, 2025 317.80 Mn
May 31, 2025 454.80 Mn
Feb 28, 2025 359.30 Mn
Nov 30, 2024 469.90 Mn
Aug 31, 2024 325.70 Mn
May 31, 2024 427.70 Mn
Feb 29, 2024 358.60 Mn
Nov 30, 2023 461.30 Mn
Aug 31, 2023 327.60 Mn
May 31, 2023 436.30 Mn
Feb 28, 2023 352.60 Mn
Nov 30, 2022 487.80 Mn
Aug 31, 2022 321.00 Mn
May 31, 2022 448.90 Mn
Feb 28, 2022 364.00 Mn
Nov 30, 2021 440.80 Mn
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