Scholastic (SCHL) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)
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.
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 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
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Scholastic Operating Expenses 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=operating-expenses&ticker=SCHL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-expenses", "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=operating-expenses&ticker=SCHL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();