Scholastic (SCHL) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)
Scholastic's Operating Margin came in at -42.53% for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 31, 2026), down 1.66 percentage points from -40.87% a year earlier and down 53.32 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Scholastic (SCHL) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Aug 31, 2026, Scholastic reported Operating Margin of 0.97%, up 0.22 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended May 31, 2026), it came in at 0.96%, down 0.01 percentage points from FY2025.
- Operating Margin carries a five-year change of +2.71 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- Going back by fiscal year, Operating Margin was 0.97% in FY2025 (+0.06 pp), 0.91% in FY2024 (-5.33 pp), 6.24% in FY2023 (+0.31 pp) and 5.93% in FY2022 (+7.67 pp).
- The fiscal Q1 2027 figure represents the lowest quarterly Operating Margin since fiscal Q1 2024.
- Year-over-year, Operating Margin increased in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.59 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Operating Margin over five years came in fiscal Q4 2022 (a gain of 10.32 percentage points), and the weakest in fiscal Q1 2024 (a drop of 21.27 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows SCHL's Operating Margin at 10.80% (Q4 2026), -8.17% (Q3 2026) and 15.04% (Q2 2026) in the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warner Bros. Discovery | 77.50 Bn | 63.16 Bn | 4.10 Bn | 2.72% |
| 2 | Fox | 27.18 Bn | 13.09 Bn | - | - |
| 3 | Omnicom | 20.60 Bn | 3.30 Bn | 1.30 Bn | 14.06% |
| 4 | News | 16.19 Bn | 8.39 Bn | - | - |
| 5 | Paramount Skydance | 11.39 Bn | 9.31 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | New York Times | 10.30 Bn | 7.79 Bn | 394.61 Mn | 15.48% |
| 7 | Pearson | 10.14 Bn | 7.28 Bn | - | - |
| 8 | Sirius Xm Holdings | 8.74 Bn | 8.32 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 21.85% |
| 9 | 36Kr Holdings | 6.25 Bn | 6.19 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Scholastic | 591.01 Mn | 145.41 Mn | 98.70 Mn | -42.53% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | -42.53% |
| May 31, 2026 | 10.80% |
| Feb 28, 2026 | -8.17% |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 15.04% |
| Aug 31, 2025 | -40.87% |
| May 31, 2025 | 10.53% |
| Feb 28, 2025 | -7.13% |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 13.72% |
| Aug 31, 2024 | -37.31% |
| May 31, 2024 | 9.94% |
| Feb 29, 2024 | -10.78% |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 18.01% |
| Aug 31, 2023 | -43.37% |
| May 31, 2023 | 17.41% |
| Feb 28, 2023 | -8.53% |
| Nov 30, 2022 | 17.03% |
| Aug 31, 2022 | -22.10% |
| May 31, 2022 | 12.73% |
| Feb 28, 2022 | -5.66% |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 15.91% |
Scholastic Operating Margin 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-margin&ticker=SCHL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "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-margin&ticker=SCHL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();