Scholastic (SCHL) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)
Scholastic (SCHL) reported Operating Margin of 8.17% for Q1 2026, down 105.0% year-over-year from 163.48% in Q1 2025, and down 154.34% on a QoQ basis from 15.04% in Q4 2025.
Scholastic (SCHL) has 18 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 8.17% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Operating Margin fell 105.0% year-over-year to 8.17% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was 37.12% (up 3653.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 27.24%, up 2633.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin eased to 8.17% in Q1 2026 per SCHL's latest filing, from 15.04% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 18.01% in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 43.37% in Q3 2023.
- The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 5.66% (2022), against an average of 5.01%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Operating Margin soared 1032 bps; it then sank 2127 bps in 2023.
- Tracing SCHL's Operating Margin over 5 years: stood at 17.03% in 2022, then increased by 6 bps to 18.01% in 2023, then slipped by 24 bps to 13.72% in 2024, then increased by 10 bps to 15.04% in 2025, then tumbled by 154 bps to 8.17% in 2026.
- Per Business Quant, the three latest SCHL Operating Margin figures stand at 8.17% (Q1 2026), 15.04% (Q4 2025), and 40.87% (Q3 2025).
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Feb 28, 2026 | -8.17% |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 15.04% |
| Aug 31, 2025 | -40.87% |
| May 31, 2025 | -5.05% |
| 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% |
| Aug 31, 2021 | -12.32% |
| May 31, 2021 | 2.42% |
| Feb 28, 2021 | -8.72% |
| Nov 30, 2020 | 12.01% |
| Aug 31, 2020 | -26.49% |
| May 31, 2020 | -16.27% |
| Feb 29, 2020 | -16.07% |
| Nov 30, 2019 | 17.60% |
| Aug 31, 2019 | -37.58% |
| May 31, 2019 | 6.80% |
| Feb 28, 2019 | -5.94% |
| Nov 30, 2018 | 16.24% |
| Aug 31, 2018 | -38.37% |
| May 31, 2018 | 7.95% |
| Feb 28, 2018 | -6.88% |
| Nov 30, 2017 | 17.92% |
| Aug 31, 2017 | -53.81% |
| Feb 28, 2017 | -7.35% |
| Nov 30, 2016 | 17.99% |
| Aug 31, 2016 | -22.11% |
| May 31, 2016 | 12.16% |
| Feb 29, 2016 | -4.48% |
| Nov 30, 2015 | 17.46% |
| Aug 31, 2015 | -41.58% |
| May 31, 2015 | 6.87% |
| Feb 28, 2015 | -7.13% |
| Nov 30, 2014 | 18.15% |
| Aug 31, 2014 | -45.56% |
| May 31, 2014 | -1.42% |
| Feb 28, 2014 | -9.18% |
| Nov 30, 2013 | 15.20% |
| Aug 31, 2013 | -16.61% |
| May 31, 2013 | -2.46% |
| Feb 28, 2013 | -7.24% |
| Nov 30, 2012 | 16.63% |
| Aug 31, 2012 | -16.02% |
| May 31, 2012 | 13.52% |
| Feb 29, 2012 | -2.55% |
| Nov 30, 2011 | 20.43% |
| Aug 31, 2011 | -10.44% |
| May 31, 2011 | 9.51% |
| Feb 28, 2011 | -7.81% |
| Nov 30, 2010 | 19.33% |
| Aug 31, 2010 | -15.94% |
| May 31, 2010 | 12.01% |
| Feb 28, 2010 | -0.13% |
| Aug 31, 2009 | 11.19% |