Scholastic SCHL
NASDAQ SCHL
$36.33 +0.67 (+1.88%)
As of: Sep 8, 2026 · 3:59 PM EDT

Scholastic (SCHL) Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Scholastic's (SCHL) quarterly Payout Ratio came in at 0.49 in Q2 2026, up 34.57% year-over-year from 0.36 in Q2 2025, and up 564.89% quarter-over-quarter from 0.07 in Q1 2026.

Analysis

Scholastic (SCHL) Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Scholastic (SCHL) has reported Payout Ratio for 18 consecutive years, with 0.49 the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Payout Ratio rose 34.57% year-over-year to 0.49 in Q2 2026; TTM through May 2026 was 0.34, a 102.9% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at 0.35, up 102.97% from the prior year.
  • Payout Ratio was 0.49 for Q2 2026 at Scholastic, up from 0.07 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Payout Ratio peaked at 0.49 in Q2 2026 and troughed at 1.56 in Q1 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 0.07 and a median of 0.08 in 2023 frame the typical range for Payout Ratio.
  • The widest YoY moves for Payout Ratio: up 125.08% in 2025, down 587.04% in 2025.
  • Over 5 years, Payout Ratio stood at 0.09 in 2022, then dropped by 15.96% to 0.08 in 2023, then surged by 49.7% to 0.12 in 2024, then slipped by 20.36% to 0.09 in 2025, then soared by 426.06% to 0.49 in 2026.
  • The last three Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.49 (Q2 2026), 0.07 (Q1 2026), and 0.09 (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 News 18.55 Bn 16.46 Bn -
2 New York Times 10.97 Bn 10.31 Bn 394.61 Mn
3 36Kr Holdings 3.28 Bn 3.26 Bn -
4 John Wiley & Sons 2.47 Bn 2.36 Bn 285.49 Mn
5 McGraw Hill 2.44 Bn 2.24 Bn 439.20 Mn
6 Ziff Davis 2.03 Bn 421.42 Mn 241.03 Mn
7 Usa Today 942.79 Mn 856.13 Mn 208.25 Mn
8 Daily Journal 867.79 Mn 430.70 Mn 26.82 Mn
9 Scholastic 863.63 Mn 728.73 Mn 285.70 Mn
10 Ennis 542.01 Mn 492.93 Mn 31.08 Mn
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 31, 2026 0.49
Feb 28, 2026 0.07
Nov 30, 2025 0.09
Aug 31, 2025 -0.07
May 31, 2025 0.36
Feb 28, 2025 -1.56
Nov 30, 2024 0.12
Aug 31, 2024 -0.09
May 31, 2024 0.16
Feb 29, 2024 -0.23
Nov 30, 2023 0.08
Aug 31, 2023 -0.08
May 31, 2023 0.11
Feb 28, 2023 -0.35
Nov 30, 2022 0.09
Aug 31, 2022 -0.15
May 31, 2022 0.10
Feb 28, 2022 -0.35
Nov 30, 2021 0.08
Aug 31, 2021 -0.21