Growth Metrics

Scholastic (SCHL) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Scholastic (SCHL) reported Return on Capital Employed of 1.37% for Q1 2026, up 68.0% year-over-year from 0.81% in Q1 2025, and down 12.86% on a QoQ basis from 1.57% in Q4 2025.

Scholastic (SCHL) has 17 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 1.37% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 68.0% year-over-year to 1.37% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was 1.37% (up 68.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 1.33%, up 16.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed slipped to 1.37% in Q1 2026 per SCHL's latest filing, from 1.57% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 8.37% in Q2 2023 and bottomed at 0.11% in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 3.2% (2022), against an average of 3.69%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Return on Capital Employed soared 909 bps; it then sank 712 bps in 2024.
  • Tracing SCHL's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 6.99% in 2022, then fell by 18 bps to 5.7% in 2023, then slumped by 102 bps to 0.11% in 2024, then surged by 1503 bps to 1.57% in 2025, then fell by 13 bps to 1.37% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest SCHL Return on Capital Employed figures stand at 1.37% (Q1 2026), 1.57% (Q4 2025), and 0.92% (Q3 2025).

Historic Data

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DateValue
Feb 28, 2026 1.37%
Nov 30, 2025 1.57%
Aug 31, 2025 0.92%
May 31, 2025 1.19%
Feb 28, 2025 0.69%
Nov 30, 2024 -0.11%
Aug 31, 2024 2.11%
May 31, 2024 1.25%
Feb 29, 2024 5.09%
Nov 30, 2023 5.70%
Aug 31, 2023 5.35%
May 31, 2023 8.37%
Feb 28, 2023 6.05%
Nov 30, 2022 6.99%
Aug 31, 2022 5.62%
May 31, 2022 7.37%
Feb 28, 2022 3.20%
Nov 30, 2021 2.88%
Aug 31, 2021 0.18%
May 31, 2021 -1.71%
Feb 28, 2021 -5.86%
Nov 30, 2020 -7.76%
Aug 31, 2020 -3.92%
May 31, 2020 -5.94%
Feb 29, 2020 -0.76%
Nov 30, 2019 2.12%
Aug 31, 2019 1.66%
May 31, 2019 1.77%
Feb 28, 2019 1.75%
Nov 30, 2018 1.71%
Aug 31, 2018 2.47%
May 31, 2018 0.90%
Feb 28, 2018 3.35%
Nov 30, 2017 3.47%
Aug 31, 2017 3.80%
May 31, 2017 6.29%
Feb 28, 2017 6.38%
Nov 30, 2016 7.47%
Aug 31, 2016 7.02%
May 31, 2016 5.28%
Feb 29, 2016 3.22%
Nov 30, 2015 2.72%
Aug 31, 2015 3.08%
May 31, 2015 2.89%
Feb 28, 2015 -0.43%
Nov 30, 2014 -1.28%
Aug 31, 2014 -2.87%
May 31, 2014 0.92%
Feb 28, 2014 0.72%
Nov 30, 2013 1.49%
Aug 31, 2013 2.34%
May 31, 2013 1.87%
Feb 28, 2013 9.62%
Nov 30, 2012 11.30%
Aug 31, 2012 15.42%
May 31, 2012 16.03%
Feb 29, 2012 13.48%
Nov 30, 2011 11.78%
Aug 31, 2011 11.75%
May 31, 2011 9.45%
Feb 28, 2011 10.86%
Nov 30, 2010 13.14%
Aug 31, 2010 -2.00%
May 31, 2010 4.76%