Scholastic (SCHL) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2010 - 2026)
Scholastic's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 1.33% in fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 31, 2026), up 0.41 percentage points from 0.92% a year earlier and up 0.03 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Scholastic (SCHL) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended May 31, 2026), Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] at Scholastic came in at 1.21%, down 0.12 percentage points from FY2025.
- Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] shows a five-year change of +2.93 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In earlier fiscal years, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 1.33% in FY2025 (+0.16 pp), 1.17% in FY2024 (-6.99 pp), 8.17% in FY2023 (+0.98 pp) and 7.19% in FY2022 (+8.90 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has moved between -0.11% (fiscal Q2 2025) and 8.37% (fiscal Q4 2023) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has increased for four straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.07 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] over five years was fiscal Q2 2022 (a gain of 10.64 percentage points); the worst was fiscal Q4 2024 (a drop of 7.12 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, SCHL's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027 was 1.30% (Q4 2026), 1.37% (Q3 2026) and 1.57% (Q2 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warner Bros. Discovery | 77.60 Bn | 63.26 Bn | 4.10 Bn | -1.56% |
| 2 | Fox | 26.84 Bn | 12.75 Bn | - | 11.70% |
| 3 | Omnicom | 20.35 Bn | 3.05 Bn | 1.30 Bn | 4.52% |
| 4 | News | 15.97 Bn | 8.16 Bn | - | 8.19% |
| 5 | Paramount Skydance | 10.53 Bn | 8.45 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | Pearson | 10.25 Bn | 7.39 Bn | - | - |
| 7 | New York Times | 10.06 Bn | 7.55 Bn | 394.61 Mn | 20.89% |
| 8 | Sirius Xm Holdings | 8.67 Bn | 8.25 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 6.68% |
| 9 | 36Kr Holdings | 5.97 Bn | 5.91 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Scholastic | 637.12 Mn | 191.52 Mn | 98.70 Mn | 1.33% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | 1.33% |
| May 31, 2026 | 1.30% |
| 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% |
API Access
Scholastic Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] 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=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=SCHL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "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=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=SCHL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();