Scholastic (SCHL) Return on Sales [ROS] (2009 - 2026)
Scholastic (SCHL) recorded Return on Sales [ROS] of -42.53% in 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) Return on Sales [ROS] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a TTM basis, Scholastic's Return on Sales [ROS] came in at 0.97% as of Aug 31, 2026, 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.
- Annual Return on Sales [ROS] has a five-year change of +2.71 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- Across earlier fiscal years, Return on Sales [ROS] came in at 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 is the lowest quarterly Return on Sales [ROS] since fiscal Q1 2024.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Sales [ROS] rose in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.59 percentage points.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Sales [ROS] in the last five years was a gain of 10.32 percentage points in fiscal Q4 2022, against a drop of 21.27 percentage points in fiscal Q1 2024 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three fiscal quarters came in at 10.80% (Q4 2026), -8.17% (Q3 2026) and 15.04% (Q2 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROS (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warner Bros. Discovery | 77.60 Bn | 63.26 Bn | 4.10 Bn | 2.72% |
| 2 | Fox | 26.84 Bn | 12.75 Bn | - | 21.87% |
| 3 | Omnicom | 20.35 Bn | 3.05 Bn | 1.30 Bn | 14.06% |
| 4 | News | 15.97 Bn | 8.16 Bn | - | 11.90% |
| 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 | 15.48% |
| 8 | Sirius Xm Holdings | 8.67 Bn | 8.25 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 21.85% |
| 9 | 36Kr Holdings | 5.97 Bn | 5.91 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Scholastic | 637.12 Mn | 191.52 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 Return on Sales [ROS] 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-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=SCHL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-sales-[ros]", "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-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=SCHL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();