Scholastic (SCHL) Selling, General & Administrative (2009 - 2026)
Scholastic (SCHL) posted Selling, General & Administrative of $178.3 million for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 31, 2026), up 0.6% from $177.2 million a year earlier but down 18.8% from the prior quarter.
Scholastic (SCHL) Selling, General & Administrative (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Aug 31, 2026, Selling, General & Administrative at Scholastic was $808.3 million, down 1.1% year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended May 31, 2026), it was $807.2 million, down 1.8% from FY2025.
- Annual Selling, General & Administrative shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 5.3% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, Scholastic's Selling, General & Administrative was $822.3 million in FY2025 (+2.4%), $803 million in FY2024 (+6.1%), $756.6 million in FY2023 (+4.7%) and $722.8 million in FY2022 (+16.1%).
- Quarterly Selling, General & Administrative has run from a low of $162.8 million in fiscal Q1 2023 to a high of $227.8 million in fiscal Q4 2025 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Selling, General & Administrative increased in four of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 0.5%.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Selling, General & Administrative in the past five years was fiscal Q3 2022, with growth of 29.0%; the weakest was fiscal Q4 2023, with a decline of 3.8%.
- According to Business Quant data, Selling, General & Administrative for the three prior fiscal quarters was $219.7 million (Q4 2026), $192.8 million (Q3 2026) and $217.5 million (Q2 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | SG&A (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warner Bros. Discovery | 77.70 Bn | 63.36 Bn | 4.10 Bn | 2.56 Bn |
| 2 | Fox | 28.96 Bn | 14.77 Bn | - | 637.00 Mn |
| 3 | Omnicom | 23.16 Bn | 5.24 Bn | 1.30 Bn | 209.00 Mn |
| 4 | News | 17.27 Bn | 8.76 Bn | - | 923.00 Mn |
| 5 | Pearson | 11.94 Bn | 9.05 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | New York Times | 11.18 Bn | 8.67 Bn | 394.61 Mn | 85.77 Mn |
| 7 | Sirius Xm Holdings | 9.25 Bn | 8.83 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 136.00 Mn |
| 8 | Skydance | 7.66 Bn | 5.58 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Wpp | 5.73 Bn | -6.31 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Scholastic | 730.86 Mn | 285.26 Mn | 98.70 Mn | 178.30 Mn |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | 178.30 Mn |
| May 31, 2026 | 219.70 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 192.80 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 217.50 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 177.20 Mn |
| May 31, 2025 | 227.80 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 187.50 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 224.90 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 182.10 Mn |
| May 31, 2024 | 210.90 Mn |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 194.80 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 213.10 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 184.20 Mn |
| May 31, 2023 | 202.20 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2023 | 178.00 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2022 | 213.60 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2022 | 162.80 Mn |
| May 31, 2022 | 210.10 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 180.80 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 188.30 Mn |
Scholastic Selling, General & Administrative 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=selling-general-and-administrative&ticker=SCHL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "selling-general-and-administrative", "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=selling-general-and-administrative&ticker=SCHL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();