Scholastic (SCHL) Shares Outstanding (2010 - 2026)
Scholastic (SCHL) recorded Shares Outstanding of 18.9 million in fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 31, 2026), down 25.0% from 25.2 million a year earlier and down 20.3% from the prior quarter.
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Scholastic (SCHL) Shares Outstanding (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended May 31, 2026), Scholastic reported Shares Outstanding of 23.7 million, down 14.1% from FY2025.
- Annual Shares Outstanding has declined for four straight fiscal years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of -7.1% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- Across earlier fiscal years, Shares Outstanding came in at 27.6 million in FY2025 (-6.8%), 29.6 million in FY2024 (-12.4%), 33.8 million in FY2023 (-2.0%) and 34.5 million in FY2022 (+0.6%).
- The fiscal Q1 2027 figure is the lowest quarterly Shares Outstanding in data going back to fiscal Q4 2010.
- On a year-over-year basis, Shares Outstanding has declined for 17 consecutive quarters, with an average decline of 11.7% over the last eight quarters.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Shares Outstanding in the last five years was growth of 0.9% in fiscal Q3 2022, against a decline of 25.0% in fiscal Q1 2027 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three fiscal quarters came in at 23.7 million (Q4 2026), 23.9 million (Q3 2026) and 25.4 million (Q2 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Shares Outstanding (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warner Bros. Discovery | 77.70 Bn | 63.36 Bn | 4.10 Bn | 2.51 Bn |
| 2 | Fox | 28.41 Bn | 14.21 Bn | - | 431.00 Mn |
| 3 | Omnicom | 22.53 Bn | 4.62 Bn | 1.30 Bn | 279.90 Mn |
| 4 | News | 16.96 Bn | 8.44 Bn | - | 556.50 Mn |
| 5 | Pearson | 11.84 Bn | 8.95 Bn | - | 651.30 Mn |
| 6 | New York Times | 11.16 Bn | 8.64 Bn | 394.61 Mn | 162.04 Mn |
| 7 | Sirius Xm Holdings | 9.11 Bn | 8.68 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 337.00 Mn |
| 8 | Skydance | 7.66 Bn | 5.58 Bn | - | 1.10 Bn |
| 9 | Wpp | 5.68 Bn | -6.36 Bn | - | 215.20 Mn |
| 10 | Scholastic | 731.90 Mn | 286.30 Mn | 98.70 Mn | 18.90 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | 18.90 Mn |
| May 31, 2026 | 23.70 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 23.90 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 25.40 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 25.20 Mn |
| May 31, 2025 | 27.60 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 27.80 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 28.20 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 28.30 Mn |
| May 31, 2024 | 29.60 Mn |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 29.10 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 30.70 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 31.60 Mn |
| May 31, 2023 | 33.80 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2023 | 33.70 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2022 | 34.50 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2022 | 34.30 Mn |
| May 31, 2022 | 34.50 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 34.60 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 34.60 Mn |
API Access
Scholastic Shares Outstanding 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=shares-outstanding&ticker=SCHL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "shares-outstanding", "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=shares-outstanding&ticker=SCHL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();