Scholastic

SCHL

Market cap $714M

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Academic publications specialist Scholastic (SCHL -11.84%) wasn't looking like a wise investment at the end of the trading week. On Friday in late-session action its shares were down by nearly 12% in value, at a point when the S&P 500 index was up by 0.4%.

Shares of educational publishing and media company Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL) fell sharply on Friday, dropping 13.6% after the company reported weaker-than-expected first-quarter results. The performance missed Wall Street's estimates on both revenue and earnings, overshadowing otherwise stable guidance and segmental growth in some areas.

Scholastic (SCHL) shares sank Friday after the children's books publisher reported a quarterly loss as schools pulled back on spending because of uncertainty over government funding.

U.S. stock futures were slightly lower this morning, with the Dow futures falling around 0.1% on Friday.

Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ:SCHL ) Q1 2026 Earnings Call September 18, 2025 4:30 PM EDT Company Participants Jeffrey Mathews - Executive VP, Chief Growth Officer & Interim President of Scholastic Education Peter Warwick - President, CEO & Director Haji Glover - CFO & Executive Vice President Conference Call Participants Brendan Michael McCarthy - Sidoti & Company, LLC Presentation Operator Good day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Scholastic reports, First Quarter, Fiscal Year 2026 Results.

The headline numbers for Scholastic (SCHL) give insight into how the company performed in the quarter ended August 2025, but it may be worthwhile to compare some of its key metrics to Wall Street estimates and the year-ago actuals.

Scholastic (SCHL) came out with a quarterly loss of $2.52 per share versus the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $2.44. This compares to a loss of $2.13 per share a year ago.

Company Affirms Fiscal 2026 Guidance on Improved Adjusted EBITDA  NEW YORK , Sept. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children's publishing, education and media company, today reported financial results for the Company's fiscal first quarter ended August 31, 2025.

NEW YORK , Sept. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL) announced today that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.20 per share on the Company's Class A and Common Stock for the second quarter of fiscal 2026.