Scholastic Corporation (SCHL) is a Publishing company in the Communication Services sector, currently trading at $39.51. It has a SharesGrow Score of 47/100, indicating a mixed investment profile with 1 out of 7 criteria passed.
SharesGrow calculates the intrinsic value of SCHL = $152.60 (+286.2% from the current price, the stock appears undervalued).
Valuation: SCHL trades at a trailing Price-to-Earnings (P/E) of 16 (S&P 500 average ~25) with a forward Price/Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) of 0.33.
Financials: revenue is $1.6B, -0.2%/yr average growth. Net income is $2M (loss), growing at -65%/yr. Net profit margin is -0.1% (negative). Gross margin is 51.7% (-1.7 pp trend).
Balance sheet: total debt is $375M against $947M equity (Debt-to-Equity (D/E) ratio 0.4, conservative). Current ratio is 1.16 (adequate). Debt-to-assets is 19.2%. Total assets: $2.0B.
Analyst outlook: 1 / 4 analysts rate SCHL as buy (25%) — mixed sentiment.
SharesGrow 7-Criteria breakdown: Value 96/100 (Pass), Growth 15/100 (Fail), Past 75/100 (Partial), Health 50/100 (Partial), Moat 64/100 (Partial), Future 20/100 (Fail), Income 10/100 (Fail).
