News vs Scholastic
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The short version
- News is the larger business, with $9.0B of revenue in fiscal 2026 against $1.6B for Scholastic, about 5.7 times as much.
- News grew revenue faster (6.8%, against −2.7%).
- News turned more of its sales into free cash flow (9.0% FCF margin, against 0.2%).
- News earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (8.9%, against 1.1%).
| Latest fiscal year | NWSA · FY26 | SCHL · FY26 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $17.2B | $728M |
| Revenue | $9.0B | $1.6B |
| Free cash flow | $811M | $2.5M |
| Net income | $573M | $56.7M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 6.8% | −2.7% |
| 5-year growth | −0.7% | 4.0% |
| Share count change | −2.0% | −12.3% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | — | 56.4% |
| Operating margin | — | 1.0% |
| Net margin | 6.4% | 3.6% |
| FCF margin | 9.0% | 0.2% |
| Return on capital | 8.9% | 1.1% |
| Return on equity | 6.6% | 6.7% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | −$106M | −$45.0M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.1x | −0.7x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $845M | $286M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | — | 27.1x |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 7 |
Revenue
FY17
NWSA $8.1B
SCHL $1.7B
FY18
NWSA $9.0B
SCHL $1.6B
FY19
NWSA $10.1B
SCHL $1.7B
FY20
NWSA $9.0B
SCHL $1.5B
FY21
NWSA $9.4B
SCHL $1.3B
FY22
NWSA $10.4B
SCHL $1.6B
FY23
NWSA $8.0B
SCHL $1.7B
FY24
NWSA $8.3B
SCHL $1.6B
FY25
NWSA $8.5B
SCHL $1.6B
FY26
NWSA $9.0B
SCHL $1.6B
NWSA
SCHL
Operating margin
FY17
NWSA —
SCHL 5.1%
FY18
NWSA —
SCHL 3.4%
FY19
NWSA —
SCHL 1.5%
FY20
NWSA —
SCHL −6.0%
FY21
NWSA —
SCHL −1.8%
FY22
NWSA —
SCHL 5.9%
FY23
NWSA —
SCHL 6.2%
FY24
NWSA —
SCHL 0.9%
FY25
NWSA —
SCHL 1.0%
FY26
NWSA —
SCHL 1.0%
NWSA
SCHL
Free cash flow
FY17
NWSA $238M
SCHL $75.7M
FY18
NWSA $393M
SCHL $20.0M
FY19
NWSA $356M
SCHL $21.4M
FY20
NWSA $342M
SCHL −$60.6M
FY21
NWSA $847M
SCHL $23.8M
FY22
NWSA $855M
SCHL $184M
FY23
NWSA $745M
SCHL $86.9M
FY24
NWSA $741M
SCHL $96.2M
FY25
NWSA $571M
SCHL $72.0M
FY26
NWSA $811M
SCHL $2.5M
NWSA
SCHL
Return on capital
FY17
NWSA −4.8%
SCHL 6.2%
FY18
NWSA −8.5%
SCHL 4.9%
FY19
NWSA 2.7%
SCHL 1.6%
FY20
NWSA −12.6%
SCHL −7.2%
FY21
NWSA 5.0%
SCHL −2.0%
FY22
NWSA 8.6%
SCHL 10.1%
FY23
NWSA 2.6%
SCHL 8.8%
FY24
NWSA 4.5%
SCHL 1.2%
FY25
NWSA 7.8%
SCHL 1.3%
FY26
NWSA 8.9%
SCHL 1.1%
NWSA
SCHL
Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.