New York Times vs Scholastic
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The short version
- New York Times is the larger business, with $2.8B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $1.6B for Scholastic, about 1.8 times as much.
- New York Times grew revenue faster (9.2%, against −2.7%).
- New York Times kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (15.3% operating margin, against 1.0%).
- New York Times turned more of its sales into free cash flow (19.5% FCF margin, against 0.2%).
- New York Times earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (23.8%, against 1.1%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of New York Times’s earnings: a P/E of 29.0x against 27.1x for Scholastic.
| Latest fiscal year | NYT · FY25 | SCHL · FY26 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $11.3B | $728M |
| Revenue | $2.8B | $1.6B |
| Free cash flow | $551M | $2.5M |
| Net income | $344M | $56.7M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 9.2% | −2.7% |
| 5-year growth | 9.6% | 4.0% |
| Share count change | −0.5% | −12.3% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | — | 56.4% |
| Operating margin | 15.3% | 1.0% |
| Net margin | 12.2% | 3.6% |
| FCF margin | 19.5% | 0.2% |
| Return on capital | 23.8% | 1.1% |
| Return on equity | 17.3% | 6.7% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | −$642M | −$45.0M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −1.2x | −0.7x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $276M | $286M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 29.0x | 27.1x |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 7 |
Revenue
FY17
NYT $1.7B
SCHL $1.7B
FY18
NYT $1.7B
SCHL $1.6B
FY19
NYT $1.8B
SCHL $1.7B
FY20
NYT $1.8B
SCHL $1.5B
FY21
NYT $2.1B
SCHL $1.3B
FY22
NYT $2.3B
SCHL $1.6B
FY23
NYT $2.4B
SCHL $1.7B
FY24
NYT $2.6B
SCHL $1.6B
FY25
NYT $2.8B
SCHL $1.6B
FY26
NYT —
SCHL $1.6B
NYT
SCHL
Operating margin
FY17
NYT 10.5%
SCHL 5.1%
FY18
NYT 10.9%
SCHL 3.4%
FY19
NYT 9.7%
SCHL 1.5%
FY20
NYT 9.9%
SCHL −6.0%
FY21
NYT 12.9%
SCHL −1.8%
FY22
NYT 8.8%
SCHL 5.9%
FY23
NYT 11.4%
SCHL 6.2%
FY24
NYT 13.6%
SCHL 0.9%
FY25
NYT 15.3%
SCHL 1.0%
FY26
NYT —
SCHL 1.0%
NYT
SCHL
Free cash flow
FY17
NYT $2.0M
SCHL $75.7M
FY18
NYT $79.6M
SCHL $20.0M
FY19
NYT $144M
SCHL $21.4M
FY20
NYT $263M
SCHL −$60.6M
FY21
NYT $234M
SCHL $23.8M
FY22
NYT $114M
SCHL $184M
FY23
NYT $338M
SCHL $86.9M
FY24
NYT $381M
SCHL $96.2M
FY25
NYT $551M
SCHL $72.0M
FY26
NYT —
SCHL $2.5M
NYT
SCHL
Return on capital
FY17
NYT 14.8%
SCHL 6.2%
FY18
NYT 17.3%
SCHL 4.9%
FY19
NYT 17.8%
SCHL 1.6%
FY20
NYT 20.9%
SCHL −7.2%
FY21
NYT 25.2%
SCHL −2.0%
FY22
NYT 14.0%
SCHL 10.1%
FY23
NYT 16.6%
SCHL 8.8%
FY24
NYT 20.1%
SCHL 1.2%
FY25
NYT 23.8%
SCHL 1.3%
FY26
NYT —
SCHL 1.1%
NYT
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.