News vs Scholastic
Add, change or remove companies; up to four.
KIRA’s take AI analyst
I put News and Scholastic side by side, using each one’s latest annual report. Here is what stands out:
- 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%).
Who comes out ahead
Of the 9 measures where higher (or lower) is clearly better, how many each company leads.
News
NWSA
4/9
Revenue growthNet marginFCF marginReturn on capital
Scholastic
SCHL
5/9
5-year growthReturn on equityPiotroski F-scoreNet debt / EBITDAShare count change
Side by side
Best in the row
| Latest fiscal year | NWSA FY26 | SCHL FY26 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $17.1B | $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 |
Ten years
Revenue
Operating margin
Free cash flow
Return on capital
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.