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How Scholastic Corporation stacks up
SCHL · against 148 other Communication Services companies of similar size
Profitability
34/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #87 of 149 · scores higher than 41% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score16 peers with a profitability score of 30–39, including SCHL · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 34?
Weighted metrics compared with all Communication Services companies.Mainly because of its operating margin and return on invested capital, which are weaker than most Communication Services peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 76% of peers. Operating margin: 1.0% vs peer median 8.2%
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 68% of peers. Return on invested capital: 1.6% vs peer median 6.0%
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 3.3% vs peer median 2.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = SCHL, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | SCHL | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 136 reported | 1.6% | 3.8% | 38% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 148 reported | 1.0% | 6.0% | 34% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 145 reported | 3.3% | 1.6% | 64% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 137 reported | 7.4% | 3.7% | 63% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 150 reported | 56.5% | 37.5% | 75% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around SCHL| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 67.5B INR (≈$811M) | 100 | 35 | |
| 2 | 82.4B JPY (≈$560M) | 97 | 76 | |
| 2 | 6.3B SEK (≈$635M) | 97 | 66 | |
| 2 | 1.1B EUR (≈$1.2B) | 97 | 61 | |
| 5 | 598M CHF (≈$688M) | 96 | 59 | |
| 84 | 15.6B THB (≈$438M) | 36 | 25 | |
| 85 | 9.5B CNY (≈$1.3B) | 35 | 27 | |
| 85 | 285M GBP (≈$370M) | 35 | 30 | |
| 87 | 9.1B CNY (≈$1.3B) | 34 | 47 | |
| 87 | 701M USD | 34 | 51 | |
| 89 | 6.1B CNY (≈$851M) | 33 | 35 | |
| 90 | 3.3B CNY (≈$457M) | 32 | 38 | |
| 90 | 4.8B CNY (≈$677M) | 32 | 39 | |
| 92 | 926M USD | 31 | 39 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score