Scholastic price to free cash flow SCHL

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: n/m; not a meaningful number
Last meaningful: 244×; Sep 2026
10-year median: 19.1×
10-year range: 6.2× to 317×
Peer median: 9.0×

Scholastic's price to free cash flow is not a meaningful number today: free cash flow over the last twelve months was zero, negative or not reported.

It was last meaningful in Sep 2026, at 244×.

On the days it had one over the last ten years, its median was 19.1×, from 6.2× in Jul 2024 to 317× in Aug 2026.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 19.1×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	244×	16.9×	317×
2025	16.6×	8.4×	21.8×
2024	11.5×	6.2×	11.5×
2023	8.5×	8.5×	57.3×
2022	23.0×	6.2×	24.2×
2021	9.0×	9.0×	49.9×
2020	97.7×	31.9×	104×
2019	79.3×	30.9×	79.3×
2018	41.5×	38.9×	81.7×
2017	21.3×	10.7×	22.2×
2016	12.6×	12.6×	25.1×
2015	10.0×	8.0×	10.5×
2014	8.4×	7.0×	28.6×
2013	29.3×	3.9×	29.3×
2012	3.2×	3.0×	7.1×
2011	4.5×	3.6×	5.0×

Against its peers

Companies in Publishing nearest Scholastic's size, closest first, today.

Company	Price to free cash flow
SCHLScholastic	n/m
EBFEnnis	10.0×
DLXDeluxe	5.1×
ACCOACCO BRANDS	8.1×
PMTSCPI Card	4.1×
CMPRCIMPRESS	10.7×
WLYJohn Wiley & Sons	11.4×
Peer median	9.0×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.