Scholastic Corp (NASDAQ:SCHL) shares, rose in value on Friday, March 28, with the stock price up by 0.11% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $18.67.
Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $18.65, falling within a range of $18.1 and $18.83. The value of beta (5-year monthly) was 1.104 whereas the PE ratio was 31.29 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $38.77, and the low was $17.72. On the whole, SCHL has fluctuated by -13.88% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of Scholastic Corp currently standing at about $497.71 million, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for on 2025-Mar-19. The company’s Forward Dividend Ratio is 0.80, with its dividend yield at 4.28%.
Projections by analysts suggest varying estimates for the company’s quarterly revenue. Analysts have estimated the company’s revenue for the quarter at 1.61B, with a low estimate of 494.59M and a high estimate of 494.59M. Wall Street analysts also predicted that the company’s y-o-y revenues would reach 494.59M.
Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that SCHL’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 100% Sell on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 100% Sell while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 100% Sell.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the price of SCHL currently trading nearly -6.20% and -6.46% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 42.74, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 5.58% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 5.09%. Furthermore, Scholastic Corp (SCHL)’s beta value is 1.09, and its average true range (ATR) is 1.03.
A comparison of Scholastic Corp (SCHL) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. SCHL showed an intraday change of 0.11% in last session, and over the past year, it shrunk by -51.44%%.
Data on historical trading for Scholastic Corp (NASDAQ:SCHL) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 0.68 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 407.04K. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 25.90 million shares outstanding.
Nearly 18.36% of Scholastic Corp’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 84.67% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 1.73 million shares as on 2025-03-14, resulting in a short ratio of 4.11. According to the data, the short interest in Scholastic Corp (SCHL) stood at 1413.00 of shares outstanding as of 2025-03-14; the number of short shares registered in 2025-02-14 reached 1.59 million. The stock has fallen by -12.47% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the SCHL stock heading into the next quarter.
