What is Scholastic's contract liabilities?

Scholastic (SCHL) reported contract liabilities of $2.9M in Q4 2025.

How has Scholastic's contract liabilities changed year-over-year?

Scholastic's contract liabilities decreased by 43.1% year-over-year, from $5.1M to $2.9M.

What is the long-term trend for Scholastic's contract liabilities?

Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Scholastic's contract liabilities has grown at a -54.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $99.1M to $4.2M.

What does contract liabilities mean?

Revenue collected or billed in advance of performance — deferred revenue under ASC 606 terminology, representing future revenue obligations.

Scholastic SCHL Contract Liabilities

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Segments

By product

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Book fairs incentive credits$122.1M+6.9%

Stored value programs$22.4M+34.1%

U.S. digital subscriptions$11.1M-28.8%

Entertainment-related (2)$8.2M+8,100%

Other$7.8M+23.8%

U.S. education related$7.5M-25.7%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$329.1M-1.9%

Gross profit$178.8M-1.1%

Operating income-$26.9M-12.6%

Net income$62.5M+1,836%

EPS (diluted)$2.55+2,062%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$104.6M+10.5%

Total debt$302.1M-24.3%

Total equity$871.9M-7.4%

Total assets$1.8B-9.2%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow-$30.5M—

CapEx$13.4M+48.9%

Free cash flow-$43.9M-109%

Valuation

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Market cap$791.5M+58.9%

Enterprise value$989M+31.1%

P/E18.1×+6.0×

P/S0.5×+0.2×

Profitability

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Gross margin56.2%+0.4pp

Operating margin1.1%+0.5pp

Net margin1.2%-2.0pp

FCF margin2.6%-2.9pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity1.9%-2.9pp

Debt / equity0.3×-0.1×

Current ratio1.2×0.0×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Scholastic in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:ContractWithCustomerLiabilityNoncurrent.

The official record: Scholastic’s 10-Q, filed March 20, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Scholastic's contract liabilities?: Scholastic (SCHL) reported contract liabilities of $2.9M in Q4 2025.
How has Scholastic's contract liabilities changed year-over-year?: Scholastic's contract liabilities decreased by 43.1% year-over-year, from $5.1M to $2.9M.
What is the long-term trend for Scholastic's contract liabilities?: Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Scholastic's contract liabilities has grown at a -54.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $99.1M to $4.2M.
What does contract liabilities mean?: Revenue collected or billed in advance of performance — deferred revenue under ASC 606 terminology, representing future revenue obligations.