secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     SCHOLASTIC CORP (SCHL)
CIK:        0000866729
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-12-18T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000866729-25-000037
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Scholastic Q2 EPS $2.17 (up 27% YoY); Board expands buyback to $150M post sale-leaseback
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- Revenue $551.1M (+1% YoY); operating income $82.9M (+11%); diluted EPS $2.17 (+27%).
- Adjusted EBITDA $122.5M (+13%); one-time charges $12.1M in Q2 vs. $4.2M year ago.
- Book Fairs revenue $242M (+5%) on higher fair count and revenue per fair; Trade up 7% to $110.4M.
- Completed sale-leasebacks generated $401M net proceeds; Board authorized $150M share repurchase program.
- Affirmed FY2026 Adj. EBITDA outlook of $146-156M (net of $14M partial-year sale-leaseback impact); free cash flow >$430M.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866729/000086672925000037/0000866729-25-000037-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866729/000086672925000037/schl-20251218.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000866729-25-000037

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