Scholastic Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, publishes and distributes children's books in the United States and internationally. The Children's Book Publishing and Distribution segment engages in the publication and distribution of children's print, digital, and audiobooks, as well as media and interactive products through its school reading events and trade channels; and operates school-based book clubs and book fairs. Its …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
Margins Stable Across CyclesOperating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.86), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
Strong Interest Coverage & Conservative LeverageDebt serviceability is strong (score 0.75), with robust interest coverage.
Where SCHL ranks in Comm Services: Media, Entertainment & Gaming
Scholastic Corporation ranks #39 of 110
scored companies in Comm Services: Media, Entertainment & Gaming by moat score — the top 35%.
The widest moat in the group is Netflix, Inc. (NFLX)
at 85/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near SCHL in Comm Services: Media, Entertainment & Gaming
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 38
· 15% of the moat score
A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.
Customer Stickiness
Score 66
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 50
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 62
· 17% of the moat score
Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.
Scale & Market Position
Score 52
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
Scholastic Corporation (SCHL) scores 54 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #39 of 110 scored companies in Comm Services: Media, Entertainment & Gaming, the top 35%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 109 companies in Comm Services: Media, Entertainment & Gaming. Its strongest defense is Customer Stickiness (66/100) and its weakest is Cost Advantage (38/100).
How does Scholastic Corporation compare with other Comm Services: Media, Entertainment & Gaming companies?
Scholastic Corporation ranks #39 of 110 scored companies in Comm Services: Media, Entertainment & Gaming by moat score. The widest moat in Comm Services: Media, Entertainment & Gaming is Netflix, Inc. (NFLX) at 85/100. The companies ranked closest are Saga Communications, Inc. (SGA) at 54 just above it and Nexters Inc. Warrant (GDEVW) at 53 just below it.
How is the moat score calculated?
Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 109 companies in Comm Services: Media, Entertainment & Gaming. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is Scholastic Corporation scored with the Corporate Default template?
Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.
Which competitive defenses are measured for Scholastic Corporation?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and SCHL scores: Pricing Power (54), Cost Advantage (38), Customer Stickiness (66), Capital Efficiency (50), Resilience (62), Scale & Market Position (52). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.
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