McGraw Hill vs Scholastic
MH and SCHL side by side, both in printing, publishing, and allied industries. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How MH and SCHL compare
McGraw Hill is the larger company, worth 3.3 times as much as Scholastic ($2.2B against $678M).
On earnings, Scholastic is cheaper: it trades at 26.3× trailing earnings, against 30.5× for McGraw Hill.
McGraw Hill grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (−0.70% versus −2.5% for Scholastic).
Scholastic keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 3.6% compared with 3.5% at McGraw Hill.
Scholastic pays a dividend yielding 2.4%; McGraw Hill does not pay one.
Scholastic scores higher on the StockData Score (10 against 4 for McGraw Hill), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | MH | SCHL |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $2.2B | $678M |
| Share price | $11.60 | $36.83 |
| Change, 1 year | −17.7% | 28.9% |
| Change, 5 years | – | −3.1% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.55 | 0.77 |
| Employees | 4,400 | 6,905 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 4 | 10 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 1 | 1 |
| Health score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 30.5× | 26.3× (better) |
| P/S | 1.1× | 0.4× (better) |
| P/B | 2.5× | 1.0× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 7.0× (better) | 12.6× |
| P/FCF | 8.7× | – |
| FCF yield | 11.5% | – |
| Fair value | $14.09 | $37.49 |
| Margin of safety | 17.6% (better) | 1.8% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −0.70% (better) | −2.5% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | – | 4.0% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 81.7% (better) | 56.5% |
| Operating margin | 13.4% (better) | 0.97% |
| Net margin | 3.5% | 3.6% (better) |
| FCF margin | 12.3% | – |
| Return on equity | 8.8% (better) | 7.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 7.8% (better) | 1.1% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 2.88 | 0.27 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.57 | 1.16 (better) |
| Current ratio | 0.86 | 1.25 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 0.49 | 2.20 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 7 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 2.4% |
| Payout ratio | – | 32.9% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 0 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 5.9% |
| Buyback yield | – | 42.9% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 45.4% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 101% | 94.3% |
| Held by insiders | 87.1% | 8.0% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $1.0M (better) | −$14.3M |
| Short interest, % of float | 10.6% | 14.4% |
Go deeper
- MH stock overview
- MH income statement
- MH valuation and score
- SCHL stock overview
- SCHL income statement
- SCHL valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.