New York Times vs Scholastic
NYT 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 NYT and SCHL compare
New York Times is the larger company, worth 17 times as much as Scholastic ($11.7B against $678M).
On earnings, Scholastic is cheaper: it trades at 26.3× trailing earnings, against 29.2× for New York Times.
New York Times grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (10.8% versus −2.5% for Scholastic).
New York Times keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 13.4% compared with 3.6% at Scholastic.
Both pay dividends: New York Times yields 1.2% and Scholastic 2.4%.
New York Times scores higher on the StockData Score (20 against 10 for Scholastic), 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 | NYT | SCHL |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $11.7B | $678M |
| Share price | $72.81 | $36.83 |
| Change, 1 year | 15.1% | 28.9% |
| Change, 5 years | 55.8% | −3.1% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.55 | 0.77 |
| Employees | 6,000 | 6,905 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 20 (better) | 10 |
| Valuation score | 2 | 2 |
| Growth score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 5 (better) | 1 |
| Health score | 6 (better) | 3 |
| Dividend score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 29.2× | 26.3× (better) |
| P/S | 3.9× | 0.4× (better) |
| P/B | 5.7× | 1.0× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 19.2× | 12.6× (better) |
| P/FCF | 19.8× | – |
| PEG | 1.12 | – |
| FCF yield | 5.1% | – |
| Fair value | $54.70 | $37.49 |
| Margin of safety | −33.1% | 1.8% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 10.8% (better) | −2.5% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 9.6% (better) | 4.0% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 20.9% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 21.5% | – |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 28.4% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 51.7% | 56.5% (better) |
| Operating margin | 16.2% (better) | 0.97% |
| Net margin | 13.4% (better) | 3.6% |
| FCF margin | 19.5% | – |
| Return on equity | 20.3% (better) | 7.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 28.2% (better) | 1.1% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.27 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | 1.16 |
| Current ratio | 1.52 (better) | 1.25 |
| Altman Z-score | 10.21 (better) | 2.20 |
| Piotroski F-score | 9 (better) | 7 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.2% | 2.4% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 32.8% | 32.9% |
| Years of dividend growth | 7 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 24.6% (better) | 5.9% |
| Buyback yield | 1.9% | 42.9% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 3.1% | 45.4% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 103% | 94.3% |
| Held by insiders | 1.5% | 8.0% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$8.8M (better) | −$14.3M |
| Superinvestors holding | 2 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 11.7% | 14.4% |
Go deeper
- NYT stock overview
- NYT income statement
- NYT valuation and score
- SCHL stock overview
- SCHL income statement
- SCHL valuation and score
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