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  • Scholastic – Victim of Unrealistic Expectations?

    By Toby Bordelon - April 2, 2013 | Tickers: ATVI, SCHL, DIS

    Scholastic Corp. (NASDAQ: SCHL) suffered a bit of a decline after its recent third quarter earnings report. Management blamed lower than expected sales of “The Hunger Games” trilogy for much of the publisher's almost 19% revenue drop from the prior year, and lowered forecasts for the full year. Lower sales and lowered expectations leading to a lower stock price seems reasonable. But let’s take a step back for more »

  • The Odds Are Not In This Company's Favor

    By Leo Sun - March 21, 2013 | Tickers: MHFI, PSO, SCHL

    Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL), the publisher of Harry Potter and The Hunger Games, recently took an arrow through the heart after reporting third quarter earnings and guidance that sorely disappointed analysts. After riding high on the success of its big franchises for the past decade, the company now faces a questionable future, as sales for its children’s books segment faces some dangerous headwinds.

    Can Scholastic convince investors to hold on more »

  • How to Read the Publishing Industry

    By MihirMehta - January 3, 2013 | Tickers: JW-A, MHFI, PSO, SCHL

    This particular company’s name has been ringing across millions of households and brining smiles on the faces of billions of children across the globe. Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL) is a global publishing company known for publishing quality material for schools, teachers and children. Harry Potter and The Hunger Games are a couple of big success stories associated to Scholastic.

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    The second quarter results for Scholastic came on more »

  • Insiders Are Bullish About This Publishing Company

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - December 20, 2012 | Tickers: JW-A, MHFI, PSO, SCHL, TRI

    According to a filing with the SEC, Bradford Wiley II, who serves on the Board of Directors at John Wiley & Sons (NYSE: JW-A), bought 12,000 shares of stock on December 18th at an average price of $37.15 per share. We like to track insider purchases because the benefits of diversification suggest that insiders should avoid buying their company’s stock; if they are buying anyway, it is more »

  • Hedge Funds Are Buying These Stocks

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - November 9, 2012 | Tickers: INFA, MTH, SCHL, TTWO

    Usually, we have to wait until six to seven weeks after the end of a quarter to see what hedge funds have been buying. The exception is when they take on (or change) a large enough position that requires disclosure with the SEC- investors can learn about these transactions fairly quickly. Here are five stocks that hedge funds have been buying recently:

    Carl Icahn isn’t letting his recent investment more »

  • With a Merger on the Horizon, Is This Publisher Worth Investing In?

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - November 9, 2012 | Tickers: MHFI, NWSA, PSO, ENL, SCHL

    Pearson PLC (NYSE: PSO) is one of the largest educational and consumer publishing companies on the markets today, producing textbooks used in classrooms around the globe, and overseeing the Financial Times publication. In addition to these ventures, Pearson has also recently established a for-profit college in the UK that will offer authentic degrees via Royal Holloway, a constituent of the University of London. As the company's e-slogan ("Study Business more »

  • Royce & Associates Goes Back To School With Scholastic

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - November 6, 2012 | Tickers: JW-A, LRN, MHFI, PSO, SCHL

    According to a 13G filed with the SEC, as of October 31 Royce & Associates, a fund managed by Chuck Royce which tends to invest in smaller-cap value stocks (see stocks that Royce & Associates owned at the end of June), owned 3.1 million shares of Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL). This gives the fund ownership of just over 10% of the outstanding shares, and represents an increase from the end of June more »

  • Would You Invest in this Knowledge Company?

    By riddhi kharkia - September 20, 2012 | Tickers: JW-A, JW-B, MHFI, PSO, SCHL

           “An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.” Benjamin Franklin.

    According to published industry data, the U.S. higher education market has declined by 2.7% since January and grown only slightly by 1.2% for the 12 months ending July. Keeping in mind this continuing trend; Wiley has outperformed the market, with revenues flat for the calendar year-to-date and growth of 2.5% for the rolling 12-month period more »

  • Hungering for Earnings

    By AnnaLisa Kraft - September 18, 2012 | Tickers: LGF, MHFI, PSO, SCHL

    Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL) reports again on September 20. It had a big move based on the sales and licensing of the popular Hunger Games trilogy when it reported Q4 earnings in July. Revenues rose 14% and earnings per share doubled. The company also reported more robust FY 2012 free cash flow of $147.6 million compared to FY 2011 $120.5 million.

    But can Katniss, heroine of the Hunger more »

  • What’s New at Scholastic?

    By Lisa Heaton - July 20, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, SCHL | Editor's Choice

    When I was a kid I waited with anticipation each year for the annual Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL) Book Fair held in my school’s library. Dozens of books would be on sale for reasonable prices. I enjoyed books like the Encyclopedia Brown series by Donald J. Sobol (I’m sorry to say he passed away this month, July 11, 2012). A search of the Scholastic website gave me 122 items related to Encyclopedia Brown which seems to illustrate its longevity and popularity for others as well. As a kid I also loved receiving my Weekly Reader, and as I was researching for this article I was excited to see that Scholastic still offers this product line at a reasonable price; a 32 issue subscription for a second grader is currently only $4.29. When I was a middle school teacher my students also benefitted from Scholastic’s Book Clubs which allowed us to compile book orders and earn rewards in the form of free books and materials for our classroom. As I shifted to my role as instructional technologist I valued the quality software offered by Tom Snyder Productions which was acquired by Scholastic during FY 2002. While I’ve illustrated several sentimental reasons for liking Scholastic as a company, I recall a blog titled The Perils of Nostalgic Investing by William Bias that tells me that research is required to determine whether I like Scholastic as an investment. So, let’s take a closer look… more >>

  • Scholastic Huge Guidance Increase. But Wait is it a Media Company or an Educational Company?

    By George Gutowski - April 30, 2012 | Tickers: PSO, SCHL

    Scholastic Corporation (Nasdaq:SCHL) increased guidance to north of $3.40 per share from the previous range of $2.60 to $2.90. that s for the whole year folks. The enormous successful of the hunger games is driving the update. While investors normally would appreciate making more money you now have to start asking why are investors going to buy and hold the stock. In the press release the more »

  • “The Hunger Games” Create Investor Craving

    By Bobbie Johnson - March 22, 2012 | Tickers: LGF, SCHL

    Most of us have heard about The Hunger Games. Some of have read the vast reviews on the upcoming movie while other have read the books. Some of us have been subject to the constant discussion of the series via our teenagers who have been actively seeking new franchises since the ending of the Harry Potter series and the mixed opinions of the Twilight series.

    For those who have paid more »

  • Investors are Hungry for Hunger Games Stocks

    By Andrés Cardenal - March 22, 2012 | Tickers: AMZN, CNK, LGF, RGC, SCHL

     

    The Hunger Games is an extremely successful trilogy of books that will be hitting the cinemas on Friday; the books are very popular among kids, teenagers and young people, especially women.  Comparisons are already being made with the tremendous money machine that Harry Potter turned out to be, and investors are anxiously buying shares of the companies that stand to make money from this sequel.

    There is nothing wrong with more »

  • Will The Hunger Games Boost Lionsgate Shares?

    By D.K. Holm - January 5, 2012 | Tickers: LGF, SCHL, VIA, DIS

    These days film distribution companies – that is, those entities once known as "studios" – live or die on their franchises. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, a subsidiary of News Corporation (NYSE: NWS), has juggled several franchises since the 1960s, from Planet of the Apes to Star Wars and now Avatar, but also including X-Men, Die Hard, Alien, Home Alone, and the Night at the Museum films. The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DISmore »)