Educational Development Corporation

EDUC

$1.34

+0.37%

N/A+$0.00

Communication Services

Publishing

NASDAQ

Active Trading

Educational Development Corporation distributes children's books, educational toys and games, and related products in the United States. It operates through two segments, ...

Financial Highlights of EDUC

Profitability trend

Latest / TTM · 6 periods

Gross Margin

63.9%

Net Margin

15.7%

P/E Ratio

3.83x

n/a

Debt / Equity

0.16

n/a

Current Ratio

3.20

Dividend Yield

0.0%

Understanding

TTM —

No major balance sheet stress in these headline ratios.

Financial highlights

Latest / TTM · 6 periods

Snapshot

Latest / TTM: 2026-09-04

Gross Margin

63.9%

Net Margin

15.7%

P/E Ratio

3.83x

Debt / Equity

0.16

Profitability

Profitability table

Metric	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	2026
Gross MarginGross profit as a percentage of revenue.	68.9%	63.8%	64.6%	61.5%	62.4%	—
Operating MarginOperating income as a percentage of revenue.	7.2%	-2.9%	-4.1%	-19.8%	-3.6%	—
Net MarginNet income as a percentage of revenue.	5.8%	-2.9%	1.1%	-15.4%	15.3%	—
EBITDA MarginEBITDA divided by revenue.	10.0%	1.4%	11.7%	-8.6%	64.7%	—
Pre-tax MarginPre-tax profit as a percentage of revenue.	7.9%	-3.9%	1.4%	-20.0%	24.5%	—

Liquidity & leverage

Liquidity & leverage table

Metric	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	2026
Current RatioCurrent assets divided by current liabilities.	1.90	1.17	3.88	1.40	3.33	—
Quick RatioLiquid assets divided by current liabilities.	0.12	0.08	1.30	0.62	3.30	—
Cash RatioCash and equivalents divided by current liabilities.	0.01	0.01	0.05	0.01	0.22	—
Debt / AssetsDebt as a share of total assets.	39.3%	46.4%	39.5%	41.4%	11.8%	—
Debt / EquityDebt compared with shareholder equity.	0.92	1.02	0.78	0.80	0.16	—

Operating efficiency

Operating efficiency table

Metric	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	2026
Receivables TurnoverHow often receivables are collected in a year.	39.09x	30.22x	26.35x	16.08x	25.33x	—
Inventory TurnoverHow often inventory is sold in a year.	0.62x	0.54x	0.41x	0.45x	40.75x	—
Payables TurnoverHow often payables are paid in a year.	3.57x	8.22x	4.61x	7.13x	4.87x	—
Asset TurnoverRevenue generated per dollar of assets.	1.29x	0.88x	0.57x	0.44x	0.38x	—
Working Capital TurnoverRevenue generated per dollar of working capital.	5.04x	3.84x	1.75x	1.07x	1.48x	—

Valuation ratios

Valuation ratios table

Metric	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	2026
P/E RatioPrice paid for each dollar of earnings.	7.65x	-11.87x	27.84x	-2.27x	3.58x	—
P/B RatioPrice paid for each dollar of book value.	1.35x	0.66x	0.33x	0.30x	0.27x	—
P/S RatioPrice paid for each dollar of sales.	0.45x	0.34x	0.30x	0.35x	0.53x	—
P/FCF RatioPrice paid for each dollar of free cash flow.	-2.55x	-19.75x	1.92x	4.33x	7.91x	—
Dividend YieldAnnual dividend divided by current share price.	5.4%	2.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	—

Supply Chain of EDUC

RELATIONS

Upstream

Usborne Publishing LimitedHarperCollins Publishers (subsidiary of News Corp)NASDAQ:NWSABook Printers & Manufacturers (multiple, unnamed vendors)Paper & Packaging Material Suppliers

Downstream

PaperPie Brand Partners (Independent Consultants)Barnes & Noble, Inc.Independent Bookstores, Toy Stores & Gift StoresSchools & Public LibrariesAmazon.com, Inc.NASDAQ:AMZN

Proxies

Scholastic CorporationNASDAQ:SCHL Pearson plcNYSE:PSO John Wiley & Sons, Inc.NYSE:WLY Herbalife Ltd.NYSE:HLF

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