Scholastic Reports Fiscal 2023 Third Quarter Results
Continued Growth in
Over
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"In Education Solutions results declined partly reflecting ongoing purchasing delays by school and district administrators, who continue to focus on managing staffing shortages. As we actively manage the sales pipeline, we continue to invest in new go-to-market capabilities to advance our literacy platform strategy. We also announced key new products and collaborations last quarter that will contribute to segment results over the long term.
"With tougher market conditions expected to continue into Q4, we have updated our fiscal 2023 outlook. We have quickly adjusted short-term spending, in line with our revised top-line outlook, and focused on initiatives to improve margins. Critically, the long-term outlook for the importance of children's books and of solutions to raise literacy rates remains as strong as ever, as does our optimism in Scholastic's ability to grow and uniquely meet these critical needs."
Outlook
The Company has updated its guidance for fiscal year 2023 and now expects Adjusted EBITDA (as defined in the accompanying tables) of
Fiscal 2023 Q3 Review
In $ millions |
Third Quarter |
Change |
|||||||
Fiscal 2023 |
Fiscal 2022 |
$ |
% |
||||||
Revenues |
$ |
324.9 |
$ |
344.5 |
$ |
(19.6) |
(6) % |
||
Operating income (loss) |
$ |
(27.7) |
$ |
(19.5) |
$ |
(8.2) |
(42) % |
||
Earnings (loss) before taxes |
$ |
(26.2) |
$ |
(19.8) |
$ |
(6.4) |
(32) % |
||
Operating income (loss), ex. one-time items * |
$ |
(27.7) |
$ |
(16.7) |
$ |
(11.0) |
(66) % |
||
Earnings (loss) ex. one-times * |
$ |
(26.2) |
$ |
(17.0) |
$ |
(9.2) |
(54) % |
||
Adjusted EBITDA * |
$ |
(5.4) |
$ |
5.9 |
$ |
(11.3) |
(192) % |
||
* Please refer to the non-GAAP financial tables attached |
Revenues decreased
Operating loss increased
Quarterly Results
In the fiscal third quarter, the
- Book Fairs revenues increased
$27.5 million to$103.5 million on increased number of fairs, higher revenue-per-fair and increased shipments on reward redemptions.
- Trade revenues decreased
$11.7 million to$72.8 million , reflecting softness in the retail market, in addition to lower ordering by key wholesalers and retailers adjusting inventory levels to align with improvements in the supply chain and consumer demand. These factors primarily impacted backlist titles but were partially offset by new titles that continue to regularly appear on bestseller lists.
Book Clubs revenues decreased$12.8 million to$27.7 million primarily driven by the timing of backlog shipments that favorably impacted the third quarter of the prior period by approximately$18 million and a continued decline in order volumes.
Segment operating income decreased
Education Solutions
Education Solutions segment revenues decreased
Operating income decreased
International
In local currency, International segment revenues decreased
Operating loss increased
Overhead
Excluding one-time items, overhead costs decreased
Capital Position and Liquidity
In $ millions |
Third Quarter |
Change |
|||||||
Fiscal 2023 |
Fiscal 2022 |
$ |
% |
||||||
Net cash (used) provided by operating activities |
$ |
7.6 |
$ |
36.9 |
$ |
(29.3) |
(79) % |
||
Additions to property, plant and equipment and |
(19.5) |
(13.5) |
(6.0) |
(44) % |
|||||
Net proceeds from sale of assets |
— |
— |
— |
NM |
|||||
Free cash flow (use)* |
$ |
(11.9) |
$ |
23.4 |
$ |
(35.3) |
NM |
||
Net cash (debt)* |
$ |
193.6 |
$ |
295.2 |
$ |
(101.6) |
(34) % |
||
* Please refer to the non-GAAP financial tables attached |
|||||||||
NM - Not meaningful |
Cash flows from operating activities in the quarter decreased
The Company distributed
The Company's Board of Directors has authorized an additional
Fiscal Year-To-Date 2023 Review
In $ millions |
Year-To-Date |
Change |
|||||||
Fiscal 2023 |
Fiscal 2022 |
$ |
% |
||||||
Revenues |
$ |
1,175.7 |
$ |
1,128.5 |
$ |
47.2 |
4 % |
||
Operating income (loss) |
$ |
14.3 |
$ |
31.9 |
$ |
(17.6) |
(55) % |
||
Earnings (loss) before taxes |
$ |
16.8 |
$ |
36.0 |
$ |
(19.2) |
(53) % |
||
Operating income (loss), ex. one-time items* |
$ |
14.3 |
$ |
31.4 |
$ |
(17.1) |
(54) % |
||
Earnings (loss) ex. one-times* |
$ |
16.8 |
$ |
29.3 |
$ |
(12.5) |
(43) % |
||
Adjusted EBITDA* |
$ |
81.3 |
$ |
100.4 |
$ |
(19.1) |
(19) % |
||
* Please refer to the non-GAAP financial tables attached |
For the first nine months of fiscal 2023, revenue was
Adjusted EBITDA (as defined) for the first nine months of fiscal 2023 was a gain of
Net cash provided by operating activities was
Additional Information
To supplement our financial statements presented in accordance with GAAP, we include certain non-GAAP calculations and presentations including, as noted above, "Adjusted EBITDA" and "Free Cash Flow". Please refer to the non-GAAP financial tables attached to this press release for supporting details on the impact of one-time items on operating income, net income and diluted EPS, and the use of non-GAAP financial measures included in this release. This information should be considered as supplemental in nature and not as a substitute for the related financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Conference Call
The Company will hold a conference call to discuss its results at
The conference call and accompanying slides will be webcast and accessible through the Investor Relations section of Scholastic's website, www.investor.scholastic.com. To access the conference call by phone, please go to this link (registration link), and you will be provided with dial in details. To avoid delays, we encourage participants to dial into the conference call fifteen minutes ahead of the scheduled start time. Shortly following the call, an archived webcast and accompanying slides from the conference call will also be posted at www.investor.scholastic.com.
About Scholastic
For more than 100 years,
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains certain forward-looking statements relating to future periods. Such forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties, including the conditions of the children's book and educational materials markets generally and acceptance of the Company's products within those markets, and other risks and factors identified from time to time in the Company's filings with the
SCHL: Financial
Table 1 |
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|
|||||||||
Consolidated Statements of Operations |
|||||||||
(Unaudited) |
|||||||||
(In $ Millions, except shares and per share data) |
|||||||||
Three months ended |
Nine months ended |
||||||||
|
|
|
|
||||||
Revenues |
$ |
324.9 |
$ |
344.5 |
$ |
1,175.7 |
$ |
1,128.5 |
|
Operating costs and expenses: |
|||||||||
Cost of goods sold |
161.1 |
169.6 |
566.0 |
540.9 |
|||||
Selling, general and administrative expenses (1) |
178.0 |
180.8 |
554.4 |
512.7 |
|||||
Depreciation and amortization |
13.5 |
13.6 |
41.0 |
43.0 |
|||||
Total operating costs and expenses |
352.6 |
364.0 |
1,161.4 |
1,096.6 |
|||||
Operating income (loss) |
(27.7) |
(19.5) |
14.3 |
31.9 |
|||||
Interest income (expense), net |
1.4 |
(0.4) |
2.3 |
(2.2) |
|||||
Other components of net periodic benefit (cost) |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
|||||
Gain (loss) on sale of assets and other (2) |
— |
— |
— |
6.2 |
|||||
Earnings (loss) before income taxes |
(26.2) |
(19.8) |
16.8 |
36.0 |
|||||
Provision (benefit) for income taxes (3) |
(6.9) |
(4.7) |
6.1 |
7.1 |
|||||
Net income (loss) |
(19.3) |
(15.1) |
10.7 |
28.9 |
|||||
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest |
(0.1) |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
|||||
Net income (loss) attributable to |
$ |
(19.2) |
$ |
(15.3) |
$ |
10.6 |
$ |
28.8 |
|
Basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share of Class A and Common Stock (4) |
|||||||||
Basic |
$ |
(0.57) |
$ |
(0.44) |
$ |
0.31 |
$ |
0.83 |
|
Diluted |
$ |
(0.57) |
$ |
(0.44) |
$ |
0.30 |
$ |
0.80 |
|
Basic weighted average shares outstanding |
33,682 |
34,577 |
34,178 |
34,576 |
|||||
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding |
34,722 |
35,761 |
35,148 |
35,605 |
(1) |
In the three and nine months ended |
(2) |
In the nine months ended |
(3) |
In the three and nine months ended |
(4) |
Earnings (loss) per share are calculated on non-rounded net income (loss) and shares outstanding. Recalculating earnings per share |
Table 2 |
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|
|||||||||||||||
Segment Results |
|||||||||||||||
(Unaudited) |
|||||||||||||||
(In $ Millions) |
|||||||||||||||
Three months ended |
Change |
Nine months ended |
Change |
||||||||||||
|
|
$ |
% |
|
|
$ |
% |
||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||
Revenues |
|||||||||||||||
|
$ |
27.7 |
$ |
40.5 |
$ |
(12.8) |
(32) % |
$ |
91.6 |
$ |
99.2 |
$ |
(7.6) |
(8) % |
|
Book Fairs |
103.5 |
76.0 |
27.5 |
36 % |
372.6 |
268.2 |
104.4 |
39 % |
|||||||
Trade |
72.8 |
84.5 |
(11.7) |
(14) % |
282.8 |
301.9 |
(19.1) |
(6) % |
|||||||
Total Revenues |
204.0 |
201.0 |
3.0 |
1 % |
747.0 |
669.3 |
77.7 |
12 % |
|||||||
Operating income (loss) |
1.9 |
5.0 |
(3.1) |
(62) % |
85.0 |
68.5 |
16.5 |
24 % |
|||||||
Operating margin |
0.9 % |
2.5 % |
11.4 % |
10.2 % |
|||||||||||
Education Solutions |
|||||||||||||||
Revenues |
70.0 |
77.2 |
(7.2) |
(9) % |
223.2 |
236.8 |
(13.6) |
(6) % |
|||||||
Operating income (loss) |
0.7 |
13.1 |
(12.4) |
(95) % |
3.4 |
36.0 |
(32.6) |
(91) % |
|||||||
Operating margin |
1.0 % |
17.0 % |
1.5 % |
15.2 % |
|||||||||||
International |
|||||||||||||||
Revenues |
50.9 |
66.3 |
(15.4) |
(23) % |
205.5 |
222.4 |
(16.9) |
(8) % |
|||||||
Operating income (loss) |
(9.0) |
(5.0) |
(4.0) |
(80) % |
(5.8) |
2.0 |
(7.8) |
NM |
|||||||
Operating margin |
— % |
— % |
— % |
0.9 % |
|||||||||||
Overhead expense |
21.3 |
32.6 |
(11.3) |
(35) % |
68.3 |
74.6 |
(6.3) |
(8) % |
|||||||
Operating income (loss) |
$ |
(27.7) |
$ |
(19.5) |
$ |
(8.2) |
(42) % |
$ |
14.3 |
$ |
31.9 |
$ |
(17.6) |
(55) % |
Table 3 |
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|
|||||||||
Supplemental Information |
|||||||||
(Unaudited) |
|||||||||
(In $ Millions) |
|||||||||
Selected Balance Sheet Items |
|||||||||
|
|
||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
198.8 |
$ |
308.9 |
|||||
Accounts receivable, net |
261.7 |
287.7 |
|||||||
Inventories, net |
367.5 |
299.4 |
|||||||
Accounts payable |
158.4 |
173.4 |
|||||||
Deferred revenue |
203.0 |
176.8 |
|||||||
Accrued royalties |
83.2 |
84.2 |
|||||||
Lines of credit and current portion of long-term debt |
5.2 |
13.7 |
|||||||
Long-term debt |
— |
— |
|||||||
Total debt |
5.2 |
13.7 |
|||||||
Net cash (debt) (1) |
193.6 |
295.2 |
|||||||
Total stockholders' equity |
1,149.9 |
1,185.3 |
|||||||
Selected Cash Flow Items |
|||||||||
Three months ended |
Nine months ended |
||||||||
|
|
|
|
||||||
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities |
$ |
7.6 |
$ |
36.9 |
$ |
28.9 |
$ |
178.5 |
|
Add: |
|||||||||
Net proceeds from sale of assets |
— |
— |
— |
10.4 |
|||||
Less: |
|||||||||
Additions to property, plant and equipment |
12.7 |
9.2 |
36.8 |
28.0 |
|||||
Prepublication expenditures |
6.8 |
4.3 |
17.8 |
13.0 |
|||||
Free cash flow (use) (2) |
$ |
(11.9) |
$ |
23.4 |
$ |
(25.7) |
$ |
147.9 |
(1) |
Net cash (debt) is defined by the Company as cash and cash equivalents, net of lines of credit and |
(2) |
Free cash flow (use) is defined by the Company as net cash provided by or used in operating activities |
Table 4 |
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|
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Supplemental Results |
|||||||||||||||||
Excluding One-Time Items |
|||||||||||||||||
(Unaudited) |
|||||||||||||||||
(In $ Millions, except per share data) |
|||||||||||||||||
Three months ended |
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|
|
||||||||||||||||
Reported |
One-time |
Excluding |
Reported |
One-time |
Excluding |
||||||||||||
Diluted earnings (loss) per share (1) |
$ |
(0.57) |
$ |
— |
$ |
(0.57) |
$ |
(0.44) |
$ |
0.06 |
$ |
(0.38) |
|||||
Net income (loss) (2) |
$ |
(19.2) |
$ |
— |
$ |
(19.2) |
$ |
(15.3) |
$ |
2.1 |
$ |
(13.2) |
|||||
Earnings (loss) before income taxes |
$ |
(26.2) |
$ |
— |
$ |
(26.2) |
$ |
(19.8) |
$ |
2.8 |
$ |
(17.0) |
|||||
|
$ |
1.9 |
$ |
— |
$ |
1.9 |
$ |
5.0 |
$ |
— |
$ |
5.0 |
|||||
Education Solutions |
0.7 |
— |
0.7 |
13.1 |
— |
13.1 |
|||||||||||
International (4) |
(9.0) |
— |
(9.0) |
(5.0) |
0.4 |
(4.6) |
|||||||||||
Overhead (5) |
(21.3) |
— |
(21.3) |
(32.6) |
2.4 |
(30.2) |
|||||||||||
Operating income (loss) |
$ |
(27.7) |
$ |
— |
$ |
(27.7) |
$ |
(19.5) |
$ |
2.8 |
$ |
(16.7) |
|||||
Nine months ended |
|||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||
Reported |
One-time |
Excluding |
Reported |
One-time |
Excluding |
||||||||||||
Diluted earnings (loss) per share (1) |
$ |
0.30 |
$ |
— |
$ |
0.30 |
$ |
0.80 |
$ |
(0.14) |
$ |
0.67 |
|||||
Net income (loss) (2) |
$ |
10.6 |
$ |
— |
$ |
10.6 |
$ |
28.8 |
$ |
(4.9) |
$ |
23.9 |
|||||
Earnings (loss) before income taxes (3) |
$ |
16.8 |
$ |
— |
$ |
16.8 |
$ |
36.0 |
$ |
(6.7) |
$ |
29.3 |
|||||
|
$ |
85.0 |
$ |
— |
$ |
85.0 |
$ |
68.5 |
$ |
— |
$ |
68.5 |
|||||
Education Solutions |
3.4 |
— |
3.4 |
36.0 |
— |
36.0 |
|||||||||||
International (4) |
(5.8) |
— |
(5.8) |
2.0 |
1.1 |
3.1 |
|||||||||||
Overhead (5) |
(68.3) |
— |
(68.3) |
(74.6) |
(1.6) |
(76.2) |
|||||||||||
Operating income (loss) |
$ |
14.3 |
$ |
— |
$ |
14.3 |
$ |
31.9 |
$ |
(0.5) |
$ |
31.4 |
(1) |
Earnings (loss) per share are calculated on non-rounded net income (loss) and shares outstanding. Recalculating earnings per share |
(2) |
In the three and nine months ended |
(3) |
In the nine months ended |
(4) |
In the three and nine months ended |
(5) |
In the three and nine months ended |
Table 5 |
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|
||||||
Consolidated Statements of Operations - Supplemental |
||||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
||||||
(Unaudited) |
||||||
(In $ Millions) |
||||||
Three months ended |
||||||
|
|
|||||
Earnings (loss) before income taxes as reported |
$ |
(26.2) |
$ |
(19.8) |
||
One-time items before income taxes |
— |
2.8 |
||||
Earnings (loss) before income taxes excluding one-time items |
(26.2) |
(17.0) |
||||
Interest (income) expense |
(1.4) |
0.4 |
||||
Depreciation and amortization (1) |
16.1 |
16.1 |
||||
Amortization of prepublication costs |
6.1 |
6.4 |
||||
Adjusted EBITDA (2) |
$ |
(5.4) |
$ |
5.9 |
||
Nine months ended |
||||||
|
|
|||||
Earnings (loss) before income taxes as reported |
$ |
16.8 |
$ |
36.0 |
||
One-time items before income taxes |
— |
(6.7) |
||||
Earnings (loss) before income taxes excluding one-time items |
16.8 |
29.3 |
||||
Interest (income) expense |
(2.3) |
2.2 |
||||
Depreciation and amortization (1) |
48.3 |
49.0 |
||||
Amortization of prepublication costs |
18.5 |
19.9 |
||||
Adjusted EBITDA (2) |
$ |
81.3 |
$ |
100.4 |
(1) |
For the three and nine months ended |
(2) |
Adjusted EBITDA is defined by the Company as earnings (loss), excluding one-time items, |
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