profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Educational Development
$0.86+1.18% today
-36.8% in 1 year
1-year low $0.851-year high $1.58
Trading close to its lowest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2023 to 2026.
0%20% a year
You pay $3.15 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Educational Development sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $87.8 million in 2023 to $22.9 million in 2026, with $2.33 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Educational Development handed back 9% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $137,900
Free cash flow 2026$1M
Bought back its own shares$137,900
Paid as dividends–
Cash vs. debt$1M vs. $7M
Educational Development vs. similar companies
Educational Development grows the slowest of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Educational Development | 3.2× · Cheap | ||
 Informa | 1,096.5× · Very expensive | ||
 The New York Times | 33.8× · Expensive | ||
 Pearson | 23.7× · Fair price | ||
 Jiangsu Phoenix Publishing & Media | 13.1× · Cheap |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Educational Development's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88 | 51 | 34 | 23 | |
| 56 | 33 | 21 | 14 | |
| -3 | -2 | -7 | -7 | |
| 1 | 6 | -3 | 8 | |
| -3 | 1 | -5 | 2 | |
| -0.31 | 0.07 | -0.63 | 0.27 | |
| 63.8% | 64.6% | 61.5% | 59.4% | |
| -2.9% | -4.1% | -19.8% | -31.4% | |
| -2.9% | 1.1% | -15.4% | 10.1% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 100 | 90 | 78 | 54 |
| Cash | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total debt | 46 | 36 | 32 | 7 |
| Total liabilities | 55 | 45 | 38 | 12 |
| 45 | 45 | 41 | 43 | |
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | |
| -1.1% | 3.4% | -5.1% | 10.9% | |
| -5.5% | 1.2% | -13.0% | 5.4% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| -2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | |
| Dividends paid | 1 | 0 | – | – |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Valuation
- 3.2×
- –
- –
- 0.3×
- 0.3×
- 5.0×
- 1.6×
- 19.9%
- 31.7%
- 0.0%
Profitability
- 59.4%
- -31.4%
- 10.1%
- 36.8%
- -8.2%
- 4.5%
- 10.0%
- 6.9%
- -12.3%
- –
Growth
- −36.1%
- –
- −65.0%
- –
- −0.2%
Financial health
- 0.4×
- 0.15
- 11.7%
- -3.2×
- 3.40
- 0.64
- 0.43
How it ranks in Communication Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 5%of 436
Bottom 3%of 438
Top 2%of 347
Bottom 1%of 440
Top 6%of 440
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 2026 | -0.22 | – | – |
| Oct 9, 2025 | -0.15 | – | – |
| Jul 7, 2025 | -0.13 | – | – |
| May 19, 2025 | -0.16 | – | – |
| Jan 13, 2025 | -0.10 | – | – |
| Oct 10, 2024 | -0.22 | – | – |
| Jul 11, 2024 | -0.15 | – | – |
| May 21, 2024 | -0.19 | 0.04 | −575.0% |
News
Why Lincoln Educational Services Stock Soared Again TodayYahoo Finance · Nov 10, 2026Why Lincoln Educational Stock Surged TodayYahoo Finance · Nov 10, 2026Educational Development outlines 2 main-season and 2 mid-season product intros each year as sales decline narrows to 11%Seeking Alpha · Oct 14, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
2/7Passes 2 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
47No pass
Benjamin Graham
84Pass
Philip Fisher
49No pass
Peter Lynch
44No pass
Joel Greenblatt
60Pass
Charlie Munger
42No pass
Terry Smith
30No pass
Questions about Educational Development
Is Educational Development a good stock to buy?
A solid business, and the price looks low. 2 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Educational Development AI analysis
What does Educational Development do?
Educational Development Corporation, a publishing company, operates as a trade co-publisher of educational children's books in the United States. It operates through two segments, Publishing and Usborne Books & More (UBAM). It is in Publishing.
Does Educational Development pay a dividend?
No. Educational Development does not pay a dividend at the moment; in 2026 it returned $137,900 to shareholders by buying back its own shares.
Is Educational Development stock halal?
No. Educational Development does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 92% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Educational Development stock done over the past year?
Down 36.8% over the past twelve months, to $0.86. It traded between $0.85 and $1.58 and is 45.6% below its high.
Who are Educational Development's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Informa, The New York Times, Pearson and Jiangsu Phoenix Publishing & Media. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Educational Development's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.