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Educational Development Corporation (EDUC)

Communication Services | Publishing | Tulsa, United States | NasdaqGM
1.48 USD -0.04 (-2.632%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★☆☆☆☆Dividends:★☆☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 3:02 a.m. EDT

The immediate outlook remains neutral due to a lack of clear directional momentum, though the stock has recently recovered from a significant low. However, the long-term investment case is severely compromised by a brutal multi-year decline where the share price has lost nearly 79% of its value over the last nine years. This structural deterioration is driven by five consecutive years of negative annual returns, with the most recent year also showing a sharp drop. Despite the company reporting a narrow loss and a forward P/E that appears attractive on paper, the persistent revenue contraction of 37% and negative operating margins reveal a business in distress that the market has correctly punished. Furthermore, the dividend picture is fragile; with only three payments recorded over the last five years and no indication of a sustainable payout ratio against these losses, the yield is unreliable rather than a source of income. Investors should view this as a speculative turnaround play rather than a fundamental recovery story.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.034509
AutoARIMA0.035378
AutoETS0.035379
AutoTheta0.042396

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 42%
H-stat 3.62
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.555
Excess Kurtosis -0.55
Attribute Value
Sector Communication Services
Ex Dividend Date 2022-02-17
Last Dividend Date 2022-02-17
Debt to Equity Ratio 15.695
Revenue per Share 2.406
Market Cap 12,616,947
Trailing P/E 6.17
Forward P/E 3.52
Beta 1.03
Profit Margins 9.75%
Website https://www.edcpub.com

Dividend Data

Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2022-02-18 0.100 1.373626
2021-11-17 0.100 1.092896
2021-08-23 0.100 1.049318
2021-06-01 0.100 0.732064
2021-02-22 0.100 0.615764
2020-11-18 0.100 0.683060
2020-08-19 0.060 0.432277
2020-06-01 0.060 0.754717
2020-02-24 0.050 0.866551
2019-11-13 0.050 0.741840
2019-08-21 0.050 0.831947
2019-06-03 0.050 0.690608
2019-02-20 0.050 0.615006
2018-11-26 0.050 0.510204
2018-09-14 0.050 0.440529
2018-06-01 0.050 0.460829
2016-12-07 0.045 0.957447
2016-09-14 0.045 0.814480
2016-06-08 0.045 0.789474
2016-03-09 0.045 0.732899
2015-12-09 0.045 0.537634
2015-09-09 0.045 1.294964
2015-06-10 0.040 1.593626
2015-03-11 0.040 1.909308
2014-12-10 0.040 1.652893
2014-09-10 0.040 1.694915
2014-06-11 0.040 2.133333
2014-03-12 0.040 2.094241
2013-12-11 0.040 2.547771
2013-09-11 0.040 2.797203
2013-06-12 0.040 2.266289
2013-03-13 0.040 2.051282
2012-12-12 0.060 2.919708
2012-09-12 0.060 3.000000
2012-06-13 0.060 2.857143
2012-03-07 0.060 2.424243
2011-12-07 0.060 2.303263
2011-09-07 0.060 2.173913
2011-06-08 0.060 2.142857
2011-03-09 0.060 1.791045
2010-12-08 0.075 2.272727
2010-09-08 0.060 1.954397
2010-06-09 0.060 2.162162
2010-03-10 0.060 1.923077
2009-12-09 0.075 2.538071
2009-05-01 0.200 7.272727
2008-12-09 0.200 11.461318
2008-05-07 0.200 6.033182
2007-05-04 0.110 2.933333
2006-04-28 0.100 2.610966
2005-06-01 0.075 1.440922
2004-05-24 0.060 1.100917
2003-05-23 0.050 0.981354
2002-07-30 0.030 0.872093
2001-07-30 0.020 0.952381
2000-07-28 0.010 0.540084
1999-07-28 0.010 0.727273
1998-07-29 0.010 0.581818
1997-07-30 0.005 0.156863
Additional Data
exDividendDate 2022-02-18
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
lastDividendValue 0.1
lastDividendDate 2022-02-18
dividendDate 2022-03-10

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.13846159
Address1 5,402 South 122nd East Avenue
All Time High 20.0
All Time Low 0.078125
Ask 1.48
Ask Size 1
Average Daily Volume10 Day 326,940
Average Daily Volume3 Month 99,131
Average Volume 99,131
Average Volume10Days 326,940
Beta 1.034
Bid 1.43
Bid Size 1
Book Value 5.027
City Tulsa
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,798,675,200
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 1.48
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 1.54
Day Low 1.435
Debt To Equity 15.695
Display Name Educational Development
Dividend Date 1,646,870,400
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,747,686,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,747,686,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,752,523,200
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,752,091,200
Ebitda -5,741,675
Ebitda Margins -0.27922
Enterprise To Ebitda -3.169
Enterprise To Revenue 0.885
Enterprise Value 18,194,518
Eps Forward 0.42
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 0.24
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,645,142,400
Exchange NGM
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 1.467
Fifty Day Average Change 0.013000011
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.00886163
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 13.846159
Fifty Two Week High 1.84
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.36
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.19565217
Fifty Two Week Low 1.0
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.48000002
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.48000002
Fifty Two Week Range 1.0 - 1.84
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 322,237,800,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 6.26
Float Shares 6,385,310
Forward Eps 0.42
Forward P E 3.5238097
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGM
Full Time Employees 64
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 0.54728
Gross Profits 11,253,700
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.11868
Held Percent Institutions 0.21226
Implied Shares Outstanding 8,524,964
Industry Publishing
Industry Disp Publishing
Industry Key publishing
Ir Website http://www.edcpub.com/investors.aspx?id=110
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,645,142,400
Last Dividend Value 0.1
Last Fiscal Year End 1,772,236,800
Last Split Date 1,534,982,400
Last Split Factor 2:1
Long Business Summary Educational Development Corporation distributes children's books, educational toys and games, and related products in the United States. It operates through two segments, PaperPie and Publishing. The company sells various books, including touchy-feely board books, activity books and flashcards, adventure and search books, art books, sticker books, and foreign language books; learning manipulatives and toys; internet-linked books; science and math titles; and chapter books and novels. It offers its products under the Kane Miller, SmartLab Toys, and Learning Wrap-Ups brands. The company markets its products through independent sales representatives who host home parties, collaborate on social media platforms on the internet, host book fairs with schools and public libraries, and participate in other events, as well as through commissioned sales representatives, an in-house sales group, and an internal tele-sales group. It serves individual purchasers, schools, public libraries, national book chains, regional and local bookstores, toy and gift stores, school supply stores, museums, and trade and specialty wholesalers. Educational Development Corporation was incorporated in 1965 and is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Long Name Educational Development Corporation
Market us_market
Market Cap 12,616,947
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_268454
Most Recent Quarter 1,780,185,600
Net Income To Common 2,004,800
Next Fiscal Year End 1,803,772,800
Non Diluted Market Cap 12,616,946
Open 1.54
Operating Margins -0.28998
Payout Ratio 0.0
Peg Ratio 2.01
Phone 918 622 4522
Previous Close 1.52
Price Hint 4
Price To Book 0.2944102
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.6135752
Profit Margins 0.0975
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.04
Regular Market Change Percent -2.63158
Regular Market Day High 1.54
Regular Market Day Low 1.435
Regular Market Day Range 1.435 - 1.54
Regular Market Open 1.54
Regular Market Previous Close 1.52
Regular Market Price 1.48
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,801
Regular Market Volume 516,851
Revenue Growth -0.331
Revenue Per Share 2.406
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20365608
Sector Communication Services
Sector Disp Communication Services
Sector Key communication-services
Shares Outstanding 8,524,964
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0014
Shares Short 11,948
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 7,331
Short Name Educational Development Corpora
Short Percent Of Float 0.0016
Short Ratio 0.31
Source Interval 15
State OK
Symbol EDUC
Total Cash 1,118,400
Total Cash Per Share 0.131
Total Debt 6,716,100
Total Revenue 20,563,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps 0.24
Trailing P E 6.166667
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 1.39435
Two Hundred Day Average Change 0.08564997
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.061426446
Type Disp Equity
Volume 516,851
Website https://www.edcpub.com
Zip 74,146