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Educational Development Corporation (EDUC)

Communication Services | Publishing | Tulsa, United States | NasdaqGM
1.31 USD +0.01 (0.385%) ⇧ (Oct. 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★☆☆☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 11:40 a.m. EDT

The immediate outlook is bearish due to a severe disconnect between the company's operational reality and its reported cash flows. While free cash flow appears robust on paper, the operating cash flow is critically weak at just $1.17 million against nearly $20.6 million in revenue, indicating massive working capital drains or accounting adjustments that erode liquidity. This is compounded by a -33% revenue contraction and negative operating margins of -26.8%, signaling a business in distress rather than a turnaround candidate. The stock trades at a low P/E of 5.4x, but this is a value trap masking deteriorating fundamentals; the market is correctly pricing in the lack of growth and profitability. With no dividend to provide income and a price hovering near its 52-week low, there is no margin of safety for a short-term holder.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.060300
AutoTheta0.062814
AutoARIMA0.066728
AutoETS0.066730

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 42%
H-stat 7.23
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.706
Excess Kurtosis -0.50
Attribute Value
Sector Communication Services
Ex Dividend Date 2022-02-17
Last Dividend Date 2022-02-17
Debt to Equity Ratio 16.287
Revenue per Share 2.406
Market Cap 11,125,078
Trailing P/E 5.44
Forward P/E 3.11
Beta 1.10
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
dividendYield 0.0
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 -0.11564624
Address1 5,402 South 122nd East Avenue
All Time High 20.0
All Time Low 0.078125
Ask 1.46
Ask Size 2
Average Daily Volume10 Day 9,250
Average Daily Volume3 Month 124,898
Average Volume 124,898
Average Volume10Days 9,250
Beta 1.101
Bid 1.43
Bid Size 1
Book Value 4.863
City Tulsa
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,798,675,200
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 1.305
Current Ratio 3.2
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 1.315
Day Low 1.3
Debt To Equity 16.287
Display Name Educational Development
Dividend Date 1,646,870,400
Dividend Yield 0.0
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 -5,597,000
Ebitda Margins -0.27219
Enterprise To Ebitda -2.895
Enterprise To Revenue 0.788
Enterprise Value 16,204,578
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 15
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 1.3378
Fifty Day Average Change -0.03280008
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.024517924
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -11.564625
Fifty Two Week High 1.73
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.42500007
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.24566478
Fifty Two Week Low 1.2
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.1049999
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.08749992
Fifty Two Week Range 1.2 - 1.73
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 322,237,800,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 2.98
Float Shares 7,513,221
Forward Eps 0.42
Forward P E 3.107143
Free Cashflow 25,645,688
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGM
Full Time Employees 64
Fullday Change 0.004999995
Fullday Change Percent 0.38461503
Fullday Price 1.305
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 0.5976
Gross Profits 12,288,500
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.11868
Held Percent Institutions 0.21489
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 11,125,078
Market State PREPRE
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 11,082,453
Open 1.315
Operating Cashflow 1,173,100
Operating Margins -0.26805001
Payout Ratio 0.0
Peg Ratio 2.01
Phone 918 622 4522
Previous Close 1.3
Price Hint 4
Price To Book 0.26835287
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.5410241
Profit Margins 0.0975
Quick Ratio 0.369
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.005
Regular Market Change Percent 0.384615
Regular Market Day High 1.315
Regular Market Day Low 1.3
Regular Market Day Range 1.3 - 1.315
Regular Market Open 1.315
Regular Market Previous Close 1.3
Regular Market Price 1.305
Regular Market Time 1,791,921,601
Regular Market Volume 4,601
Return On Assets -0.06671
Return On Equity 0.04956
Revenue Growth -0.331
Revenue Per Share 2.406
Sand P52 Week Change 0.17502642
Sector Communication Services
Sector Disp Communication Services
Sector Key communication-services
Shares Outstanding 8,524,964
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0036000002
Shares Short 30,705
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 18,453
Short Name Educational Development Corpora
Short Percent Of Float 0.0041
Short Ratio 0.5
Source Interval 15
State OK
Symbol EDUC
Total Cash 1,662,500
Total Cash Per Share 0.195
Total Debt 6,742,000
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 5.4375
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 1.39005
Two Hundred Day Average Change -0.085050106
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.061184924
Type Disp Equity
Volume 4,601
Website https://www.edcpub.com
Zip 74,146