Educational Development Corporation (EDUC) Stock

Educational Development Corporation (EDUC) is a Consumer Discretionary stock trading at $1.36 (as of 2026-08-21), with a market capitalization of $11.59M and a trailing P/E of 2.9. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.

Educational Development Corporation is a trade co-publisher of educational children’s books in the United States, operating through the Publishing and Usborne Books & More (UBAM) segments. It produces a range of print titles, including internet-linked books, and sells to retail accounts such as book, school supply, toy, and gift stores and museums.

Understand Educational Development Corporation: how it makes money

Educational Development Corporation publishes and co-publishes educational children’s books, earning money from the sale of its book titles to retail accounts in the United States.

For a trade co-publisher of children’s educational books, the core profit engine is converting product availability into retailer and customer demand, which is reflected in how inventory is managed alongside brand partner activity that supports ongoing content and title flow.

Business quality (Solid): Clear business model as a children’s educational book publisher with two operating segments (Publishing and Usborne Books & More), but the dataset provided does not include segment-level revenue, so investors must rely more on operational indicators like inventory and active brand partner counts to understand performance.

Valuation: At 5× earnings, EDUC trades 78% below the Wholesale average (24×). Note: one-time items can distort reported P/E.

Bull case

  • Ongoing assortment across multiple children’s book categories: The company offers board books, activity and flashcard titles, adventure and search books, art and sticker books, foreign language books, and internet-linked science and math books, which supports a broad catalog for retail demand.
  • Brand partner network as a measurable operating input: Operational metrics include active brand partner counts, suggesting the company manages relationships that likely drive the introduction of new products and content for retailers.

Bear case

  • Inventory levels can be a pressure point for publishers: Inventory is an explicitly tracked operating metric, which can indicate that excess or slow-moving inventory may weigh on results if it does not convert into retail sales.
  • Execution and system changes may affect near-term sales momentum: The company tracks e-commerce sessions in the first week of a new system rollout, which can signal that changes in the customer buying experience may impact short-term demand.
  • Performance may be sensitive to the health of active brand partners: Active brand partner counts are monitored, implying that changes in partner engagement could affect the flow of titles and related demand.
Valuation — source: SEC EDGAR (first-party)
Price$1.36
Market Cap$11.59M
P/E Ratio2.9
EV / EBITDA1.1
Price / Book0.28
Price / Sales0.49
FCF Yield54.9%
DCF Value (model)$5.83
DCF Upside vs Price328.7%
Profitability & Growth — source: SEC EDGAR
Revenue (TTM)$22.91M
Net Margin10.1%
Revenue Growth (YoY)-33.0%
EPS Growth (YoY)-142.9%
FCF Growth (YoY)-47.2%
Financial Health — source: SEC EDGAR
Altman Z-Score2.69 (grey)
Piotroski F-Score6/9 (moderate)
Valuation vs Sector & Industry
Stock P/E2.9
Sector P/E (Consumer Discretionary)20.7
Industry P/E (Wholesale)24.0
vs Sector-86.1%
vs Industry-88.0%
Smart-Money Activity — SEC Form 4 / 13F / Congressional disclosures
Top Institutional HolderNEEDHAM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC ($1.01M)
Institutional Holders Tracked10
Company
SectorConsumer Discretionary
IndustryWholesale
CEOCraig White
Employees101
CountryUS
IPO Date1980-03-18

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Data as of 2026-08-21.

Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.