NASDAQ:EDUCEducational Development Stock Price, Forecast & News

Educational Development's stock was trading at $4.26 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, EDUC shares have increased by 93.7% and is now trading at $8.25. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

Educational Development is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 9th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Educational Development.

Educational Development Co. (NASDAQ:EDUC) posted its earnings results on Thursday, May, 21st. The company reported $0.06 earnings per share for the quarter. The firm had revenue of $20.16 million for the quarter. Educational Development had a net margin of 4.66% and a return on equity of 19.99%. View Educational Development's earnings history.

Educational Development announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 22nd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, June 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.06 per share on Thursday, June 18th. This represents a $0.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.91%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, June 1st. This is an increase from Educational Development's previous quarterly dividend of $0.05. View Educational Development's dividend history.

Educational Development shares split on the morning of Thursday, August 23rd 2018. The 2-1 split was announced on Wednesday, August 22nd 2018. The newly issued shares were payable to shareholders after the closing bell on Wednesday, August 22nd 2018. An investor that had 100 shares of Educational Development stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Educational Development updated its first quarter 2021 IntraDay earnings guidance on Thursday, May, 21st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $36.5-38.5 million.

Press coverage about EDUC stock has been trending positive on Sunday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Educational Development earned a coverage optimism score of 2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutEducational Development.

Educational Development saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 15,400 shares, an increase of 17.6% from the April 30th total of 13,100 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 14,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.0 days. Approximately 0.2% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Educational Development's Current Options Chain.

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Educational Development trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "EDUC."

Educational Development's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Magnolia Group LLC (0.46%) and Parkside Financial Bank & Trust (0.10%). Company insiders that own Educational Development stock include Craig M White, Heather N Cobb, Keefe Daniel E O, Randall W White and Ronald T Mcdaniel. View institutional ownership trends for Educational Development.

EDUC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Magnolia Group LLC, and Parkside Financial Bank & Trust. Company insiders that have bought Educational Development stock in the last two years include Craig M White, Heather N Cobb, Keefe Daniel E O, Randall W White, and Ronald T Mcdaniel. View insider buying and selling activity for Educational Development.

Shares of EDUC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of EDUC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $8.25.

Educational Development has a market capitalization of $69.05 million and generates $113.01 million in revenue each year. Educational Development employs 193 workers across the globe.

The official website for Educational Development is www.edcpub.com.

Educational Development's mailing address is 5402 SOUTH 122ND EAST AVENUE, TULSA OK, 74146. The company can be reached via phone at 918-622-4522 or via email at [email protected]