NASDAQ:EDUCEducational Development Stock Price, Forecast & News

Educational Development's stock was trading at $4.26 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, EDUC shares have increased by 86.4% and is now trading at $7.94. 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 quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 21st. The company reported $0.06 earnings per share for the quarter. The firm earned $20.16 million during 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 declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 22nd. Investors of record on Tuesday, June 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.06 per share on Thursday, June 18th. This represents a $0.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.02%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, June 1st. This is a positive change from Educational Development's previous quarterly dividend of $0.05. View Educational Development's dividend history.

Educational Development shares split before market open on Thursday, August 23rd 2018. The 2-1 split was announced on Wednesday, August 22nd 2018. The newly created shares were payable to shareholders after the market closes 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 issued an update on 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.

Headlines about EDUC stock have been trending very positive on Saturday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Educational Development earned a media sentiment score of 4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutEducational Development.

Educational Development saw a increase in short interest in the month of 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 trading volume of 14,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.0 days. Currently, 0.2% of the shares of the stock are short sold. 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 variety 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 bought 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 $7.94.

Educational Development has a market capitalization of $66.46 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]