Educational Development - EDUC Stock Forecast, Price & News

Educational Development's stock was trading at $9.05 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, EDUC stock has decreased by 60.6% and is now trading at $3.57.
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Educational Development saw a drop in short interest in July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 6,800 shares, a drop of 45.6% from the June 30th total of 12,500 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 15,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.4 days. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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Educational Development is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 5th 2022.
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Educational Development Co. (NASDAQ:EDUC) announced its earnings results on Thursday, January, 6th. The company reported $0.31 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.41 by $0.10. The business earned $45.11 million during the quarter. Educational Development had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.99% and a net margin of 4.08%.

Educational Development declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 1st. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 22nd will be given a dividend of $0.10 per share on Thursday, March 10th. This represents a $0.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 11.20%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 18th.
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Educational Development (NASDAQ:EDUC) pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 8.33%. EDUC has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 49.18%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.
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Shares of Educational Development split on the morning of Thursday, August 23rd 2018. The 2-1 split was announced on Wednesday, August 22nd 2018. The newly minted shares were issued to shareholders after the market closes on Wednesday, August 22nd 2018. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

9 employees have rated Educational Development Chief Executive Officer Randall W. White on Glassdoor.com. Randall W. White has an approval rating of 46% among the company's employees. This puts Randall W. White in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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

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One share of EDUC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $3.57.

Educational Development (NASDAQ:EDUC) has a market capitalization of $31.06 million and generates $142.23 million in revenue each year. The company earns $8.31 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.61 on an earnings per share basis.

Educational Development employs 214 workers across the globe.

Educational Development's mailing address is 5402 SOUTH 122ND EAST AVENUE, TULSA OK, 74146. The official website for the company is www.edcpub.com. The company can be reached via phone at (918) 622-4522, via email at rwhite@edcpub.com, or via fax at 918-665-7919.