US Equity Market Update for September 24, 2015 (Continued from Prior Part) Scholastic and its peers An analysis of Scholastic’s income statement in 1Q16 follows: The gross profit margins of Scholastic (SCHL), Pearson (ADR) (PSO), McGraw-Hill Financial (MHFI), John Wiley & Sons (JW.A), and RR Donnelley & Sons (RRD) are 40.11%, 50.81%, 69.75%, 71.69%, and 22.41%, respectively. An analysis of Scholastic’s valuation follows: The PE (price-to-earnings) ratios of Scholastic, Pearson, John Wiley & Sons, and RR Donnelley & Sons are 101.88x, 47.19x, 17.05x, and 20.27x, respectively. The PBV (price-to-book value) ratios of Scholastic, Pearson, John Wiley &... More