John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (WLY)

NYSE: WLY · USD

$50.5

-2.09 (-4.0%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	2.6B
Revenue (ttm)	1.7B
Net income (ttm)	198.2M
EPS (ttm)	$3.77
Shares out	50.7M
P/E (trailing)	13.4x
P/E (forward)	10.3x
Dividend	$1.43 (2.83%)
Volume	279,718
Beta	0.75

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Price

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Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 1.7B
Net income (ttm): 198.2M
EPS (ttm): $3.77
P/E (trailing): 13.4x
P/E (forward): 10.3x
Market cap: 2.6B

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Calendar

Next earnings

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Forward P/E10.3

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Trailing P/E13.4

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ROE25.9

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ROIC15.7

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0000107140
Company name	John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	968223206
Earnings date	2026-12-03
Earnings time	bmo
Employees	4,500
Employees change	-700
Employees growth	-13.46%
Enterprise value	$3.8B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-07-31
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	April
Founded	1807
In index	RUSSELL2000
Industry	Publishing
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US9682232064
Last 10-K release date	2026-06-24
Last earnings date	2026-09-03
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split date	1999-06-01
Last stock split type	Forward
Market cap	$2.6B
Market cap category	Mid-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-12-03
Options	Yes
Price	$50.52
Price currency	USD
Sector	Communication Services
SIC code	2731
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	WLY
U.S. state	New Jersey
Website	https://www.wiley.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	12.09x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	25.41x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	29.9x
Earnings yield	7.47%
EV/Earnings	19.38x
EV/EBIT	13.59x
EV/EBITDA	10.99x
EV/FCF	16.01x
EV/Sales	2.31x
FCF / EV yield	6.25%
FCF yield	9.32%
Forward EV/Sales	2.81x
Forward P/E	10.26x
Forward P/S	1.88x
Graham number	36.53382
Graham upside	-28.03%
Industry P/E	28.12x
Lynch fair value	$23.93
Lynch upside	-52.86%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	11.68x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	9.5x
P/B ratio	3.35x
P/E ratio	13.38x
P/FCF ratio	10.72x
P/OCF ratio	8.86x
P/S ratio	1.54x
PEG ratio	1.42x
Price/EBITDA ratio	7.36x
Sector forward P/E	18.37x
Sector P/E	19.08x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	16.97%
EBITDA margin	20.97%
FCF margin	14.4%
Gross margin	74.6%
Operating margin	16.97%
Pretax margin	11.09%
Profit margin	11.9%
Profit per employee	$44,042
Profitable years	2
Revenue per employee	$370,242
ROA	6.25%
ROA (5Y)	5.07%
ROCE	11.57%
ROE	25.91%
ROE (5Y)	6.28%
ROIC	15.67%
ROIC (5Y)	10.91%
SBC / revenue	1.18%
Tax / revenue	-0.8%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth	112.11%
EPS growth 10Y	4.37%
EPS growth 5Y	7.93%
EPS growth years	2
FCF growth	62.84%
FCF growth 3Y	6.01%
FCF growth 5Y	-5.57%
Gross profit growth	0.31%
Gross profit growth (Q)	-0.71%
Gross profit growth 3Y	-3.04%
Gross profit growth 5Y	-2.48%
Net income growth	103.7%
Net income growth 5Y	6.34%
Net income growth years	2
OCF growth	40.7%
OCF growth 10Y	-1.49%
OCF growth 3Y	0.65%
OCF growth 5Y	-6.02%
Operating income growth	18.22%
Operating income growth (Q)	-10.86%
Operating income growth 3Y	7.46%
Operating income growth 5Y	3.11%
Revenue growth	-0.27%
Revenue growth (Q)	-2.63%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	-13.75%
Revenue growth 10Y	-0.25%
Revenue growth 3Y	-5.64%
Revenue growth 5Y	-3.57%
Revenue growth years	0

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-50.4M
Depreciation and amortization	$66.7M
EBIT	$282.7M
EBITDA	$349.4M
EPS	$3.77
FCF per share	$4.73
Financing cash flow	$271.5M
Free cash flow	$239.9M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$220.3M
Gross profit	$1.2B
Income taxes	$-13.4M
Investing cash flow	$-536.1M
Net borrowing	$456.9M
Net cash flow	$24.6M
Net income	$198.2M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$270.7M
Operating income	$282.7M
Revenue	$1.7B
Stock-based compensation	$19.6M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	2.01
Book value per share	$15.72
Debt / EBITDA	3.78
Debt / equity	1.73
Debt / FCF	5.73
Goodwill	$1.4B
Interest coverage	6.05
Long-term assets	$2.7B
Long-term liabilities	$1.6B
Net cash (debt)	$-1.3B
Net cash / market cap	-49.31%
Net debt / EBITDA	3.63
Net debt / equity	1.59
Net debt / FCF	5.29
Piotroski F-Score	5
Property, plant and equipment	$188M
Shareholders' equity	$797M
Tangible book value	$-1.4B
Tangible book value per share	$-28.53
Total assets	$3.1B
Total cash	$106.6M
Total debt	$1.4B
Total liabilities	$2.3B
WACC	6.41%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.59
Current assets	$438.2M
Current liabilities	$688.8M
Current ratio	0.64
Inventory turnover	20.93
Net working capital	$-327.1M
Quick ratio	0.46
Working capital	$-250.6M
Working capital turnover	-6.95

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	4.17%
Dividend growth	0.71%
Dividend growth (10Y)	1.57%
Dividend growth (3Y)	0.71%
Dividend growth (5Y)	0.72%
Dividend growth years	27
Dividend payment date	2026-10-22
Dividend payment years	32
Dividend payout frequency	Quarterly
Dividend per share	$1.43
Dividend yield	2.83%
Ex-dividend date	2026-10-06
FCF payout ratio	30.21%
Last dividend	$0.36
Payout ratio	37.88%
Shareholder yield	6.98%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y price change	0.04%
10Y return CAGR	3.12%
10Y total return	35.93%
150-day SMA	$46.84
15Y price change	-0.37%
15Y return CAGR	2.78%
15Y total return	50.78%
1D price change	-3.97%
1M price change	6.25%
1M total return	7.03%
1W price change	-2.92%
1W total return	-2.92%
1Y price change	36.84%
1Y return CAGR	41.74%
1Y total return	41.71%
20-day SMA	$51.16
200-day SMA	$43.18
20Y price change	42.55%
20Y return CAGR	4.27%
20Y total return	130.87%
3M price change	-0.96%
3M total return	-0.23%
3Y price change	67.9%
3Y return CAGR	23.04%
3Y total return	86.28%
50-day SMA	$50.37
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
52-week high	$57.45
52-week high date	2026-07-29
52-week low	$28.38
52-week low date	2026-02-04
5Y price change	-4.86%
5Y return CAGR	2.46%
5Y total return	12.9%
6M price change	23.1%
6M total return	24.86%
All-time high	$71.75
All-time high date	2018-06-13
All-time low	$6.66
All-time low date	1996-12-17
Average true range (ATR)	$1.58
Average volume	371.8K
Beta (1Y)	0.15
Beta (2Y)	0.32
Beta (5Y)	0.75
Change from 52-week high	-12.06%
Change from 52-week low	78.01%
Change from all-time high	-29.59%
Change from all-time low	659.01%
Change from open	-3.38%
Day's gap	-0.61%
Dollar volume	$14.1M
High price	$52.29
Low price	$50.18
Monthly RSI	59.73
Open price	$52.29
Position in 52-week range	16.11%
Premarket change	0.65%
Premarket close	$52.61
Premarket price	$52.95
Previous close	$52.61
Price vs 150-day SMA	7.85%
Price vs 20-day SMA	-1.25%
Price vs 200-day SMA	17.01%
Price vs 50-day SMA	0.3%
Relative volume	0.76
RSI	47.27
Sharpe ratio	1.02
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.64
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	0.13
Sortino ratio	1.74
Sortino ratio (3Y)	1.24
Sortino ratio (5Y)	0.35
Volume	279.7K
Weekly RSI	57.69
YTD price change	64.94%
YTD total return	68.86%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	37.9M
Float percentage	74.87%
Shares change (QoQ)	-2.24%
Shares change (YoY)	-4.17%
Shares held by insiders	7.39%
Shares held by institutions	85.39%
Shares outstanding	50.7M
Short % of float	11.82%
Short % of shares	8.85%
Short ratio	7.3 days

Deeper analysis on WLY

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Forecast

Base and Bull forecast paths with report-date return framing.

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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