John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (WLYB)

NYSE: WLYB · USD

$54.2

+0.00 (0.0%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	2.7B
Revenue (ttm)	1.7B
Net income (ttm)	198.2M
EPS (ttm)	$3.77
Shares out	50.7M
P/E (trailing)	14.4x
Dividend	$1.43 (2.74%)
Volume	34
Beta	0.75

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 1.7B
Net income (ttm): 198.2M
EPS (ttm): $3.77
P/E (trailing): 14.4x
Market cap: 2.7B

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Calendar

Next earnings

Upcoming earnings date and setup when available.

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Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/En/a

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

Trailing P/E14.4

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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	968223305
Earnings date	2026-12-03
Earnings time	bmo
Employees	4,500
Employees change	-700
Employees growth	-13.46%
Enterprise value	$3.9B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-07-31
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	April
Founded	1807
Industry	Publishing
Is primary listing	No
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US9682233054
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	$2.7B
Market cap category	Mid-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-12-03
Options	No
Price	$54.23
Price currency	USD
Sector	Communication Services
SIC code	2731
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	WLYB
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	12.97x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	25.41x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	29.9x
Earnings yield	6.96%
EV/Earnings	19.93x
EV/EBIT	13.97x
EV/EBITDA	11.3x
EV/FCF	16.46x
EV/Sales	2.37x
FCF / EV yield	6.07%
FCF yield	8.95%
Forward EV/Sales	2.89x
Forward P/S	1.96x
Graham number	38.1389
Graham upside	-29.67%
Industry P/E	28.12x
Lynch fair value	$25.42
Lynch upside	-53.13%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	12.17x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	9.9x
P/B ratio	3.36x
P/E ratio	14.37x
P/FCF ratio	11.17x
P/OCF ratio	9.24x
P/S ratio	1.61x
Price/EBITDA ratio	7.67x
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
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%
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%
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%

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	-47.32%
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	6.46%

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	2.74%
Ex-dividend date	2026-10-06
FCF payout ratio	30.21%
Last dividend	$0.36
Payout ratio	37.88%
Shareholder yield	6.81%

Performance and technicals

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

Metric	Value
10Y price change	1.01%
10Y return CAGR	3.21%
10Y total return	37.1%
150-day SMA	$41.35
15Y price change	6.54%
15Y return CAGR	3.23%
15Y total return	61.04%
1D price change	0%
1M price change	13.52%
1M total return	14.37%
1W price change	2.24%
1W total return	2.24%
1Y price change	46.37%
1Y return CAGR	51.5%
1Y total return	51.46%
20-day SMA	$50.29
200-day SMA	$40.92
20Y price change	53.06%
20Y return CAGR	4.64%
20Y total return	147.53%
3M price change	4.49%
3M total return	5.27%
3Y price change	79.51%
3Y return CAGR	25.72%
3Y total return	98.75%
50-day SMA	$51.20
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
52-week high	$55.51
52-week high date	2026-08-05
52-week low	$29.16
52-week low date	2026-02-13
5Y price change	2.32%
5Y return CAGR	3.92%
5Y total return	21.21%
6M price change	31.63%
6M total return	33.5%
All-time high	$71.40
All-time high date	2018-06-13
All-time low	$6.81
All-time low date	1996-12-19
Average true range (ATR)	$1.20
Average volume	4.4K
Beta (5Y)	0.75
Change from 52-week high	-2.31%
Change from 52-week low	85.97%
Change from all-time high	-24.05%
Change from all-time low	695.98%
Change from open	0.74%
Day's gap	-0.74%
Dollar volume	$1,844
High price	$54.23
Low price	$50.47
Monthly RSI	62.01
Open price	$53.83
Position in 52-week range	100%
Previous close	$54.23
Price vs 150-day SMA	31.14%
Price vs 20-day SMA	7.83%
Price vs 200-day SMA	32.52%
Price vs 50-day SMA	5.92%
Relative volume	0.01
RSI	63.74
Sharpe ratio	0.78
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.63
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	0.28
Sortino ratio	1.44
Sortino ratio (3Y)	1.04
Sortino ratio (5Y)	0.52
Volume	34
Weekly RSI	65.79
YTD price change	75.62%
YTD total return	79.75%

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	0%
Short % of shares	0%
Short ratio	0.2 days

Deeper analysis on WLYB

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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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John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (WLYB)

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