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WLY vs. WLYB, WBTN, GCI, LEE, DALN, VSME, SOBR, NWS, PSO, and SCHL

Should you be buying John Wiley & Sons stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of John Wiley & Sons include John Wiley & Sons (WLYB), WEBTOON Entertainment (WBTN), Gannett (GCI), Lee Enterprises (LEE), DallasNews (DALN), VS MEDIA (VSME), SOBR Safe (SOBR), News (NWS), Pearson (PSO), and Scholastic (SCHL).

John Wiley & Sons vs.

John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) and John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLYB) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

John Wiley & Sons received 1 more outperform votes than John Wiley & Sons when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 20.00% of users gave John Wiley & Sons an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave John Wiley & Sons an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
John Wiley & SonsOutperform Votes
1
20.00%
Underperform Votes
4
80.00%
John Wiley & SonsOutperform Votes
No Votes
Underperform Votes
3
100.00%

John Wiley & Sons has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John Wiley & Sons has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

73.9% of John Wiley & Sons shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.5% of John Wiley & Sons shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of John Wiley & Sons shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.7% of John Wiley & Sons shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

John Wiley & Sons pays an annual dividend of $1.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. John Wiley & Sons pays an annual dividend of $1.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. John Wiley & Sons pays out 190.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. John Wiley & Sons pays out 190.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. John Wiley & Sons has raised its dividend for 26 consecutive years and John Wiley & Sons has raised its dividend for 26 consecutive years.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
John Wiley & Sons-2.82% 24.14% 6.67%
John Wiley & Sons -2.82%24.14%6.67%

John Wiley & Sons is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than John Wiley & Sons, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
John Wiley & Sons$1.70B1.41-$200.32M$0.7460.32
John Wiley & Sons$1.70B1.41-$200.32M$0.7460.15

In the previous week, John Wiley & Sons had 4 more articles in the media than John Wiley & Sons. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for John Wiley & Sons and 3 mentions for John Wiley & Sons. John Wiley & Sons' average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat John Wiley & Sons' score of 0.58 indicating that John Wiley & Sons is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
John Wiley & Sons
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
John Wiley & Sons
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

John Wiley & Sons beats John Wiley & Sons on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WLY vs. The Competition

MetricJohn Wiley & SonsBook publishing IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.40B$3.19B$16.78B$19.65B
Dividend Yield3.17%3.96%2.88%3.74%
P/E Ratio-49.055.6416.3033.84
Price / Sales1.411.292.4927.96
Price / Cash6.586.4316.3917.54
Price / Book3.281.926.774.60
Net Income-$200.32M$16.34M$734.56M$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.27%0.09%-0.05%-0.05%
1 Month Performance15.15%2.21%4.84%-1.94%
1 Year Performance17.55%1.81%2.86%5.06%

John Wiley & Sons Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WLY
John Wiley & Sons
1.6551 of 5 stars
$44.64
+0.8%
N/A+20.9%$2.40B$1.70B-49.056,400Positive News
WLYB
John Wiley & Sons
1.268 of 5 stars
$44.65
-0.9%
N/A+18.0%$2.41B$1.70B-49.079,500Short Interest ↑
WBTN
WEBTOON Entertainment
3.0282 of 5 stars
$9.01
+6.0%
$17.33
+92.4%
N/A$1.16B$1.35B19.591,854Positive News
GCI
Gannett
3.5043 of 5 stars
$3.07
-0.8%
$5.55
+81.1%
+38.7%$451.69M$2.51B-5.6814,200Gap Up
LEE
Lee Enterprises
N/A$8.59
+2.3%
N/A-34.6%$53.18M$600.26M-1.183,047Gap Up
DALN
DallasNews
0.3383 of 5 stars
$6.81
-2.7%
N/A+37.7%$36.45M$128.29M-6.08660Gap Down
VSME
VS MEDIA
1.0913 of 5 stars
$0.88
-2.7%
N/A-60.5%$2.50M$8.49M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
SOBR
SOBR Safe
1.0619 of 5 stars
$0.61
-4.0%
N/A+30.6%$562,000.00$183,859.00-0.019Short Interest ↓
NWS
News
0.4205 of 5 stars
$31.03
+0.2%
N/A+14.4%$17.61B$10.25B42.5125,500
PSO
Pearson
3.3986 of 5 stars
$16.60
+0.8%
$18.00
+8.5%
+22.9%$10.97B$3.55B17.6518,360Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
SCHL
Scholastic
3.9168 of 5 stars
$19.69
+1.4%
N/A-50.9%$545.72M$1.58B-109.386,880Earnings Report
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This page (NYSE:WLY) was last updated on 3/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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