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John Wiley & Sons (WLY) Competitors

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$44.34 -0.02 (-0.05%)
(As of 12/20/2024 04:34 PM ET)

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

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), News (NWS), Pearson (PSO), Scholastic (SCHL), and Ingredion (INGR).

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 business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking and profitability.

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%

In the previous week, John Wiley & Sons and John Wiley & Sons both had 2 articles in the media. John Wiley & Sons' average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat John Wiley & Sons' score of 1.46 indicating that John Wiley & Sons is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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 -154.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. John Wiley & Sons pays out -154.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. John Wiley & Sons has increased its dividend for 26 consecutive years and John Wiley & Sons has increased its dividend for 26 consecutive years.

John Wiley & Sons has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John Wiley & Sons has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

73.9% of John Wiley & Sons shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.5% of John Wiley & Sons shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of John Wiley & Sons shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.7% of John Wiley & Sons shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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 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$1.76B1.36-$200.32M-$0.91-48.73
John Wiley & Sons$1.76B1.37-$200.32M-$0.91-48.69

Summary

John Wiley & Sons beats John Wiley & Sons on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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WLY vs. The Competition

MetricJohn Wiley & SonsBook publishing IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.40B$3.19B$14.04B$19.18B
Dividend Yield3.08%3.70%2.77%3.58%
P/E Ratio-48.738.8421.9641.22
Price / Sales1.361.222.5917.58
Price / Cash7.566.9921.1421.28
Price / Book3.171.835.855.32
Net Income-$200.32M$16.34M$572.90M$989.67M
7 Day Performance-3.27%-6.41%-1.80%-3.45%
1 Month Performance-12.97%-8.29%-3.00%-3.73%
1 Year Performance32.06%9.78%2.85%12.06%

John Wiley & Sons Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WLY
John Wiley & Sons
2.106 of 5 stars
$44.34
0.0%
N/A+33.4%$2.40B$1.76B-48.736,400Positive News
High Trading Volume
WLYB
John Wiley & Sons
2.2175 of 5 stars
$46.76
flat
N/A+35.4%$2.53B$1.87B-51.389,500Dividend Increase
Positive News
WBTN
WEBTOON Entertainment
2.1146 of 5 stars
$12.83
+0.7%
$26.83
+109.1%
N/A$1.65B$1.28B0.001,854Lockup Expiration
News Coverage
Positive News
GCI
Gannett
2.5338 of 5 stars
$5.36
+0.8%
$5.55
+3.5%
+101.2%$790.12M$2.56B-6.6210,000Options Volume
Positive News
Gap Down
LEE
Lee Enterprises
N/A$16.36
+1.2%
N/A+88.4%$101.29M$611.38M-3.533,342Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Down
DALN
DallasNews
0.0765 of 5 stars
$5.08
-5.9%
N/A+58.9%$27.19M$128.29M-4.82660News Coverage
VSME
VS MEDIA
N/A$1.01
-2.0%
N/A-66.4%$2.89M$7.99M0.00N/APositive News
NWS
News
0.7365 of 5 stars
$31.35
-0.3%
N/A+25.5%$17.83B$10.09B50.5623,900
PSO
Pearson
1.8347 of 5 stars
$16.11
+0.1%
N/A+32.4%$10.73B$3.55B0.0018,360
SCHL
Scholastic
4.2856 of 5 stars
$25.61
+0.1%
N/A-47.5%$720.59M$1.60B46.076,660Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Down
INGR
Ingredion
4.9419 of 5 stars
$142.98
-0.9%
$155.17
+8.5%
+29.6%$9.32B$8.16B13.9411,600Dividend Announcement

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This page (NYSE:WLY) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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