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John Wiley & Sons (WLY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$44.06 +0.36 (+0.81%)
As of 01/17/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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About John Wiley & Sons Stock (NYSE:WLY)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$43.55
$44.28
50-Day Range
$42.09
$53.14
52-Week Range
$31.92
$53.96
Volume
259,903 shs
Average Volume
372,137 shs
Market Capitalization
$2.38 billion
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
3.20%
Price Target
N/A
Consensus Rating
N/A

Company Overview

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. operates as a research and education company worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Research, Academic, and Talent. The company offers scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly journals, as well as related content and services to learned societies, individual researchers, other professionals, and academic, corporate, and government libraries. It publishes physical sciences and engineering, health sciences, social sciences, and humanities and life sciences journals; and provides a publishing software and service for scholarly and professional societies, and publishers to deliver, host, enhance, market, and manage their content on the web through the Literatum platform. In addition, it sells and distributes its products through various channels, including research libraries and library consortia, and independent subscription agents, as well as directly to professional society members, bookstores, online booksellers, and other customers. Further, it provides education publishing and professional learning products and services, including scientific, professional, and education print and digital books, digital courseware, and test preparation services to libraries, corporations, students, professionals, and researchers. Furthermore, it distributes its products through chain and online booksellers, libraries, colleges and universities, corporations, direct to consumer, websites, distributor networks, and other online applications; and offers talent development for professionals and businesses, assessments, and corporate learning. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. was founded in 1807 and is headquartered in Hoboken, New Jersey.

John Wiley & Sons Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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9th Percentile Overall Score

WLY MarketRank™: 

John Wiley & Sons scored higher than 9% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 142nd out of 147 stocks in the consumer staples sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    There is not enough analysis data for John Wiley & Sons.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of John Wiley & Sons is -48.41, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of John Wiley & Sons is -48.41, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    John Wiley & Sons has a P/B Ratio of 3.24. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

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  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    3.31% of the float of John Wiley & Sons has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    John Wiley & Sons has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.1.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in John Wiley & Sons has recently increased by 9.45%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    John Wiley & Sons pays a meaningful dividend of 3.26%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    John Wiley & Sons has been increasing its dividend for 26 years.

  • Read more about John Wiley & Sons' dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    3.31% of the float of John Wiley & Sons has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    John Wiley & Sons has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.1.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in John Wiley & Sons has recently increased by 9.45%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    Only 1 people have added John Wiley & Sons to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, John Wiley & Sons insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 0.62% of the stock of John Wiley & Sons is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    73.94% of the stock of John Wiley & Sons is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about John Wiley & Sons' insider trading history.
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WLY Stock News Headlines

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WLY Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

John Wiley & Sons' stock was trading at $43.71 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, WLY stock has increased by 0.8% and is now trading at $44.0560.
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:WLY) released its earnings results on Thursday, December, 5th. The company reported $0.97 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.88 by $0.09. The company's revenue was down 13.4% compared to the same quarter last year.

John Wiley & Sons' top institutional shareholders include Nordea Investment Management AB (0.28%), Uncommon Cents Investing LLC (0.07%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.05%) and Code Waechter LLC (0.01%). Insiders that own company stock include Matthew S Kissner, Deborah E Wiley, Todd Zipper, David C Dobson, Danielle Mcmahan, Aref Matin, Jay Flynn and Matthew Leavy.
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Shares of WLY stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that John Wiley & Sons investors own include Tesla (TSLA), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Netflix (NFLX), NVIDIA (NVDA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Meta Platforms (META) and Home Depot (HD).

Company Calendar

Ex-Dividend for 10/24 Dividend
10/08/2024
Dividend Payable
10/24/2024
Last Earnings
12/05/2024
Ex-Dividend for 1/9 Dividend
12/26/2024
Dividend Payable
1/09/2025
Today
1/18/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
3/06/2025
Fiscal Year End
4/30/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Industry
Book publishing
Sub-Industry
Printing And Publishing
Employees
6,400
Year Founded
N/A

Profitability

Net Income
$-200,320,000.00
Pretax Margin
0.78%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$1.76 billion
Cash Flow
$6.35 per share
Book Value
$13.59 per share

Miscellaneous

Free Float
53,694,000
Market Cap
$2.38 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.88
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This page (NYSE:WLY) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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