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$43.64 +1.11 (+2.60%)
As of 04/24/2025 03:06 PM Eastern
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WLYB vs. WLY, 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 (WLY), 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 stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, earnings and risk.

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 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 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John Wiley & Sons has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

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 stock is poised for long-term growth.

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$1.70B1.38-$200.32M$0.7458.96
John Wiley & Sons$1.70B1.40-$200.32M$0.7460.01

In the previous week, John Wiley & Sons had 4 more articles in the media than John Wiley & Sons. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for John Wiley & Sons and 0 mentions for John Wiley & Sons. John Wiley & Sons' average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat John Wiley & Sons' score of 1.16 indicating that John Wiley & Sons is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
John Wiley & Sons Very Positive
John Wiley & Sons Positive

Summary

John Wiley & Sons beats John Wiley & Sons on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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WLYB vs. The Competition

MetricJohn Wiley & SonsBook publishing IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.29B$3.16B$17.32B$18.86B
Dividend Yield3.32%4.43%2.98%4.15%
P/E Ratio-48.805.6315.5332.40
Price / Sales1.401.284.5128.58
Price / Cash6.576.4316.3917.53
Price / Book3.271.896.314.44
Net Income-$200.32M$16.34M$734.58M$1.02B
7 Day Performance3.14%2.44%2.18%3.35%
1 Month Performance0.03%-1.97%-3.89%-5.48%
1 Year Performance17.18%2.14%-1.17%4.28%

John Wiley & Sons Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WLYB
John Wiley & Sons
1.1345 of 5 stars
$44.41
+4.4%
N/A+16.3%$2.29B$1.70B-48.809,500Positive News
Gap Up
WLY
John Wiley & Sons
1.7156 of 5 stars
$42.75
+0.6%
N/A+13.8%$2.29B$1.70B-46.989,500Positive News
WBTN
WEBTOON Entertainment
2.9069 of 5 stars
$8.09
flat
$17.17
+112.2%
N/A$1.04B$1.35B17.591,854
GCI
Gannett
3.3316 of 5 stars
$2.85
+6.7%
$5.55
+94.7%
+27.5%$420.00M$2.51B-5.2814,200Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
LEE
Lee Enterprises
N/A$8.65
-3.4%
N/A-29.2%$53.55M$600.26M-1.194,360News Coverage
Gap Up
DALN
DallasNews
0.372 of 5 stars
$3.79
+2.2%
N/A+33.0%$19.84M$125.39M-3.38660Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Gap Down
VSME
VS MEDIA
0.1439 of 5 stars
$0.86
+7.0%
N/A-65.1%$2.45M$8.49M0.00N/A
SOBR
SOBR Safe
0.4535 of 5 stars
$4.59
+1.1%
N/A-99.0%$422,000.00$183,859.00-0.089
NWS
News
0.8951 of 5 stars
$30.43
+0.6%
N/A+22.4%$17.27B$10.25B41.6925,500
PSO
Pearson
2.5142 of 5 stars
$15.75
+0.8%
$18.00
+14.3%
+26.8%$10.50B$3.55B16.7621,400Short Interest ↑
SCHL
Scholastic
3.8593 of 5 stars
$16.10
-1.8%
N/A-52.8%$452.43M$1.59B-89.446,880Positive News

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This page (NYSE:WLYB) was last updated on 4/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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