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$44.28 +1.23 (+2.85%)
As of 01/17/2025 03:59 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:WLYB) and John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.

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 raised its dividend for 26 consecutive years and John Wiley & Sons has raised its dividend for 26 consecutive years.

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

0.5% of John Wiley & Sons shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.9% of John Wiley & Sons shares are held by institutional investors. 29.7% of John Wiley & Sons shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of John Wiley & Sons shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company 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$1.87B1.28-$200.32M-$0.91-48.65
John Wiley & Sons$1.87B1.27-$200.32M-$0.91-48.41

In the previous week, John Wiley & Sons' average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat John Wiley & Sons' score of 0.00 indicating that John Wiley & Sons is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

John Wiley & Sons has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John Wiley & Sons has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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%

Summary

John Wiley & Sons beats John Wiley & Sons on 6 of the 9 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$2.39B$3.96B$15.38B$19.94B
Dividend Yield3.36%3.97%2.91%3.71%
P/E Ratio-48.65N/A21.4441.41
Price / Sales1.281.473.8416.25
Price / Cash6.927.2916.8019.84
Price / Book3.261.905.985.76
Net Income-$200.32M$16.34M$600.74M$993.25M
7 Day Performance6.40%3.07%2.01%3.12%
1 Month Performance-0.08%-0.01%1.92%4.75%
1 Year Performance35.81%11.52%7.06%18.83%

John Wiley & Sons Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WLYB
John Wiley & Sons
1.3573 of 5 stars
$44.28
+2.8%
N/A+35.8%$2.39B$1.87B-48.659,500
WLY
John Wiley & Sons
0.4554 of 5 stars
$42.21
+0.3%
N/A+34.5%$2.28B$1.76B-46.386,400
WBTN
WEBTOON Entertainment
1.9028 of 5 stars
$12.65
-3.1%
$26.67
+110.8%
N/A$1.62B$1.33B0.001,854Positive News
GCI
Gannett
3.0065 of 5 stars
$4.96
-0.4%
$5.55
+11.9%
+119.6%$731.16M$2.56B-6.1210,000Gap Up
LEE
Lee Enterprises
N/A$14.37
+2.4%
N/A+19.8%$88.95M$611.38M-3.303,342
DALN
DallasNews
0.1071 of 5 stars
$7.05
-0.7%
N/A+51.2%$37.73M$128.29M-6.29660Positive News
VSME
VS MEDIA
0.1982 of 5 stars
$1.10
-7.6%
N/A-48.1%$3.14M$8.49M0.00N/APositive News
Gap Down
SOBR
SOBR Safe
0.3039 of 5 stars
$0.83
-12.2%
N/A+141.8%$761,000.00$183,859.00-0.029Gap Down
NWS
News
0.853 of 5 stars
$30.25
+1.2%
N/A+21.6%$17.20B$10.16B48.7925,500
PSO
Pearson
1.2961 of 5 stars
$15.45
-1.8%
N/A+30.2%$10.29B$3.55B17.5618,360Gap Down
SCHL
Scholastic
3.916 of 5 stars
$19.49
+2.7%
N/A-47.8%$547.69M$1.58B34.806,880

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This page (NYSE:WLYB) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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