John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
General ticker "WLY" information:
- Sector: Communication Services
- Industry: Publishing
- Capitalization: $2.0B (TTM average)
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 24.2%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 2.3%: low 48.87$, high 51.19$
Factors to consider:
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2026-07-07, amount 0.36$ (Y2.83%)
- Total employees count: 5200 (-18.8%) as of 2025
- US accounted for 47.1% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2024-04-30
- Top business risk factors: Cybersecurity threats, Technology failures, Labor/talent shortage/retention, Geopolitical risks, Restructuring and outsourcing disruption
- Current price 15.7% above estimated high
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2026-04-30 to 2028-04-29
- 2026-04-30 to 2027-04-30 estimated range: [31.00$, 44.04$]
- 2027-04-30 to 2028-04-29 estimated range: [31.97$, 45.39$]
Financial Metrics affecting the WLY estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 9.8 at the end of fiscal year the price was high
- Positive: 6.62 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 12.01
- Positive: 7.57 < Operating profit margin, % of 16.51
- Positive: Investing cash flow per share per price, % of 1.30 > -0.60
- Positive: Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 7.88 > 6.02
- Positive: 19.19 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 32.73 <= 42.57
- Positive: Interest expense per share per price, % of 2.02 <= 3.34
- Positive: Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 13.53 > 10.32
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Financial data
| YTD | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | 2026-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $1,872.99MM | $1,677.61MM | $1,676.53MM |
| Operating Expenses | $1,820.73MM | $1,456.20MM | $1,399.67MM |
| Operating Income | $52.26MM | $221.41MM | $276.86MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-239.31MM | $-78.53MM | $-61.77MM |
| Interest Expense | $49.00MM | $52.55MM | $43.85MM |
| Income(Loss) | $-187.05MM | $142.88MM | $215.09MM |
| Taxes | $13.27MM | $58.72MM | $-6.53MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $-200.32MM | $84.16MM | $221.62MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $739.72MM | $752.21MM | $848.24MM |
| Inventory | $26.22MM | $22.88MM | $19.27MM |
| Assets | $2,725.49MM | $2,691.47MM | $2,591.82MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $207.64MM | $202.59MM | $260.52MM |
| Capital expenditure | $101.76MM | $82.77MM | $51.17MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-106.64MM | $-94.02MM | $28.11MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-107.22MM | $-125.33MM | $-298.30MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $-3.65 | $1.56 | $4.22 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.