John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
General ticker "WLYB" information:
- Sector: Communication Services
- Industry: Publishing
- Capitalization: $2.0B (TTM average)
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 45.8%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 0.7%: low 51.53$, high 52.16$
Factors to consider:
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2026-10-06, amount 0.36$ (Y2.74%)
- Total employees count: 4500 (-13.5%) as of 2026
- US accounted for 43.5% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2025-04-30
- Top business risk factors: Intellectual property risks, Technology failure, Cybersecurity threats, Labor/talent shortage/retention, Geopolitical risks
- Current price 19.3% above estimated high
- Earnings for 3 months up through Q1 are below our estimates
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: [30.66$, 44.03$]
- 2027-04-30 to 2028-04-29 estimated range: [31.37$, 45.05$]
Financial Metrics affecting the WLYB estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of 9.8 at the end of fiscal year the price was neutral
- Positive: 11.37 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 12.01
- Positive: 15.80 < Operating profit margin, % of 16.51
- Positive: 25.20 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 32.73 <= 34.41
- Negative: Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 7.88 <= 10.70
- Negative: Industry operating profit margin (median), % of 4.48 <= 5.41
- Negative: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of 1.61 > 1.15
- Negative: Investing cash flow per share per price, % of 1.30 <= 2.08
- Negative: Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 6.78 <= 7.15
Short-term WLYB quotes
Long-term WLYB plot with estimates
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 | $83.85MM |
| 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 valid for ticker WLY. EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.