Scholastic vs John Wiley & Sons
SCHL and WLY side by side, both in printing, publishing, and allied industries. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How SCHL and WLY compare
John Wiley & Sons is the larger company, worth 3.7 times as much as Scholastic ($2.6B against $700M).
On earnings, John Wiley & Sons is cheaper: it trades at 13.7× trailing earnings, against 27.2× for Scholastic.
John Wiley & Sons grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (−0.27% versus −2.5% for Scholastic).
John Wiley & Sons keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 11.9% compared with 3.6% at Scholastic.
Both pay dividends: Scholastic yields 2.4% and John Wiley & Sons 2.8%.
John Wiley & Sons scores higher on the StockData Score (16 against 9 for Scholastic), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | SCHL | WLY |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $700M | $2.6B |
| Share price | $38.02 | $51.20 |
| Change, 1 year | 35.8% | 39.1% |
| Change, 5 years | 0.05% | −5.2% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.78 | 0.83 |
| Employees | 6,905 | 4,500 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 9 | 16 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Growth score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 1 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Dividend score | 3 | 3 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 27.2× | 13.7× (better) |
| P/S | 0.4× (better) | 1.6× |
| P/B | 1.1× (better) | 3.3× |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.0× | 9.6× (better) |
| P/FCF | – | 10.8× |
| PEG | – | 0.10 |
| FCF yield | – | 9.2% |
| Fair value | $37.51 | $57.04 |
| Margin of safety | −1.4% | 10.2% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −2.5% | −0.27% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 4.0% (better) | −2.9% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 104% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 111% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 9.6% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 56.5% | 74.6% (better) |
| Operating margin | 0.97% | 14.9% (better) |
| Net margin | 3.6% | 11.9% (better) |
| FCF margin | – | 14.4% |
| Return on equity | 7.4% | 25.9% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 1.1% | 14.4% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.27 (better) | 1.62 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.16 (better) | 3.01 |
| Interest coverage | – | 5.3× |
| Current ratio | 1.25 (better) | 0.64 |
| Altman Z-score | 2.22 (better) | 2.13 |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 8 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.4% | 2.8% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 32.9% | 37.1% |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 5.9% | – |
| Buyback yield | 41.6% (better) | 3.9% |
| Shareholder yield | 44.0% (better) | 6.7% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 94.3% | 83.0% |
| Held by insiders | 8.0% | 20.0% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$14.3M | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 14.4% | – |
Go deeper
- SCHL stock overview
- SCHL income statement
- SCHL valuation and score
- WLY stock overview
- WLY income statement
- WLY valuation and score
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