John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (WLYB) stock
WLYBNYSEBooks: Publishing or Publishing & PrintingFiscal year ends April 30Also trades as WLY
Financials through Q1 FY2027, quarter ended Jul 31, 2026Last filing: 10-Q on Sep 4, 2026Score 16/3013% below fair value
$51.60−2.63 (-4.86%)
Close on Oct 30, 2026Market cap $2.62BP/E 13.9Yield –
John Wiley & Sons statistics
107 measures from SEC filings and the closing price. Hover a name for the formula; the last column is the median of companies in the same industry group.
Important dates
- Next earnings
- Dec 3, 2026 (estimated, during market hours)
- Last ex-dividend date
- Oct 6, 2026
- Fundamentals through
- Jul 31, 2026
- Share price as of
- Oct 30, 2026
Valuation ratiosIndustry
- P/OCF Ratio
- 8.95
- 8.02
Enterprise valuationIndustry
- EV / Sales
- 2.27
- 1.03
- EV / EBIT
- 15.20
- 15.20
- EV / FCF
- 15.77
- 16.44
Share statisticsIndustry
- Shares Change (YoY)
- -3.60%
- 0.00%
- Float
- 41M
- 25M
- Shares Held by Insiders
- 20.0%
- 16.4%
- Shares Held by Institutions
- 83.0%
- 85.4%
Short sellingIndustry
- Short Interest
- 4M
- –
- Short Interest Change
- -3.70%
- -1.63%
- Days to Cover
- 9.32
- 8.25
Stock price statisticsIndustry
- 52-Week High
- $57.45
- –
- 52-Week Low
- $28.38
- –
- 20-Day Moving Average
- $51.47
- –
- 50-Day Moving Average
- $50.34
- –
- 200-Day Moving Average
- $43.38
- –
- Average True Range (14)
- $1.54
- –
- Price Change (1 Week)
- -5.08%
- -3.99%
- Price Change (1 Month)
- 4.64%
- -1.53%
- Price Change (3 Months)
- -3.63%
- -6.43%
- Price Change (6 Months)
- 25.0%
- -2.60%
- Price Change (YTD)
- 67.1%
- 14.8%
- Price Change (1 Year)
- 39.7%
- 29.5%
- Price Change (3 Years)
- 69.0%
- 32.5%
- Price Change (5 Years)
- -5.54%
- 1.65%
- Price Change (10 Years)
- -0.83%
- -2.87%
- Average Volume (10 Days)
- 332,763
- –
- Average Volume (20 Days)
- 357,688
- –
- Average Volume (90 Days)
- 498,729
- –
- Relative Volume
- 0.80
- 0.97
- Relative Strength Index (14)
- 50.1
- 43.3
- Volatility (1 Year)
- 36.8%
- 46.7%
- Beta (5 Years)
- 0.82
- 0.84
MarginsIndustry
- Pretax Margin
- 11.1%
- 3.54%
- EBITDA Margin
- 23.6%
- 13.5%
- FCF Margin
- 14.4%
- 9.90%
Returns on capitalIndustry
- Return on Equity (ROE)
- 25.9%
- 7.00%
- Return on Assets (ROA)
- 7.01%
- 3.08%
- Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)
- 14.4%
- 11.2%
- Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)
- 10.2%
- 10.2%
Financial positionIndustry
- Current Ratio
- 0.64
- 1.22
- Quick Ratio
- 0.46
- 0.83
- Debt / Equity
- 1.62
- 1.45
- Debt / EBITDA
- 3.28
- 3.37
- Debt / FCF
- 5.38
- 6.47
- Net Debt / EBITDA
- 3.01
- 3.19
- Interest Coverage
- 5.32
- 1.31
GrowthIndustry
- Revenue Growth (YoY)
- -0.27%
- 0.92%
- Net Income Growth (YoY)
- 103.7%
- 2.97%
- EPS Growth (YoY)
- 110.7%
- 12.9%
- FCF Growth (YoY)
- 62.8%
- 39.4%
- Revenue Growth (3Y CAGR)
- -6.02%
- -1.59%
- Revenue Growth (5Y CAGR)
- -2.89%
- 1.85%
- EPS Growth (3Y CAGR)
- 137.6%
- 6.59%
- EPS Growth (5Y CAGR)
- 9.60%
- 12.3%
EfficiencyIndustry
- Asset Turnover
- 0.59
- 0.79
- Inventory Turnover
- 20.93
- 7.87
- Revenue Per Employee
- $370.24K
- $345.48K
- Profits Per Employee
- $44.04K
- $11.15K
- Employee Count
- 4,500
- 3,450
- WACC
- 7.73%
- 7.97%
Income statement (TTM)Industry
- Pretax Income
- $184.80M
- $67.08M
Balance sheetIndustry
- Net Cash (Debt)
- -$1.18B
- -$318.03M
- Net Cash Per Share
- -$23.38
- -$5.56
- Equity (Book Value)
- $797.04M
- $325.93M
- Book Value Per Share
- $15.73
- $5.80
- Tangible Book Value
- -$1.45B
- $914.15K
- Working Capital
- -$250.60M
- $39.26M
Cash flow (TTM)Industry
- Capital Expenditures
- -$50.36M
- -$40.77M
- FCF Per Share
- $4.73
- $2.28
Dividends and yieldsIndustry
- Earnings Yield
- 7.63%
- 3.58%
- FCF Yield
- 9.24%
- 6.79%
- Buyback Yield
- 3.92%
- 1.88%
- Shareholder Yield
- 3.92%
- 3.93%
- Payout Ratio
- 37.1%
- 37.1%
- FCF Payout Ratio
- 30.7%
- 28.8%
Taxes and interestIndustry
- Interest Expense
- $46.73M
- $40.70M
- Income Tax
- -$13.39M
- $10.28M
- Effective Tax Rate
- -7.24%
- 28.2%
Scores and fair valueIndustry
- Graham Number
- $36.33
- $20.68
- Graham Upside
- -29.1%
- -29.1%
- Altman Z-Score
- 2.13
- 2.23
- Piotroski F-Score
- 8
- 6
- Beneish M-Score
- -2.46
- -2.67
- Lynch Fair Value
- $35.82
- –
- Lynch Upside
- -30.1%
- -22.5%
Total return vs. the S&P 500
Price change plus reinvested dividends, to the close on Oct 30, 2026. The S&P 500 is measured by the SPY fund.
| Period | WLYB | S&P 500 | Difference | WLYB per year | S&P 500 per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | +6.2% | -0.9% | +7.1 pts | ||
| 3 months | -1.8% | +2.1% | −3.9 pts | ||
| Year to date | +71.0% | +11.7% | +59.3 pts | ||
| 1 year | +39.5% | +12.4% | +27.2 pts | ||
| 3 years | +87.9% | +88.6% | −0.7 pts | +23.4% | +23.5% |
| 5 years | +13.0% | +75.9% | −63.0 pts | +2.5% | +12.0% |
| 10 years | +30.4% | +316.4% | −285.9 pts | +2.7% | +15.3% |
Short interest
Shares sold short and not yet covered, reported by brokers to FINRA twice a month. Latest settlement date Oct 15, 2026.
0M WLYB shares were sold short on Oct 15, 2026, up 3.2% from the previous report. At recent volumes it would take 2.9 days to buy them back. Over the last 20 sessions, 49.0% of the volume reported to FINRA was short selling.
| Settlement date | Shares short | Change | Avg. daily volume | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 877 | +3.2% | 303 | 2.9 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 850 | -49.6% | 7,610 | 1.0 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 1,688 | -2.1% | 469 | 3.6 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 1,725 | -0.4% | 286 | 6.0 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 1,732 | +33.0% | 6,764 | 1.0 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 1,302 | +4.0% | 240 | 5.4 |
| Jul 15, 2026 | 1,252 | -13.1% | 497 | 2.5 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 1,440 | -6.6% | 351 | 4.1 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1,542 | -6.0% | 325 | 4.7 |
| May 29, 2026 | 1,640 | -10.5% | 204 | 8.0 |
| May 15, 2026 | 1,833 | -16.1% | 113 | 16.2 |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 2,185 | -5.0% | 771 | 2.8 |
Ratios use trailing-twelve-month results and the latest balance sheet. How we calculate.