John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (WLY) stock
WLYNYSEBooks: Publishing or Publishing & PrintingFiscal year ends April 30Also trades as WLYB
Financials through Q1 FY2027, quarter ended Jul 31, 2026Last filing: 10-Q on Sep 4, 2026Score 16/3010% below fair value
$49.44−1.76 (-3.44%)
Close on Nov 12, 2026Market cap $2.52BP/E 13.3Yield –
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
- Nov 12, 2026
Valuation ratiosIndustry
- P/OCF Ratio
- 8.68
- 8.27
Enterprise valuationIndustry
- EV / Sales
- 2.22
- 1.08
- EV / EBIT
- 14.89
- 14.89
- EV / FCF
- 15.44
- 17.74
Share statisticsIndustry
- Shares Change (YoY)
- -3.60%
- 0.05%
- Float
- 41M
- 28M
- Shares Held by Insiders
- 20.0%
- 13.4%
- Shares Held by Institutions
- 83.0%
- 85.4%
Short sellingIndustry
- Short Interest
- 4M
- –
- Short Interest Change
- -7.89%
- -0.96%
- Days to Cover
- 11.68
- 7.39
Stock price statisticsIndustry
- 52-Week High
- $57.45
- –
- 52-Week Low
- $28.38
- –
- 20-Day Moving Average
- $51.66
- –
- 50-Day Moving Average
- $49.97
- –
- 200-Day Moving Average
- $44.26
- –
- Average True Range (14)
- $1.62
- –
- Price Change (1 Week)
- -2.04%
- 1.43%
- Price Change (1 Month)
- -3.98%
- -3.98%
- Price Change (3 Months)
- -3.79%
- -3.89%
- Price Change (6 Months)
- 25.4%
- 0.08%
- Price Change (YTD)
- 61.4%
- 19.5%
- Price Change (1 Year)
- 33.2%
- 29.4%
- Price Change (3 Years)
- 64.6%
- 28.5%
- Price Change (5 Years)
- -9.88%
- -0.22%
- Price Change (10 Years)
- -8.02%
- -11.7%
- Average Volume (10 Days)
- 343,301
- –
- Average Volume (20 Days)
- 330,370
- –
- Average Volume (90 Days)
- 447,923
- –
- Relative Volume
- 0.65
- 0.89
- Relative Strength Index (14)
- 42.7
- 48.1
- Volatility (1 Year)
- 36.8%
- 44.9%
- Beta (5 Years)
- 0.83
- 0.85
MarginsIndustry
- Pretax Margin
- 11.1%
- 4.01%
- EBITDA Margin
- 23.6%
- 13.6%
- FCF Margin
- 14.4%
- 10.1%
Returns on capitalIndustry
- Return on Equity (ROE)
- 25.9%
- 7.29%
- Return on Assets (ROA)
- 7.01%
- 2.94%
- Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)
- 14.4%
- 10.5%
- Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)
- 10.2%
- 7.95%
Financial positionIndustry
- Current Ratio
- 0.64
- 1.21
- Quick Ratio
- 0.46
- 0.82
- Debt / Equity
- 1.62
- 1.45
- Debt / EBITDA
- 3.28
- 3.61
- Debt / FCF
- 5.38
- 8.61
- Net Debt / EBITDA
- 3.01
- 3.29
- Interest Coverage
- 5.32
- 1.26
GrowthIndustry
- Revenue Growth (YoY)
- -0.27%
- 0.96%
- Net Income Growth (YoY)
- 103.7%
- -3.39%
- EPS Growth (YoY)
- 110.7%
- 4.08%
- FCF Growth (YoY)
- 62.8%
- 22.6%
- 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
- 0.73
- Inventory Turnover
- 20.93
- 7.89
- Revenue Per Employee
- $370.24K
- $357.47K
- Profits Per Employee
- $44.04K
- $11.90K
- Employee Count
- 4,500
- 4,400
- WACC
- 7.62%
- 7.76%
Income statement (TTM)Industry
- Pretax Income
- $184.80M
- $79.40M
Balance sheetIndustry
- Net Cash (Debt)
- -$1.18B
- -$315.62M
- Net Cash Per Share
- -$23.38
- -$5.57
- Equity (Book Value)
- $797.04M
- $325.93M
- Book Value Per Share
- $15.73
- $6.03
- Tangible Book Value
- -$1.45B
- $914.15K
- Working Capital
- -$250.60M
- $23.76M
Cash flow (TTM)Industry
- Capital Expenditures
- -$50.36M
- -$46.30M
- FCF Per Share
- $4.73
- $2.27
Dividends and yieldsIndustry
- Earnings Yield
- 7.87%
- 3.88%
- FCF Yield
- 9.52%
- 6.04%
- Buyback Yield
- 4.04%
- 2.13%
- Shareholder Yield
- 4.04%
- 4.50%
- Payout Ratio
- 37.1%
- 37.1%
- FCF Payout Ratio
- 30.7%
- 30.5%
Taxes and interestIndustry
- Interest Expense
- $46.73M
- $40.70M
- Income Tax
- -$13.39M
- $11.48M
- Effective Tax Rate
- -7.24%
- 28.0%
Scores and fair valueIndustry
- Graham Number
- $36.33
- $20.67
- Graham Upside
- -26.9%
- -26.9%
- Altman Z-Score
- 2.11
- 2.13
- Piotroski F-Score
- 8
- 6
- Beneish M-Score
- -2.46
- -2.67
- Lynch Fair Value
- $35.82
- –
- Lynch Upside
- -27.9%
- -20.4%
Total return vs. the S&P 500
Price change plus reinvested dividends, to the close on Nov 12, 2026. The S&P 500 is measured by the SPY fund.
| Period | WLY | S&P 500 | Difference | WLY per year | S&P 500 per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | -3.7% | -2.7% | −1.0 pts | ||
| 3 months | -0.3% | -1.7% | +1.5 pts | ||
| Year to date | +65.2% | +11.9% | +53.4 pts | ||
| 1 year | +38.0% | +12.0% | +26.0 pts | ||
| 3 years | +83.4% | +78.2% | +5.2 pts | +22.4% | +21.2% |
| 5 years | +6.9% | +73.2% | −66.3 pts | +1.4% | +11.6% |
| 10 years | +25.0% | +309.6% | −284.7 pts | +2.3% | +15.1% |
Short interest
Shares sold short and not yet covered, reported by brokers to FINRA twice a month. Latest settlement date Oct 30, 2026.
4M WLY shares were sold short on Oct 30, 2026, down 7.9% from the previous report. At recent volumes it would take 11.7 days to buy them back. Over the last 20 sessions, 66.9% of the volume reported to FINRA was short selling.
| Settlement date | Shares short | Change | Avg. daily volume | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2026 | 3,791,329 | -7.9% | 324,703 | 11.7 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 4,116,277 | -8.2% | 427,218 | 9.6 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 4,484,043 | -3.7% | 480,940 | 9.3 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 4,656,258 | +1.3% | 747,818 | 6.2 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 4,596,660 | +1.7% | 375,393 | 12.2 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 4,520,376 | +8.6% | 404,648 | 11.2 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 4,163,440 | +10.1% | 445,816 | 9.3 |
| Jul 15, 2026 | 3,782,633 | -8.4% | 581,037 | 6.5 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 4,127,961 | +10.2% | 915,556 | 4.5 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3,747,059 | +1.5% | 432,228 | 8.7 |
| May 29, 2026 | 3,690,372 | -1.5% | 309,847 | 11.9 |
| May 15, 2026 | 3,744,775 | +5.4% | 364,955 | 10.3 |
Ratios use trailing-twelve-month results and the latest balance sheet. How we calculate.
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