Communication Services
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.(WLYB)
Live Price
Offline$45.32
+0.00% today
1Y Change
-1.95%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 12, 2026
- Market Cap
- $2.13B
- Revenue Growth
- -10.4%
- EPS Growth
- +142.7%
- Dividend Yield
- 3.5%
Coverage: 245 bars ยท Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 12, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (WLYB) is a Communication Services stock with a market cap of $2.13B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $45.32 and down 2.0% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 12, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -10.4%, EPS growth of +142.7%, a dividend yield of 3.5%. What stands out right now is revenue -10.4%, EPS +142.7%, free cash flow +13.2% with operating margin 16.3% and ROIC 12.8%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 3.5%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 13.6 and price/sales 1.3. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a income-oriented value setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines WLYB price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Communication Services peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-10.4% vs +5.5% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+16.3% vs +3.6% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on Jun 16, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -10.4% and EPS is at +142.7%, with operating margin around 16.3%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 3.5%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -0.8% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Mar 5, 2026 | +12.8% | +5.6% | +5.6% | +11.1% |
2025 Dec 4, 2025 | +41.0% | -12.0% | -14.5% | -11.0% |
2025 Sep 4, 2025 | +53.1% | +0.0% | +6.7% | +0.4% |
Benchmark Comparison
Normalized Performance vs SPY
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WLYB Max Drawdown
-34.77%
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Company Overview
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
New York Stock Exchange
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. operates as a research and education company worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Research Publishing & Platforms, Academic & Professional Learning, and Education Services. The Research Publishing & Platforms segment offers scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly journals, as well as related content and services to learned societies, individual researchers, other professionals, and academic, corporate, and government libraries. This segment also publishes physical sciences and engineering, health sciences, social sciences, and humanities and life sciences journals; and provides a publishing software and service for scholarly and professional societies, and publishers to deliver, host, enhance, market, and manage their content on the web through the Literatum platform. It sells and distributes its products through various channels, including research libraries and library consortia, and independent subscription agents, as well as directly to professional society members, bookstores, online booksellers, and other customers. The Academic & Professional Learning segment provides education publishing and professional learning products and services, including scientific, professional, and education print and digital books, digital courseware, and test preparation services to libraries, corporations, students, professionals, and researchers, as well as learning, development, and assessment services for businesses and professionals. This segment distributes its products through chain and online booksellers, libraries, colleges and universities, corporations, direct to consumer, websites, distributor networks, and other online applications. The Education Services segment provides online program management services for higher education institutions and talent development services including placement and training for professionals and businesses. The company was founded in 1807 and is headquartered in Hoboken, New Jersey.
- Leadership
- Matthew S. Kissner
- IPO Date
- Sep 14, 1982
- Employees
- 6.4k
- Street Address
- 111 River Street
- Mailing
- Hoboken, NJ, 07030-5774
- Region
- Hoboken, NJ, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 201 748 6000
- Last Updated
- May 6, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 13.6
- EV/EBITDA
- 7.0
- Price/Sales
- 1.3
- Price/Book
- 2.8
Growth
- Revenue
- -10.4%
- EPS
- +142.7%
- Free Cash Flow
- +13.2%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 71.0%
- Operating Margin
- 16.3%
- Net Margin
- 9.2%
- ROE
- 20.8%
- ROIC
- 12.8%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 1.20
- Current Ratio
- 0.59
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Official Releases
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