John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

WLY Communication Services Publishing

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended April 2026) was $1.7 billion, roughly unchanged from fiscal 2025.

Revenue
−2.63%
EPS
−204.6%
Free cash flow
+30.3%
Total debt
+55.9%

Quarter to July 2026, against a year earlier

50.45 1.85 −3.54%
Market cap
$2.6B
P/E
13.1×
Fwd P/E
15.7×
Dividend yield
2.82%
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
2.51
Beneish M
−2.46
Dividend safety
86/100

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (WLY) P/S ratio

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As of 5 November 2026, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (WLY) trades at a P/S ratio of 1.5×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.8× (October 2023) to 2.2× (June 2018); the current reading is higher than 59% of that period. That is above the Publishing industry median of 0.4× and above the Communication Services sector median of 0.9×.

P/S ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/S ratio Change
FY2026 1.3× (8.90%)
FY2025 1.4× 27.58%
FY2024 1.1× 4.86%
FY2023 1.1× (21.71%)
FY2022 1.3× (18.16%)
FY2021 1.6× 42.34%
FY2020 1.2× (21.46%)
FY2019 1.5× (29.95%)
FY2018 2.1× 18.56%
FY2017 1.8× 2.92%

Quarterly newest first

Period P/S ratio Change
Jul 2026 1.6× 24.14%
Apr 2026 1.3× 30.53%
Jan 2026 1.0× (16.49%)
Oct 2025 1.2× (4.72%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.8× High 2.2×
Ten-year median 1.5×
Current reading's percentile 64

P/S ratio against peers

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WLY John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1.5×
WLYB John Wiley & Sons, Inc. compare 1.5×
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Publishing industry median 0.4×
Communication Services sector median 0.9×
Market median 1.9×

What P/S ratio is

Price to Sales Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual sales, whether or not it is profitable.

(Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) ÷ Revenue (TTM)

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