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John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

WLYB 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

50.82 0.00 0.00%
Market cap
$2.1B
P/E
13.2×
Fwd P/E
—
Dividend yield
2.80%
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
2.52
Beneish M
−2.46
Dividend safety
86/100
Overview
Financials
Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios

Insider Decisions last twelve months

Trades a month
Jan 26 Apr 26 Jul 26 Oct 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — — — — — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 16.85%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Size
Market Cap 2,056.75
Revenue ttm 1,666.09
Net income ttm 198.19
Free cash flow ttm 337.79
Net debt Q 1,184.84
Valuation
P/E 13.23
Forward P/E —
Price / sales 1.55
Forward P/S Powerpack
Price / FCF 7.89
Price / book 3.24
Financial health
Current ratio Q 0.64 (below 1: weak)
Debt / equity Q 1.62
Interest coverage Q 0.21
Growth
Revenue growth Q −2.63% (below 0%: shrinking)
Operating income growth Q −90.51% (below 0%: shrinking)
EPS, this year —
EPS, next year A —
Revenue, next year A —
EPS, past 5 yrs +9.60%
EPS, next 5 yrs A —

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges; (Q) is the latest quarter, (A) analysts’ estimates. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years
EV/Sales is 2.3×, against a ten-year median of 1.8×; over the ten years it ranged from 1.2× in 2023 to 2.5× in 2017.
P/E against its own 10 years 6.94%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 64.63%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 88.36%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 89.42%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 7.57%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Yield
2.80%
Annual rate
1.43
Payout ratio
37.7%
Growth, 2018–26
−2.50%/yr
  1. 1.31 ’18
  2. 1.35 ’19 +3
  3. 1.37 ’20 +1
  4. 1.38 ’21 +1
  5. 1.39 ’22 +1
  6. 1.40 ’23 +1
  7. 1.41 ’24 +1
  8. 1.42 ’25 +1
  9. 1.07 ’26 −25
paid change on the year, %

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Cash 83 86 76 106
Receivables 224 228 244 211
Inventory 26 23 19 18
Other — — — —
454 440 420 438
2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Payables 56 61 67 45
ST’ Debt 8 10 13 14
Other 484 463 451 384
873 821 779 689

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales (0.30%) (2.89%) (6.02%)
Cash Flow (2.91%) (6.26%) (2.03%)
Earnings 4.28% 8.37% 134.29%
Book Value (1.99%) (4.91%) (6.72%)

EPS $

Jul Oct Jan Apr Year
’26 (0.23) — — — —
’26 0.22 0.84 0.56 2.61 4.16
’25 (0.03) 0.74 (0.43) 1.25 1.53
’24 (1.67) (0.35) (2.08) 0.46 (3.65)
’23 (0.32) 0.68 (1.29) 1.22 0.31
’22 0.24 0.99 0.63 0.76 2.62
’21 0.29 1.22 0.39 0.73 2.63
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Revenue $m

Jul Oct Jan Apr Year
’26 386 — — — —
’26 397 422 410 448 1,677
’25 404 427 405 443 1,678
’24 451 493 461 468 1,873
’23 488 515 491 526 2,020
’22 488 533 516 546 2,083
’21 431 491 483 536 1,942
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Jul Oct Jan Apr Year
’26 (55) — — — —
’26 (85) 9 180 157 261
’25 (89) (5) 146 150 203
’24 (82) (1) 108 183 208
’23 (90) 14 130 223 277
’22 (85) 9 234 181 339
’21 (121) 44 231 205 360
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Jul Oct Jan Apr Year
’26 (70) — — — —
’26 (100) (8) 278 138 308
’25 (107) (24) 118 131 118
’24 (106) (26) 85 159 113
’23 (114) (12) 105 210 189
’22 (105) (18) 204 146 227
’21 (145) 21 204 177 257
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to April

Ten-year view Analyst estimates Powerpack
Group Line 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 TTM Jul ’26 Trend 10 yrs 2027e 2028e 2029e Next 3/yr
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 1,719 1,796 1,800 1,831 1,942 2,083 2,020 1,873 1,678 1,677 1,666 (0.3%) — — — —
Gross margin, % 70.86 70.43 69.18 67.73 67.79 66.36 65.71 69.05 74.29 74.26 74.60 +3.4 pt
EBT 191 214 213 (63) 176 210 33 (187) 143 215 185 +1.3%
EBT margin, % 11.12 11.91 11.83 (3.44) 9.06 10.07 1.64 (9.99) 8.52 12.83 11.09 +1.7 pt
Net income 114 192 168 (74) 148 148 17 (200) 84 222 198 +7.7%
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 29.97 31.49 31.47 32.58 34.71 37.36 36.36 34.09 31.04 31.95 32.83 +0.7%
Earnings 1.95 3.32 2.91 (1.32) 2.65 2.66 0.31 (3.65) 1.56 4.22 3.84 +9.0%
Cash flow 5.49 6.70 4.39 5.13 6.44 6.08 4.99 3.78 3.75 4.97 5.72 (1.1%)
Capex (2.59) (2.64) (1.78) (2.05) (1.85) (2.02) (1.59) (1.73) (1.56) 0.90 0.94 n/m
Free cash flow 2.90 4.06 2.61 3.08 4.59 4.06 3.39 2.05 2.19 5.86 6.66 +8.1%
Book value 17.50 20.87 20.66 16.61 19.51 20.49 18.81 13.46 13.92 16.17 15.70 (0.9%)
Shares, m 57 57 57 56 56 56 56 55 54 52 52 (1.0%)
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 27.07 20.31 15.77 0.00 21.63 19.83 124.97 0.00 27.85 9.60 13.23 26.7
P/S 1.77 2.14 1.46 1.18 1.65 1.41 1.07 1.11 1.40 1.29 1.55 1.4
P/B 3.03 3.23 2.23 2.32 2.94 2.58 2.06 2.82 3.12 2.55 3.24 2.7
EV/Sales 2.04 2.33 1.76 1.50 2.03 1.74 1.38 1.48 1.83 1.65 2.26 1.8
EV/FCF 21.04 18.08 21.23 15.82 15.33 16.01 14.82 24.70 25.30 9.33 11.51 18.2
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 315 382 251 288 360 339 277 208 203 261 290 (2.1%)
Capex (149) (151) (102) (115) (103) (112) (89) (95) (84) 47 48 n/m
Free cash flow 166 232 149 173 257 227 189 113 118 308 338 +7.1%
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital (428) (394) (380) (312) (463) (419) (354) (419) (381) (359) (251) (1.9%)
Net debt 306 190 386 573 728 687 642 691 714 608 1,185 +7.9%
Shareholders’ equity 1,003 1,191 1,181 934 1,091 1,142 1,045 740 752 848 797 (1.8%)
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 4.11 7.06 5.81 (2.43) 4.48 4.36 0.53 (6.87) 3.11 8.39 7.01 +4.3 pt
ROIC 10.09 10.48 8.93 (2.25) 6.37 7.49 2.07 2.28 9.44 11.88 7.85 +1.8 pt
ROE 11.14 17.52 14.19 (7.02) 14.64 13.28 1.58 (22.45) 11.28 27.69 25.91 +16.5 pt
People
People Employees 5,100 5,000 5,700 6,900 7,400 9,500 8,800 6,400 5,200 4,500 — (1.4%)
Revenue/emp, $m 0.34 0.36 0.32 0.27 0.26 0.22 0.23 0.29 0.32 0.37 — +1.1%
Negative figures in brackets.
estimates

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Fiscal years to Apr 2026 · latest quarter Jul 2026

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. vs peers in Publishing (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
NYT The New York Times Company $10.6B 25.8× 27.1× +9.66% (above 0%: growing) +20.70% (above 0%: growing) −14.82% (below 0%: shrinking) 51.41% 15.87% Compare
PSO Pearson, PLC $10.5B 18.0× — +7.23% (above 0%: growing) +1,083.81% (above 0%: growing) +1,102.06% (above 0%: growing) 48.91% 0.00% Compare
WLY John Wiley & Sons, Inc. $2.6B 13.1× 15.7× −2.63% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +30.28% (above 0%: growing) 73.89% 0.76% Compare
WLYB John Wiley & Sons, Inc. $2.1B 13.2× — −2.63% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +30.28% (above 0%: growing) 73.89% 0.76%
TDAY USA TODAY Co., Inc. $898.5M — (loss-making) 21.0× −7.41% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −28.17% (below 0%: shrinking) 35.06% 0.00% Compare
SCHL Scholastic Corporation $678.6M 24.4× 30.9× −3.90% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −18.41% (below 0%: shrinking) 45.53% (42.53%) Compare
LEE Lee Enterprises, Incorporated $156.0M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −10.85% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −36.16% (below 0%: shrinking) 62.43% 6.85% Compare
EDUC Educational Development Corporation $8.4M 5.2× 10.4× −11.92% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −1,474.93% (below 0%: shrinking) 59.73% (38.41%) Compare
TNMG TNL Mediagene $2.2M 12.4× — — +25.00% (above 0%: growing) −233.71% (below 0%: shrinking) — — Compare
Median of peers $788.5M 15.6× 21.0× −3.90% +25.00% −23.29% 51.41% 0.00%

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Pay and ownership Proxy statement filed 13 August 2026

Chief executive’s pay

Year Total pay Actually paid $100 invested
2026 6.59m 5.78m 85.20
2025 5.55m 5.72m 87.50
2023 4.38m 1.79m 71.90
2022 4.95m 3.89m 91.60

Ownership

Directors and executive officers, together less than 1% of the votes
B 62.89% of the votes
BlackRock, Inc.1450 Hudson YardsNew York, NY 4.76% of the votes
Neuberger Berman Group LLC151290 Avenue of the AmericasNew York, NY 2.33% of the votes
Peter B. Wiley2,3,5,8,10,11,12,13 2.11% of the votes
Deborah E. Wiley2,3,5,10,11,12,13 2.07% of the votes
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC16100 Vanguard Blvd.Malvern, PA 1.99% of the votes
W. Bradford Wiley II2,3,9,10,11,12,13 1.86% of the votes
Schroder Investment Mgmt Group171 London Wall PlaceLondon, England, EC2Y 1.84% of the votes
State Street Corporation181 Congress Street, Suite 1.68% of the votes
Total pay is as the Summary Compensation Table states it; actually paid revalues the year’s share awards at its end, as the SEC’s pay-versus-performance rule asks. $100 invested is what $100 in the company’s shares at the start of the earliest year shown was worth at each year’s end. Ownership is the proxy’s own table: the directors and officers as a group, and every holder of 5% or more. Read the proxy statement

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