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John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended April 2026) was $1.7 billion, roughly unchanged from fiscal 2025. In the quarter to July 2026, revenue fell 2.63%, EPS fell 204.6%, free cash flow grew 30.3% and total debt rose 55.9%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for twenty-five consecutive years.

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Market cap: $2.1B
P/E: 13.7×
Fwd P/E: —
Dividend yield: 2.71%
F-score: 8/9
Altman Z: 2.52
Beneish M: −2.46
Dividend safety: 86/100

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Insider Ownership 16.85%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 2,056.75

Revenue 1,666.09

Net Income 198.19

Free Cash Flow 337.79

Net Debt 1,184.84

Current Ratio 0.64

Debt/Equity 1.62

P/E ratio 13.68

Fwd P/E —

P/S ratio 1.60

P/B ratio 3.34

Past 5Y EPS Growth 9.60%

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Next Y EPS Growth —

Next Y revenue growth —

Next 5Y EPS Growth —

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Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years

P/E against its own 10 years 8.36%

10-year low 10-year high

P/S against its own 10 years 68.26%

10-year low 10-year high

P/B against its own 10 years 93.18%

10-year low 10-year high

EV/Sales against its own 10 years 93.25%

10-year low 10-year high

EV/FCF against its own 10 years 8.33%

10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.38

Annual Dividend Rate 1.43

Annual Dividend Yield 2.71%

	total	individual payouts
2026	1.07	0.36 0.36 0.36
2025	1.42	0.35 0.36 0.36 0.36
2024	1.41	0.35 0.35 0.35 0.35
2023	1.40	0.35 0.35 0.35 0.35
2022	1.39	0.35 0.35 0.35 0.35
2021	1.38	0.34 0.35 0.35 0.35
2020	1.37	0.34 0.34 0.34 0.34
2019	1.35	0.33 0.34 0.34 0.34
2018	1.31	0.32 0.33 0.33 0.33
2017	1.27	0.31 0.32 0.32 0.32
2016	1.23	0.30 0.31 0.31 0.31

special payouts not included in total or ratios

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%)

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.

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.

Group	Line	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	2027e
Price, $
Price, $	Low	46.53	45.22	41.18	30.44	45.41	37.89	28.35	30.64	30.10	29.62	Analyst estimates 2027–2029 Powerpack
	High	65.99	71.40	52.78	49.41	65.63	58.25	49.19	52.90	46.81	55.51
People
People	Employees	5,100	5,000	5,700	6,900	7,400	9,500	8,800	6,400	5,200	4,500
	Revenue/emp, $m	0.34	0.36	0.32	0.27	0.26	0.22	0.23	0.29	0.32	0.37
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
	Gross margin, %	70.86	70.43	69.18	67.73	67.79	66.36	65.71	69.05	74.29	74.26
	EBT	191	214	213	(63)	176	210	33	(187)	143	215
	EBT margin, %	11.12	11.91	11.83	(3.44)	9.06	10.07	1.64	(9.99)	8.52	12.83
	Net income	114	192	168	(74)	148	148	17	(200)	84	222
	Depreciation	157	154	161	175	200	215	314	287	148	146
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
	Earnings	1.95	3.32	2.91	(1.32)	2.65	2.66	0.31	(3.65)	1.56	4.22
	Cash flow	5.49	6.70	4.39	5.13	6.44	6.08	4.99	3.78	3.75	4.97
	Capex	(2.59)	(2.64)	(1.78)	(2.05)	(1.85)	(2.02)	(1.59)	(1.73)	(1.56)	0.90
	Free cash flow	2.90	4.06	2.61	3.08	4.59	4.06	3.39	2.05	2.19	5.86
	Book value	17.50	20.87	20.66	16.61	19.51	20.49	18.81	13.46	13.92	16.17
	Shares, m	57	57	57	56	56	56	56	55	54	52
Valuation, ×
Valuation, ×	P/E	27.07	20.31	15.77	0.00	21.63	19.83	124.97	0.00	27.85	9.60
	P/S	1.77	2.14	1.46	1.18	1.65	1.41	1.07	1.11	1.40	1.29
	P/B	3.03	3.23	2.23	2.32	2.94	2.58	2.06	2.82	3.12	2.55
	EV/Sales	2.04	2.33	1.76	1.50	2.03	1.74	1.38	1.48	1.83	1.65
	EV/FCF	21.04	18.08	21.23	15.82	15.33	16.01	14.82	24.70	25.30	9.33
Cash, $m
Cash, $m	Operating cash flow	315	382	251	288	360	339	277	208	203	261
	Capex	(149)	(151)	(102)	(115)	(103)	(112)	(89)	(95)	(84)	47
	Free cash flow	166	232	149	173	257	227	189	113	118	308
Balance, $m
Balance, $m	Working capital	(428)	(394)	(380)	(312)	(463)	(419)	(354)	(419)	(381)	(359)
	Total debt	365	360	479	775	822	787	748	775	799	683
	Net debt	306	190	386	573	728	687	642	691	714	608
	Shareholders’ equity	1,003	1,191	1,181	934	1,091	1,142	1,045	740	752	848
Returns, %
Returns, %	ROA	4.11	7.06	5.81	(2.43)	4.48	4.36	0.53	(6.87)	3.11	8.39
	ROIC	10.09	10.48	8.93	(2.25)	6.37	7.49	2.07	2.28	9.44	11.88
	ROE	11.14	17.52	14.19	(7.02)	14.64	13.28	1.58	(22.45)	11.28	27.69

Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Apr 2026 · latest quarter Jul 2026

Charts ten years each

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	$11.1B	28.0×	28.6×	+11.17% (above 0%: growing)	+13.73% (above 0%: growing)	+78.27% (above 0%: growing)	51.76%	15.48%	Compare
PSO Pearson, PLC	$10.7B	18.8×	—	+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.	$2.7B	13.7×	11.2×	−2.63% (below 0%: shrinking)	n/m	+30.28% (above 0%: growing)	73.89%	0.76%	Compare
WLYB John Wiley & Sons, Inc.	$2.1B	13.7×	—	−2.63% (below 0%: shrinking)	n/m	+30.28% (above 0%: growing)	73.89%	0.76%
TDAY USA TODAY Co., Inc.	$1.1B	— (loss-making)	26.6×	−8.30% (below 0%: shrinking)	−88.89% (below 0%: shrinking)	+1.14% (above 0%: growing)	38.83%	3.73%	Compare
SCHL Scholastic Corporation	$711.5M	24.9×	16.2×	−3.90% (below 0%: shrinking)	n/m	−18.41% (below 0%: shrinking)	45.53%	(42.53%)	Compare
LEE Lee Enterprises, Incorporated	$150.0M	— (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	$9.3M	5.3×	10.4×	−11.92% (below 0%: shrinking)	n/m	−61.99% (below 0%: shrinking)	59.73%	(38.41%)	Compare
TNMG TNL Mediagene	$2.5M	13.1×	—	—	+25.00% (above 0%: growing)	−233.71% (below 0%: shrinking)	—	—	Compare
Median of peers	$880.8M	16.2×	16.2×	−3.90%	+19.37%	−8.64%	51.76%	0.76%

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John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (WLYB) key facts

Strength: Net income was $221.6 million, or $4.22 per share (basic), a net margin of 13.2%.
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (WLYB) is a Publishing company in the Communication Services sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended April 2026) was $1.7 billion, roughly unchanged from fiscal 2025.
As of October 16, 2026, WLYB traded at $52.53, a market capitalization of $2.1 billion.
At that price the stock trades at 13.7× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 1.6× sales; its P/E is higher than 8% of its own readings over the past ten years.
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $1.43 per share, a yield of 2.71%, with a payout ratio of 37.7%.
Return on equity was 27.7% and debt-to-equity 1.62.
Its Piotroski F-score is 8 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 2.52 (grey zone) for fiscal 2026.