John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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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

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (WLYB) Shares outstanding

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John Wiley & Sons, Inc.'s shares outstanding at the end of fiscal 2026 was $53.2M, unchanged from fiscal 2025. At the end of the quarter to 31 July 2026 it was $50.8M. Over the past ten years it has ranged from $53.2M (fiscal 2026) to $59.6M (fiscal 2015) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ranks 3rd of 8 Publishing companies by shares outstanding.

Shares outstanding, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Shares outstanding Change
FY2026 $53.2M (2.89%)
FY2025 $54.8M (0.21%)
FY2024 $54.9M (2.50%)
FY2023 $56.4M (0.43%)
FY2022 $56.6M 0.24%
FY2021 $56.5M 0.45%
FY2020 $56.2M (2.82%)
FY2019 $57.8M (0.08%)
FY2018 $57.9M (0.53%)
FY2017 $58.2M (0.91%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Shares outstanding Change
Jul 2026 $50.8M (4.69%)
Apr 2026 $53.2M 1.12%
Jan 2026 $52.7M (1.60%)
Oct 2025 $53.5M (0.84%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low $53.2M High $59.6M
Ten-year median $56.5M
Current reading's percentile 8

Shares outstanding against peers

What Shares outstanding is

Shares (Diluted, Weighted) tells an investor how many shares a company’s earnings are spread across once potential new shares are counted.

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