Pricing Log in Create free account

Educational Development Corporation (EDUC) vs John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (WLYB)

Educational Development Corporation and John Wiley & Sons, Inc. are both Publishing companies. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $2.1B against $8.4M — 246.3× the size. Educational Development Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 5.2× against 13.2×. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −0.27% against −32.0%. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has the higher net margin (11.9% vs 8.60%) and the higher return on invested capital (7.85% vs −10.7%). Across the 21 metrics below, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. leads on 11 and Educational Development Corporation on 10.

Valuation

Metric EDUC WLYB Publishing median
P/E 5.16 13.23 13.23
P/S 0.42 1.55 0.44
P/B 0.21 3.24 4.19
Price to free cash flow 0.28 7.89 10.02
EV/EBITDA n/m 9.51 9.46
EV/Sales 2.91 2.26 1.66
Earnings yield 19.39% 7.56% 5.55%
Free cash flow yield 360.06% 12.68% 5.64%

Profitability

Metric EDUC WLYB Publishing median
Gross margin 60.12% 74.60% 58.31%
Operating margin (33.16%) 14.94% 2.51%
Net margin 8.60% 11.90% 7.58%
Free cash flow margin 150.23% 20.27% 3.39%
Return on equity 4.41% 25.91% 7.38%
Return on assets 2.76% 7.01% 2.76%
Return on invested capital (10.74%) 7.85% 0.00%

Growth

Metric EDUC WLYB Publishing median
Revenue growth (TTM) (31.97%) (0.27%) (1.40%)
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 142.86% 171.90% 105.56%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (35.46%) (2.89%) (2.38%)
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (28.71%) 8.37% 0.00%

Health

Metric EDUC WLYB Publishing median
Debt to equity 0.00 1.62 1.62
Current ratio 3.27 0.64 1.17
Net debt to EBITDA 0.23 1.44 1.44

Dividend

Metric EDUC WLYB Publishing median
Dividend yield — 2.80% —
Payout ratio — 0.38 —

Size

Metric EDUC WLYB Publishing median
Market cap 8.35m 2.06b 891.19m

Compare with another peer

Any metric, up to five companies and an Excel export Powerpack