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Pearson, PLC (PSO) vs John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (WLYB)

Pearson, PLC and John Wiley & Sons, Inc. are both Publishing companies. Pearson, PLC is the larger, with a market value of $10.5B against $2.1B — 5.1× the size. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 13.2× against 18.0×. Pearson, PLC grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 1.35% against −0.27%. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has the higher net margin (11.9% vs 7.58%) and the higher return on invested capital (7.85% vs 0.00%). Across the 19 metrics below, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. leads on 13 and Pearson, PLC on 6.

Valuation

Metric PSO WLYB Publishing median
P/E 18.03 13.23 13.23
P/S n/m 1.55 0.44
P/B n/m 3.24 4.19
Price to free cash flow n/m 7.89 10.02
EV/EBITDA 0.83 9.51 9.46
EV/Sales 0.20 2.26 1.66
Earnings yield 5.55% 7.56% 5.55%
Free cash flow yield 0.00% 12.68% 5.64%

Profitability

Metric PSO WLYB Publishing median
Gross margin 48.22% 74.60% 58.31%
Operating margin 0.00% 14.94% 2.51%
Net margin 7.58% 11.90% 7.58%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% 20.27% 3.39%
Return on equity 0.00% 25.91% 7.38%
Return on assets 0.00% 7.01% 2.76%
Return on invested capital 0.00% 7.85% 0.00%

Growth

Metric PSO WLYB Publishing median
Revenue growth (TTM) 1.35% (0.27%) (1.40%)
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (17.28%) 171.90% 105.56%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 1.58% (2.89%) (2.38%)
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 2.11% 8.37% 0.00%

Health

Metric PSO WLYB Publishing median
Debt to equity 0.52 1.62 1.62
Current ratio 2.00 0.64 1.17
Net debt to EBITDA 1.61 1.44 1.44

Dividend

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

Size

Metric PSO WLYB Publishing median
Market cap 10.49b 2.06b 891.19m

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