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USA TODAY Co., Inc. (TDAY) vs John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (WLYB)

USA TODAY Co., Inc. and John Wiley & Sons, Inc. are both Publishing companies. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $2.1B against $898.5M — 2.3× the size. USA TODAY Co., Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; John Wiley & Sons, Inc. trades at 13.2×. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −0.27% against −6.39%. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has the higher net margin (11.9% vs −0.26%) and the higher return on invested capital (7.85% vs 0.00%). Across the 21 metrics below, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. leads on 17 and USA TODAY Co., Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric TDAY WLYB Publishing median
P/E n/m 13.23 13.23
P/S 0.41 1.55 0.44
P/B 6.16 3.24 4.19
Price to free cash flow 12.15 7.89 10.02
EV/EBITDA 7.14 9.51 9.46
EV/Sales 0.81 2.26 1.66
Earnings yield (0.65%) 7.56% 5.55%
Free cash flow yield 8.23% 12.68% 5.64%

Profitability

Metric TDAY WLYB Publishing median
Gross margin 39.01% 74.60% 58.31%
Operating margin 0.00% 14.94% 2.51%
Net margin (0.26%) 11.90% 7.58%
Free cash flow margin 3.39% 20.27% 3.39%
Return on equity (3.32%) 25.91% 7.38%
Return on assets (0.31%) 7.01% 2.76%
Return on invested capital 0.00% 7.85% 0.00%

Growth

Metric TDAY WLYB Publishing median
Revenue growth (TTM) (6.39%) (0.27%) (1.40%)
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 105.56% 171.90% 105.56%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (7.53%) (2.89%) (2.38%)
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 8.37% 0.00%

Health

Metric TDAY WLYB Publishing median
Debt to equity 6.38 1.62 1.62
Current ratio 0.73 0.64 1.17
Net debt to EBITDA 3.68 1.44 1.44

Dividend

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

Size

Metric TDAY WLYB Publishing median
Market cap 898.52m 2.06b 891.19m

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