Investment Analysts’ Recent Ratings Changes for John Wiley & Sons (WLY)

Several brokerages have updated their recommendations and price targets on shares of John Wiley & Sons (NYSE: WLY) in the last few weeks:

• 12/29/2025 – John Wiley & Sons had its “hold (c)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 12/22/2025 – John Wiley & Sons had its “hold (c)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 12/16/2025 – John Wiley & Sons was upgraded by analysts at Zacks Research to a “hold” rating.
• 12/15/2025 – John Wiley & Sons had its “hold (c)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 12/13/2025 – John Wiley & Sons was upgraded by analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating.
• 12/1/2025 – John Wiley & Sons had its “hold (c-)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 11/24/2025 – John Wiley & Sons had its “hold (c-)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 11/17/2025 – John Wiley & Sons had its “hold (c-)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 11/11/2025 – John Wiley & Sons had its “hold (c-)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 11/5/2025 – John Wiley & Sons had its “hold (c-)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.

John Wiley & Sons Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, January 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 30th will be issued a $0.355 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, December 30th. This represents a $1.42 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.6%. John Wiley & Sons’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 75.53%.

John Wiley & Sons, Inc is a global publishing and educational services company founded in 1807 and headquartered in Hoboken, New Jersey. The company operates through two primary segments: Research & Publishing and Education. Through these segments, Wiley produces a wide range of scholarly journals, books, reference works and digital products for academic, scientific, technical and medical markets, as well as professional development and higher education learning resources.

In its Research & Publishing segment, Wiley publishes thousands of peer-reviewed journals and maintains the Wiley Online Library, a leading platform for scientific and scholarly content.