John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) Updates FY 2026 Earnings Guidance

John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) updated its FY 2026 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 3.900-4.350 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 4.000. The company issued revenue guidance of -, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.7 billion.

John Wiley & Sons Price Performance

Shares of WLY stock opened at $30.45 on Thursday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $30.45 and a 200 day simple moving average of $34.86. The company has a market cap of $1.60 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.20 and a beta of 0.96. The company has a quick ratio of 0.67, a current ratio of 0.71 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16. John Wiley & Sons has a twelve month low of $28.38 and a twelve month high of $47.26.

John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, December 4th. The company reported $1.10 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.97 by $0.13. John Wiley & Sons had a return on equity of 28.23% and a net margin of 6.11%.The firm had revenue of $421.75 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $416.40 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.97 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was down 1.1% on a year-over-year basis. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that John Wiley & Sons will post 3.42 EPS for the current fiscal year.

John Wiley & Sons Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, January 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 30th were given a dividend of $0.355 per share. This represents a $1.42 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.7%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 30th. John Wiley & Sons’s dividend payout ratio is currently 75.53%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

WLY has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of John Wiley & Sons in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Zacks Research raised John Wiley & Sons to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, December 16th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded John Wiley & Sons from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, December 13th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating, Based on data from MarketBeat.com, John Wiley & Sons currently has an average rating of “Hold”.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On John Wiley & Sons

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Bank of Montreal Can bought a new stake in shares of John Wiley & Sons in the 4th quarter valued at $13,526,000. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd boosted its stake in John Wiley & Sons by 323.5% during the second quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 528,088 shares of the company’s stock worth $23,569,000 after acquiring an additional 403,389 shares in the last quarter. Marshall Wace LLP acquired a new stake in John Wiley & Sons in the fourth quarter worth $12,273,000. Invesco Ltd. grew its holdings in John Wiley & Sons by 192.5% in the second quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 594,815 shares of the company’s stock worth $26,547,000 after purchasing an additional 391,428 shares during the period. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its stake in John Wiley & Sons by 159.4% in the fourth quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 533,223 shares of the company’s stock valued at $16,333,000 after purchasing an additional 327,670 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 73.94% of the company’s stock.

John Wiley & Sons Company Profile

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.