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WLY

JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC.

Next earnings Sep 2, 2026

Last earnings +4.1% on 2026-06-16

Hold
$48.19
▲ +5.77%
$48.19▲ +15.45%
over 1Y
L $28.52EODHDH $48.19
Earnings Dividend Split Congress buy Congress sellGrouped by date · hover a pin to expand
Today+5.8%
1W+7.1%
1M+15.2%
3M+29.3%
YTD+64.9%
1Y+15.4%
OverviewFinancialsValuationQualityTimelineFilings
Rating
Hold
Quality
B+
Valuation
Undervalued
Filings
Watch
Hold
Conviction
Horizon
Medium (3–12mo)
Street · 5 analysts
Buy

Healthy net margin (13.2%); but revenue declined -0.1% YoY.

The read

Middling fundamentals offset by an attractive price (~228% below fair value) — worth a look on the value angle.

JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. shows $1.68B in FY2026 revenue (-0.1% YoY), a 13.2% net margin, and 26.1% ROE.

Financials · annual, by fiscal year

Line itemFY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Revenue$2.08B$2.02B$1.87B$1.68B$1.68B
Gross profit—————
Operating income$219M$55.9M$52.3M$221M$277M
Net income$148M$17.2M-$200M$84.2M$222M
Diluted EPS$2.62$0.31-$3.65$1.53$4.16
Net margin7.1%0.9%-10.7%5.0%13.2%

Annual figures from SEC 10-K XBRL filings. Open the filing links below for full statement detail.

Key statistics

Valuation

Enterprise value$3.54B
EV / EBITDA8.4
EV / Sales2.1
EV / FCF16.9
P / FCF14.0
PEG (trailing)0.07
Earnings yield7.6%
FCF yield7.1%

Quality & risk

ROIC (est.)14.3%
Free cash flow$209M
Total debt$683M
Net cash-$608M
Altman Z-Score2.78 grey
Piotroski F-Score8/8

Capital returns

Buyback yield3.4%
Dividend yield (est.)2.5%
Shareholder yield5.9%

Computed from SEC XBRL annual figures + the current quote. EV and ROIC use long-term + current debt where filed; estimates, not investment advice.

Disclosure timeline

SEC · 8-Ks + reports
Some governance/structural items recently, but no outright red flags.
  1. 8-K Other event2026-06-25
  2. 10-K Annual report2026-06-24
  3. 8-K Earnings results2026-06-16
  4. 8-K Officer / director change2026-06-15
  5. 8-K Material agreement2026-06-02
  6. 8-K Officer / director change2026-05-06
  7. 10-Q Quarterly report2026-03-06
  8. 8-K Earnings results2026-03-05
  9. 10-Q Quarterly report2025-12-05

Recent filings

all on EDGAR ↗
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Quality score

B+
ValueGrowthProfitHealthMom.
ValueA
GrowthB-
ProfitabilityA
Financial healthB
Momentum—
  • ✗Revenue growing year-over-year
  • ✓Profitable (positive net income)
  • ✓Net margin above 10%
  • ✓Return on equity above 15%
  • ✗Liabilities below 2× equity
  • ✓P/E below 25

Fair value est.

$158.08

Undervalued +228% vs price

cheapfair valueexpensive

Modified Graham: EPS $4.16 × (8.5 + 1.5 × 22.0% growth) × 1.10 quality = 38.0× multiple. An estimate, not a price target.

Revenue
$1.68B
-0.1% YoY
Net margin
13.2%
ROE
26.1%
P/E
11.6

SEC fundamentals · FY 2026

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■ revenue · ■ net income, by fiscal year

Revenue$1.68B-0.1%
Net income$222M+163.3%
Gross profit$1.32B+6.1%
Operating income$277M+25.0%
Diluted EPS$4.16+171.9%
Cash & equivalents$75.6M-11.9%
Total assets$2.59B-3.7%
Total liabilities$1.74B-10.1%
Stockholders' equity$848M+12.8%
Gross: 78.5%Op.: 16.5%L/E: 2.06x

Frequently asked

Is JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. (WLY) a buy?
WLY currently carries a Hold rating with 3/5 conviction, derived from its latest SEC filings. Healthy net margin (13.2%); but revenue declined -0.1% YoY.
What is WLY's fair value?
A Modified-Graham model based on WLY's SEC fundamentals estimates a fair value of about $158.08. It is an estimate from reported earnings, not a price target.
Is WLY overvalued or undervalued?
Against a Modified-Graham fair-value estimate, WLY currently appears undervalued relative to its SEC-grounded earnings power.
What is JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC.'s quality score?
WLY scores 76.88235294117648/100 (grade B+) on a SEC-grounded quality model spanning value, growth, profitability, financial health and momentum.

Sources: SEC EDGAR (CIK 0000107140, latest 10-K filed 2026-06-24) · EODHD · as of 6/26/2026, 6:45:36 PM.

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Dividends

Quarterly
Yield (TTM)
3.7%
Annual / share
$1.78
Last ex-date
2026-07-07
Last amount
$0.36
ex 2026-07-07paid 2026-07-23$0.36
ex 2026-04-07paid 2026-04-23$0.36
ex 2025-12-30paid 2026-01-15$0.36
ex 2025-10-07paid 2025-10-23$0.36
ex 2025-07-08paid 2025-07-24$0.36
ex 2025-04-08paid 2025-04-24$0.35

Source: EODHD. Yield = trailing-12-month dividends ÷ price.

Earnings history

beat/miss · move
2026-06-16Beat +11.7% est▲ +4.06%8-K ↗
2026-03-05Beat +12.3% est▲ +14.06%8-K ↗
2025-12-04Miss -3.0% est▼ -8.63%8-K ↗
2025-09-04—▼ -3.82%8-K ↗
2025-06-17—▲ +9.96%8-K ↗
2025-03-06—▲ +15.27%8-K ↗

Dates from 8-K (Item 2.02); beat/miss = reported EPS vs consensus (Finnhub, recent quarters); move = prior close → close on/after.

Recent news

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Vs tracked universe

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1044 tracked peers · median

EDGAR Score77 vs 67
Revenue growth-0.1% vs 7.1%
Net margin13.2% vs 10.5%
Return on equity26.1% vs 12.3%
P/E11.6 vs 25.5

News sentiment

EODHD · 11d
Neutral
-0.00
vs typical · 26 articles
↓ cooling

Recent news tone vs the market's typical (which skews positive). A soft signal, not a recommendation.