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John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (WLY)

NYSE / Communication Services / Publishing

Share price

52.97 USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 2026

Market capitalisation

2.69B USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 2026
Market data
Oct 15, 2026
Filed accounts
FY2026, filed Jun 24, 2026
Ratios computed
Oct 15, 2026
Filed years
17, FY2009 to FY2026
Four kinds of sourceSEC filingCompany statementMarket dataComputedWhat each means
SEC filingFiled with the SEC
Read from a statement the company filed with the SEC, with the form, fiscal year, filing date and accession beside it.
Company statementCompany statement
What the company says about itself in a filing: an 8-K item, the auditor, its own segment names.
Market dataMarket data
Prices, market value and what analysts publish, with the date they are as of.
ComputedComputed by ValueScreener
Worked out by us from the other three, with the inputs and the formula one press away. A score is a research output, not a rating or a recommendation.
Reading

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Overview

What the business is, what it costs, and how it reads on four questions.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

Four questions, at a glance

Quality

Return on equity

26.1% Computed

From the FY2026 filing

Read quality

Valuation

Price to earnings

12.55x Computed

FY2026 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read valuation

Cash generation

Free cash flow yield

7.4% Computed

FY2026 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read cash generation

Revenue and net income, as filed

FY2017 Revenue: 1.72B USDFY2017 Net income: 113.6M USDFY2018 Revenue: 1.80B USDFY2018 Net income: 192.2M USDFY2019 Revenue: 1.80B USDFY2019 Net income: 168.3M USDFY2020 Revenue: 1.83B USDFY2020 Net income: -74.3M USDFY2021 Revenue: 1.94B USDFY2021 Net income: 148.3M USDFY2022 Revenue: 2.08B USDFY2022 Net income: 148.3M USDFY2023 Revenue: 2.02B USDFY2023 Net income: 17.2M USDFY2024 Revenue: 1.87B USDFY2024 Net income: -200.3M USDFY2025 Revenue: 1.68B USDFY2025 Net income: 84.2M USDFY2026 Revenue: 1.68B USDFY2026 Net income: 221.6M USD
Revenue Net income10 filed fiscal years, from the annual reports; the table in Filings names each document.
Named tests met
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The business, and the score behind its five axes

The reading, in brief

Is it cheap

Price to earnings is 12.55x at the close of 2026-10-15 on FY2026 figures; the lines are 15.00x (Graham's defensive ceiling) and, by market convention, 10.00x, 25.00x and 40.00x, and this sits between 10.00x and 15.00x.

Today, against the Communication Services sector (108 companies), 12.55x sits at the 38th percentile; the middle half of that group runs from 7.82x to 41.28x.

Is it good

Return on equity was 26.1% in FY2026, in the band labelled "Exceptional, check the leverage" (25.0% and above), on lines anchored on Damodaran's cost-of-capital data, suggesting high returns on shareholders' money, which leverage can also produce.

Today, against the Communication Services sector (189 companies), 26.1% sits at the 89th percentile; the middle half of that group runs from -20.2% to 10.7%.

Is it safe

Interest coverage was 6.31x in FY2026, in the band labelled "Comfortable" (6.00x and above), on lines anchored on Damodaran's interest-coverage table, suggesting an interest bill operating profit covers many times over.

Year by year against peers
Whether John Wiley & Sons, Inc.'s return on equity stayed above the median of the Communication Services sector, year by year. (FY2024 to FY2026, 3 fiscal years of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. with a comparable figure)
The direction
Which way John Wiley & Sons, Inc.'s return on equity has moved, and how steadily. (FY2017 to FY2026, 10 filed years of John Wiley & Sons, Inc.)
What could explain it
What in John Wiley & Sons, Inc.'s filed statements could explain the movements. (10 readings drawn from the statement lines John Wiley & Sons, Inc. filed)
What to check next
What to check next on John Wiley & Sons, Inc., and where in its filings. (4 questions for John Wiley & Sons, Inc.)
In one paragraph
One paragraph on John Wiley & Sons, Inc.'s returns, cash, balance sheet and price. (15 of sixteen figures read for John Wiley & Sons, Inc.)

These are WLY’s filed figures. The research desk says what they mean, against peers and its own years, with what to check next.

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What changed

The newest filing, what it moved, and when the next one is due.

SEC filingCompany statement

The newest accounts on file are the FY2026 annual report: 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, accession 0001628280-26-045111.

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Quality

The returns the business earns on its capital, and the margins behind them.

SEC filingComputed

John Wiley & Sons, Inc: returns on capital and margins, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Return on invested capital, after tax
Why n/a

The filed income tax is outside 0 to 100% of pre-tax income (a tax benefit on a profit, a charge on a loss, or a charge above the profit), which is a one-off in the tax line and not a rate operating profit was taxed at, so after-tax operating profit is not computed.

n/a ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0001628280-26-045111
Return on equity26.1% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0001628280-26-045111
Return on capital employed, pre-tax15.3% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0001628280-26-045111
Return on assets8.6% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0001628280-26-045111
Gross margin74.3% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0001628280-26-045111
Operating margin16.5% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0001628280-26-045111
Net margin13.2% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0001628280-26-045111
WLY 13.2%
AD 29.9%MGNI 20.3%MSGE 6.2%STGW 1.0%KYIV 10.7%
1.0%29.9%
Net margin: WLY against the 5 companies named under Valuation context, each as filed for its own latest year. Placement only: no average is drawn.

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Financial strength

What it owes against what it owns, and whether it can meet what falls due.

SEC filingComputedCompany statement

John Wiley & Sons, Inc: leverage, liquidity and distress, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Debt to equity0.91 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0001628280-26-045111
Current ratio0.54 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0001628280-26-045111
Quick ratio0.51 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0001628280-26-045111
Interest coverage6.31x ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0001628280-26-045111
Altman Z-score2.74 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0001628280-26-045111
Net debt693.3M ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0001628280-26-045111
Total assets 2.59BTotal liabilities 1.74BShareholders' equity 848.2MOwnsOwes, and equity
Total assets Total liabilities Shareholders’ equity
The balance sheet, line by line

Financial health

What John Wiley & Sons, Inc owned and owed at the end of fiscal 2026, from the balance sheet it filed (10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0001628280-26-045111).

John Wiley & Sons, Inc: balance sheet position
Total assets2.59B FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026
Total liabilities1.74B FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026
Shareholders' equity848.2M FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026
Cash75.6M FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026
Total debt768.9M FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026
Net debt693.3M
Current ratio0.54
Debt to equity0.91

Read from the filed balance sheet for each year, with the income statement of the same year supplying operating profit where a ratio needs it. Nothing here is a view on whether this company is sound.

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Valuation context

What the market charges for it, against its own record and companies like it.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

John Wiley & Sons, Inc: what the market charges, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Price to earnings12.55x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0001628280-26-045111
P/E on trailing twelve months13.83x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · Trailing four quarters, each as known on the day; the quarterly filings are listed under Filings
Price to book3.33x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0001628280-26-045111
Price to sales1.68x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0001628280-26-045111
Enterprise value to EBIT12.69x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0001628280-26-045111
Enterprise value to EBITDA8.36x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0001628280-26-045111
Price to earnings over growth1.29 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0001628280-26-045111
Diluted earnings per share4.16 USD FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0001628280-26-045111
Graham number38.89 USD ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0001628280-26-045111

We publish no fair value or price target of our own. Value WLY on your own assumptions in the DCF workbench, starting from the filed figures.

Its own record, and companies like it

Valuation

What the market charges for John Wiley & Sons, Inc today, and the multiples it has carried. No value of ours: the figures are the filings’ and the market’s.

John Wiley & Sons, Inc: valuation
Share price52.97 USD
Market capitalisation2.69B USD
Enterprise value to EBITDA8.36x
Graham number38.89 USD
Diluted earnings per share, FY20264.16 USD

Price to earnings on trailing twelve months, a different basis from the fiscal-year P/E above, since Oct 3, 2016: low 10.64x, median 20.48x, high 119.87x, latest 13.83x. 1,816 trading days with a meaningful ratio, 704 more on a loss and left out. Each close over the trailing twelve months of earnings as known that day: a quarter counts from the day it was filed.

Companies like John Wiley & Sons, Inc

  1. Array Digital Infrastructure, Inc. (AD)Market cap 2.90B USD
  2. Magnite, Inc. (MGNI)Market cap 3.51B USD
  3. Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. (MSGE)Market cap 3.77B USD
  4. Stagwell Inc. (STGW)Market cap 2.23B USD
  5. Kyivstar Group Ltd. Common Shares (KYIV)Market cap 2.84B USD

Same sector (Communication Services) and size band (Mid, 2B to 10B), nearest in market value, net margin and current ratio. Each of those counts equally, by how many of the companies considered sit between the two on it. Closest first: the order is likeness and nothing else.

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Cash generation

Whether profit arrives as cash, and what is paid back to shareholders.

SEC filingComputed

John Wiley & Sons, Inc: cash generation and what is paid out, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Free cash flow yield7.4% ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0001628280-26-045111
Free cash flow209.4M USD ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0001628280-26-045111
Free cash flow margin12.5% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0001628280-26-045111
Dividend yield2.7% ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0001628280-26-045111
Payout ratio33.5% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0001628280-26-045111
FY2017 Free cash flow: 209.8M USDFY2017 Net income: 113.6M USDFY2018 Free cash flow: 268.1M USDFY2018 Net income: 192.2M USDFY2019 Free cash flow: 173.7M USDFY2019 Net income: 168.3M USDFY2020 Free cash flow: 199.8M USDFY2020 Net income: -74.3M USDFY2021 Free cash flow: 282.5M USDFY2021 Net income: 148.3M USDFY2022 Free cash flow: 250.3M USDFY2022 Net income: 148.3M USDFY2023 Free cash flow: 195.9M USDFY2023 Net income: 17.2M USDFY2024 Free cash flow: 131.6M USDFY2024 Net income: -200.3M USDFY2025 Free cash flow: 141.1M USDFY2025 Net income: 84.2M USDFY2026 Free cash flow: 209.4M USDFY2026 Net income: 221.6M USD
Free cash flow Net incomeProfit that arrives as cash stands level with net income; a gap year after year is worth reading about.

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Filings

Every figure, the year it is for and the document it was read from.

SEC filingMarket data

The filed figures

Computed from the accounts this company filed with the SEC and, in a ratio with a price in it, the last close, dated on this page. Every filed figure below carries the fiscal year and the filing date its accounts were read from, and every blank carries the reason it is blank. Nothing here is a view on this company.

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: the eight ratios, with the fiscal year and filing date behind each.
FigureValueYearAs of
12.55xFY2026Oct 15, 2026
3.33xFY2026Oct 15, 2026
12.69xFY2026Oct 15, 2026
7.4%FY2026Oct 15, 2026
n/aFY2026Jun 24, 2026
n/a The filed income tax is outside 0 to 100% of pre-tax income (a tax benefit on a profit, a charge on a loss, or a charge above the profit), which is a one-off in the tax line and not a rate operating profit was taxed at, so after-tax operating profit is not computed.
2.7%FY2026Oct 15, 2026
0.91FY2026Jun 24, 2026
0.54FY2026Jun 24, 2026
1.68xFY2026Oct 15, 2026
1.29FY2026Oct 15, 2026
2.74FY2026Oct 15, 2026
-2.59FY2026Jun 24, 2026
8/9FY2026Jun 24, 2026

The figures are computed from the accounts for fiscal 2026, the newest full year on file. 17 filed fiscal years on record, FY2009 to FY2026, from SEC EDGAR. Prices as of Oct 15, 2026. Ratios recomputed Oct 15, 2026. Two facts, because a recompute is not a fresh quote.

The year and the filing date name the statement each figure’s accounts are read from, and they stand even where the figure itself could not be computed: the line beneath a blank says what that statement did not carry. A figure’s name opens its formula and the filings behind it; a statement that names no SEC filing has no filing date, and reads n/a.

Ten years of filed figures, year by year

Ten years of filed figures

10 filed fiscal years, FY2017 to FY2026, read from the annual reports John Wiley & Sons, Inc filed with the SEC. Each year names its filing. Amounts in USD, as filed.

John Wiley & Sons, Inc: revenue, earnings, free cash flow and returns, by fiscal year, with the filing each year was read from
YearRevenueOperating incomeNet incomeEPS, dilutedFree cash flowOperating marginReturn on equityFiling
FY20261.68B276.9M221.6M4.16209.4M16.5%26.1%10-K, Jun 24, 20260001628280-26-045111
FY20251.68B221.4M84.2M1.53141.1M13.2%11.2%10-K, Jun 25, 20250000107140-25-000081
FY20241.87B52.3M-200.3M-3.65131.6M2.8%-27.1%10-K, Jun 26, 20240000107140-24-000114
FY20232.02B55.9M17.2M0.31195.9M2.8%1.6%10-K, Jun 26, 20230000107140-23-000092
FY20222.08B219.3M148.3M2.62250.3M10.5%13.0%10-K, Jun 24, 20220000107140-22-000022
FY20211.94B185.5M148.3M2.63282.5M9.6%13.6%10-K, Jul 6, 20210001140361-21-023449
FY20201.83B-54.3M-74.3M-1.32199.8M-3.0%-8.0%10-K, Jun 26, 20200000107140-20-000034
FY20191.80B224.0M168.3M2.91173.7M12.4%14.2%10-K, Jul 1, 20190000107140-19-000026
FY20181.80B231.5M192.2M3.32268.1M12.9%16.1%10-K, Jun 29, 20180000107140-18-000021
FY20171.72B211.5M113.6M1.95209.8M12.3%11.3%10-K, Jun 29, 20170000107140-17-000026
  • Revenue, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: -0.3%
  • Earnings, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: 7.7%
  • Earnings per share, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: 8.8%
  • Free cash flow, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: -0.0%

Every figure in this section is a line of a filed annual statement or a ratio of two of them. Nothing here is estimated or smoothed. Earnings per share filed before a share split are put on today's share count, and say so. Nothing here is a verdict on the company.

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Risks and guardrails

The accounting screens, the published tests, and the lines you can set to be told.

ComputedCompany statement

John Wiley & Sons, Inc: accounting screens and published tests, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Beneish M-score-2.59 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0001628280-26-045111
Piotroski F-score8/9 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0001628280-26-045111
Named tests met4 of 30 Computed
Beta0.34 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026

The named tests

Of 30 tests value investors published: 4 met, 23 not met, 3 we could not complete. Counts, never a score: a single figure would have to decide that meeting one investor’s criteria and meeting another’s are worth the same.

Which tests, by name(all 30)
Meets
Dividends and buybacks; Owner earnings yield; High return on tangibles; Cash-covered dividend
Does not
Defensive investor (Benjamin Graham); Deep value; Large cap, low P/E; Earnings yield and ROIC (Joel Greenblatt); High F-score, low P/B (Joseph Piotroski); Three forensic scores; Low PEG, low debt (Peter Lynch); High returns and growth; Gross margin, turnover (Robert Novy-Marx); EV/EBITDA and coverage; High yield, low payout; Low beta, profitable; Near the 52-week low; Z-score and coverage (Edward Altman); Two thirds of NCAV (Benjamin Graham); P/E times P/B (Benjamin Graham); High returns, low debt; Low P/S, rising earnings (James O'Shaughnessy); Book or below, low debt (Walter Schloss); Tangible book or below; Cheapest quarter on P/E (David Dreman); Cheapest quarter on P/B (David Dreman); Low P/E, growth, yield (John Neff)
Not measured
ROIC at or above WACC; Cash-flow yield and ROIC; Clean books, high ROIC. A test with a figure we could not read is incomplete, never met and never failed.
Figures we could not read(3)
  • Return on Invested Capital: The filed income tax is outside 0 to 100% of pre-tax income (a tax benefit on a profit, a charge on a loss, or a charge above the profit), which is a one-off in the tax line and not a rate operating profit was taxed at, so after-tax operating profit is not computed.
  • ROIC-WACC Spread: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Price Tangible Book: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

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Declared positions

Whether anybody here owns this company.

Positions declared by Javier Sanz Alvarez: no holding in any company shown here, as of October 3, 2026.

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What this cannot tell you

  • 3 figures could not be read on this company: Return on Invested Capital, ROIC-WACC Spread, Price Tangible Book. 3 named tests come back incomplete because of them, which is neither met nor missed.

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