John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:WLYB) Short Interest Update

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:WLYB) saw a significant decline in short interest in May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 200 shares, a decline of 33.3% from the May 15th total of 300 shares. Currently, 0.0% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 600 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.3 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

An institutional investor recently bought a new position in John Wiley & Sons stock. Gabelli Funds LLC purchased a new stake in John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:WLYB) during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 4,500 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $201,000. Institutional investors own 0.49% of the company’s stock.

John Wiley & Sons Stock Up 10.0%

NYSE:WLYB traded up $3.74 on Tuesday, hitting $41.01. 1,767 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 666. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $42.06 and a 200-day moving average price of $42.80. John Wiley & Sons has a 52 week low of $37.27 and a 52 week high of $52.90. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.26, a current ratio of 0.66 and a quick ratio of 0.61. The company has a market cap of $2.21 billion, a P/E ratio of -45.07 and a beta of 0.68.

John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLYB) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, June 17th. The company reported $1.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.27 by $0.10. The company had revenue of $442.58 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $435.00 million. John Wiley & Sons had a positive return on equity of 24.14% and a negative net margin of 2.82%.

John Wiley & Sons Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 24th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 8th were issued a $0.3525 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, April 8th. This represents a $1.41 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.44%. John Wiley & Sons’s payout ratio is 190.54%.

About John Wiley & Sons

John Wiley & Sons, Inc engages in the provision of research and learning materials. It operates through the following segments: Research, Learning, and Held for Sale or Sold. The Research segment consists of research publishing and research solutions. The Learning segment includes academic and professional reporting lines and consists of publishing and related knowledge solutions.