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

John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) issued an update on its FY 2026 earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 3.900-4.350 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 3.800. The company issued revenue guidance of -, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.7 billion.

John Wiley & Sons Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:WLY opened at $37.01 on Tuesday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $41.80 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $42.67. John Wiley & Sons has a 52 week low of $36.50 and a 52 week high of $53.96. The company has a quick ratio of 0.61, a current ratio of 0.66 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.26. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.99 billion, a P/E ratio of -40.67 and a beta of 0.88.

John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, June 17th. The company reported $1.37 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.27 by $0.10. John Wiley & Sons had a positive return on equity of 24.14% and a negative net margin of 2.82%. On average, analysts expect that John Wiley & Sons will post 3.42 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

John Wiley & Sons Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 24th. Investors of record on Tuesday, April 8th were given a $0.3525 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, April 8th. This represents a $1.41 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.81%. John Wiley & Sons’s dividend payout ratio is presently 190.54%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of WLY. Acadian Asset Management LLC purchased a new stake in John Wiley & Sons in the 1st quarter worth about $65,000. Strs Ohio purchased a new stake in John Wiley & Sons in the 1st quarter valued at about $111,000. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. grew its stake in John Wiley & Sons by 3.1% in the 1st quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 23,407 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,043,000 after acquiring an additional 707 shares in the last quarter. Royal Bank of Canada raised its stake in shares of John Wiley & Sons by 13.5% during the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 24,305 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,083,000 after acquiring an additional 2,897 shares in the last quarter. Finally, UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC grew its stake in John Wiley & Sons by 6.0% in the first quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 122,433 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,456,000 after purchasing an additional 6,928 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 73.94% of the company’s stock.

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.