John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) Updates FY 2027 Earnings Guidance

John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) updated its FY 2027 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 4.600-5.050 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 4.680. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts recently weighed in on the company. Zacks Research lowered John Wiley & Sons from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, May 15th. Weiss Ratings raised John Wiley & Sons from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a report on Friday, May 29th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating, Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold”.

John Wiley & Sons Trading Down 2.0%

Shares of WLY stock opened at $43.27 on Tuesday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $41.41 and its 200 day moving average price is $35.66. John Wiley & Sons has a 1-year low of $28.38 and a 1-year high of $45.64. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.22 billion, a PE ratio of 15.08 and a beta of 0.80. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.06, a current ratio of 0.59 and a quick ratio of 0.57.

John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, June 16th. The company reported $1.67 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.65 by $0.02. John Wiley & Sons had a return on equity of 28.38% and a net margin of 9.24%.John Wiley & Sons has set its FY 2027 guidance at 4.600-5.050 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that John Wiley & Sons will post 4.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

John Wiley & Sons Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 23rd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, April 7th were issued a $0.355 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, April 7th. This represents a $1.42 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.3%. John Wiley & Sons’s dividend payout ratio is 49.48%.

Institutional Trading of John Wiley & Sons

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Schroder Investment Management Group grew its holdings in John Wiley & Sons by 14.9% in the fourth quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group now owns 1,807,857 shares of the company’s stock valued at $55,375,000 after purchasing an additional 234,527 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp grew its holdings in John Wiley & Sons by 2.1% in the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 1,714,430 shares of the company’s stock valued at $76,515,000 after purchasing an additional 34,782 shares during the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its holdings in John Wiley & Sons by 2.8% in the fourth quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 1,600,812 shares of the company’s stock valued at $49,034,000 after purchasing an additional 43,012 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its holdings in John Wiley & Sons by 13.1% in the fourth quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 827,804 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,356,000 after purchasing an additional 96,076 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Invesco Ltd. grew its holdings in John Wiley & Sons by 7.5% in the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 636,051 shares of the company’s stock valued at $19,482,000 after purchasing an additional 44,493 shares during 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.