Allianz Asset Management GmbH Buys 49,878 Shares of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. $WLY

Allianz Asset Management GmbH increased its stake in shares of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:WLY) by 22.8% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 268,586 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 49,878 shares during the quarter. Allianz Asset Management GmbH owned about 0.50% of John Wiley & Sons worth $10,870,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in WLY. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its position in John Wiley & Sons by 519.8% in the 2nd quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 564 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,000 after buying an additional 473 shares during the period. Trust Co. of Toledo NA OH bought a new stake in shares of John Wiley & Sons during the second quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Whittier Trust Co. purchased a new stake in shares of John Wiley & Sons in the second quarter valued at approximately $33,000. Acadian Asset Management LLC bought a new position in John Wiley & Sons in the first quarter worth approximately $65,000. Finally, Strs Ohio purchased a new position in John Wiley & Sons during the 1st quarter worth $111,000. 73.94% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

John Wiley & Sons Stock Up 0.6%

Shares of NYSE:WLY opened at $29.24 on Monday. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $28.38 and a fifty-two week high of $47.26. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $31.39 and its 200 day moving average price is $36.00. The company has a quick ratio of 0.67, a current ratio of 0.71 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16. The stock has a market cap of $1.54 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.55 and a beta of 0.98.

John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, December 4th. The company reported $1.10 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.97 by $0.13. John Wiley & Sons had a net margin of 6.11% and a return on equity of 28.23%. The firm had revenue of $421.75 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $416.40 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.97 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was down 1.1% compared to the same quarter last year. John Wiley & Sons has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.900-4.350 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts predict that John Wiley & Sons, Inc. will post 3.42 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

John Wiley & Sons Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, January 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 30th were paid a dividend of $0.355 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 30th. This represents a $1.42 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.9%. John Wiley & Sons’s dividend payout ratio is currently 75.53%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms recently weighed in on WLY. Wall Street Zen raised shares of John Wiley & Sons from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, December 13th. Zacks Research raised shares of John Wiley & Sons to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 16th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of John Wiley & Sons in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating, Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold”.

John Wiley & Sons 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.