WLY 📈 John Wiley & Sons - Overview

Exchange: NYSE • Country: United States • Currency: USD • Type: Common Stock • ISIN: US9682232064

WLY: Journals, Books, Digital Courseware, Online Learning Platforms, Research Services

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. operates as a research and learning company worldwide. It operates through three segments: Research, Learning, and Held for Sale or Sold. The company offers scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly journals, as well as related content and services to learned societies, individual researchers, other professionals, as well as academic, corporate, and government libraries. It publishes physical sciences and engineering, health sciences, social sciences, and humanities and life sciences journals through research libraries and library consortia, and independent subscription agents, direct to professional society members, and other customers ; and operates Literatum, an online publishing platform for production and content hosting, submissions and peer review support, editorial, and copyediting services. The company also offers academic and professional products and services, including scientific, professional, education print and digital books, and digital courseware to libraries, corporations, students, professionals, and researchers through chain and online booksellers, libraries, colleges and universities, corporations, direct to consumer, websites, distributor networks, and other online applications. In addition, it provides learning, development, publishing, and assessment services to businesses and professionals; and online learning and training solutions for global corporations and small and medium-sized enterprises. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. was formerly known as John Wiley And Sons and changed its name to John Wiley & Sons, Inc. in November 1953. The company was founded in 1807 and is based in Hoboken, New Jersey. Web URL: https://www.wiley.com

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WLY Stock Overview

Market Cap in USD 2,470m
Sector Communication Services
Industry Publishing
GiC Sub-Industry Publishing
IPO / Inception 2022-04-01

WLY Stock Ratings

Growth 5y 18.4%
Fundamental 1.35%
Dividend 55.2%
Rel. Strength Industry 21
Analysts 4/5
Fair Price Momentum 44.78 USD
Fair Price DCF 60.47 USD

WLY Dividends

Dividend Yield 12m 2.37%
Yield on Cost 5y 2.57%
Annual Growth 5y 0.70%
Payout Consistency 99.0%

WLY Growth Ratios

Growth Correlation 3m -33.5%
Growth Correlation 12m 90.3%
Growth Correlation 5y 5.9%
CAGR 5y 1.63%
CAGR/Mean DD 5y 0.06
Sharpe Ratio 12m 1.20
Alpha 19.45
Beta 0.93
Volatility 30.34%
Current Volume 326.9k
Average Volume 20d 478.6k
What is the price of WLY stocks?
As of December 28, 2024, the stock is trading at USD 44.46 with a total of 326,871 shares traded.
Over the past week, the price has changed by +1.06%, over one month by -14.51%, over three months by -6.14% and over the past year by +43.73%.
Is John Wiley & Sons a good stock to buy?
Neither. Based on ValueRay Fundamental Analyses, John Wiley & Sons is currently (December 2024) neither a good nor a bad stock to buy. It has a ValueRay Fundamental Rating of 1.35 and therefor a neutral outlook according to the companies health.
Based on ValueRays Analyses, Dividends and Discounted-Cash-Flow, the Fair Value of WLY as of December 2024 is 44.78. This means that WLY is currently overvalued and has a potential downside of 0.72%.
Is WLY a buy, sell or hold?
John Wiley & Sons has received a consensus analysts rating of 4.00. Therefor, it is recommend to buy WLY.
  • Strong Buy: 0
  • Buy: 1
  • Hold: 0
  • Sell: 0
  • Strong Sell: 0
What are the forecast for WLY stock price target?
According to ValueRays Forecast Model, WLY John Wiley & Sons will be worth about 49.1 in December 2025. The stock is currently trading at 44.46. This means that the stock has a potential upside of +10.35%.
Issuer Forecast Upside
Wallstreet Target Price 58 30.5%
Analysts Target Price 45 1.2%
ValueRay Target Price 49.1 10.3%