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Companies/Consumer Discretionary/WLY
WLYNYSE—63

JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC.

Consumer PublishingVerified
Score breakdown
Profitability+35Sentiment+15Risk penalty-11Missing signals-3
Quality breakdown
Key fields100Profile75Conclusion84AI synthesis40Observations43

JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. (WLY) is currently classified as Consumer Publishing within Consumer Publishing (Consumer Cyclicals). Classification confidence: 0.92 (verified market data). Capital structure on the latest snapshot: total assets 2,561,328,000 USD, total equity 749,975,000, short-term debt 11,250,000, long-term debt 796,288,000. Net cash position is approximately -712,423,000 USD. Profitability profile: revenue 1,228,587,000, gross profit 0, operating income 166,717,000, net income 86,270,000. Return on equity ~11.5%. Return on assets ~3.4%. Operating-cash-flow to net-income ratio is 1.20. Risk profile from automated assessment: liquidity risk high, dilution risk medium. Flags: Current liabilities exceed current assets.; Net cash is negative after subtracting total debt.; Source documents mention dilution or offering risk..

Profile
CompanyJOHN WILEY & SONS, INC.
ExchangeNYSE
TickerWLY
CIK0000107140
SICBooks: Publishing or Publishing & Printing
SectorConsumer Cyclicals
BusinessCyclical Consumer Services
Industry groupCyclical Consumer Services
IndustryConsumer Publishing
AI analysis

Business. JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. is classified under Consumer Cyclicals / Consumer Publishing and appears profitable on the latest normalized snapshot.

Classification. Classification confidence is 0.92 based on verified market data; matched terms: Consumer Publishing, Cyclical Consumer Services, Consumer Cyclicals.

JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. (WLY) is currently classified as Consumer Publishing within Consumer Publishing (Consumer Cyclicals). Classification confidence: 0.92 (verified market data). Capital structure on the latest snapshot: total assets 2,561,328,000 USD, total equity 749,975,000, short-term debt 11,250,000, long-term debt 796,288,000. Net cash position is approximately -712,423,000 USD. Profitability profile: revenue 1,228,587,000, gross profit 0, operating income 166,717,000, net income 86,270,000. Return on equity ~11.5%. Return on assets ~3.4%. Operating-cash-flow to net-income ratio is 1.20. Risk profile from automated assessment: liquidity risk high, dilution risk medium. Flags: Current liabilities exceed current assets.; Net cash is negative after subtracting total debt.; Source documents mention dilution or offering risk..
Key takeaways
  • Return on equity is about 11.5%.
  • Debt to equity is about 1.08x.
Financial snapshot
PeriodQ3 2026
CurrencyUSD
Revenue$1.23B
Gross profit—
Operating income$166.7M
Net income$86.3M
R&D—
SG&A—
D&A$108.0M
SBC$16.8M
Operating cash flow$103.3M
CapEx$38.0M
Free cash flow$65.3M
Total assets$2.56B
Total liabilities$1.81B
Total equity$750.0M
Cash & equivalents$95.1M
Long-term debt$796.3M
Annual history (last 5)
PeriodRevenueOp IncomeNet IncomeFCF
FY2025$1.68B$221.4M$84.2M$141.1M
FY2024$1.87B$52.3M-$200.3M$131.6M
FY2025$1.87B$52.3M-$200.3M$131.6M
FY2023$2.02B$55.9M$17.2M$195.9M
FY2024$2.02B$55.9M$17.2M$195.9M
PeriodGross %Op %Net %FCF %
FY2025————
FY2024————
FY2025————
FY2023————
FY2024————
PeriodAssetsEquityCashDebt
FY2025$2.69B$752.2M$85.9M—
FY2024$2.73B$739.7M$83.2M—
FY2025$2.73B$739.7M$83.2M—
FY2023$3.11B$1.05B$106.7M—
FY2024$3.11B$1.05B$106.7M—
PeriodOCFCapExFCFSBC
FY2025$202.6M$61.5M$141.1M$22.2M
FY2024$207.6M$76.1M$131.6M$25.0M
FY2025$207.6M$76.1M$131.6M$25.0M
FY2023$277.1M$81.2M$195.9M$26.5M
FY2024$277.1M$81.2M$195.9M$26.5M
Quarterly history (last 4)
PeriodRevenueOp IncomeNet IncomeFCF
Q3 2026$1.23B$166.7M$86.3M$65.3M
Q2 2026$818.6M$104.0M$56.6M-$101.6M
Q3 2026————
Q1 2026$396.8M$31.0M$11.7M-$97.0M
PeriodGross %Op %Net %FCF %
Q3 2026————
Q2 2026————
Q3 2026————
Q1 2026————
PeriodAssetsEquityCashDebt
Q3 2026$2.56B$750.0M$95.1M—
Q2 2026$2.47B$740.2M$67.4M—
Q3 2026—$740.2M——
Q1 2026$2.52B$733.1M$81.8M—
PeriodOCFCapExFCFSBC
Q3 2026$103.3M$38.0M$65.3M$16.8M
Q2 2026-$76.5M$25.1M-$101.6M$11.5M
Q3 2026————
Q1 2026-$85.0M$12.0M-$97.0M$5.9M
Valuation
Market price—
Market cap—
Enterprise value—
P/E—
Reported non-GAAP P/E—
EV/Revenue—
EV/Op income—
EV/OCF—
P/B—
P/Tangible book—
Tangible book-$855.5M
Net cash-$712.4M
Current ratio0.6
Debt/Equity1.1
ROA3.4%
ROE11.5%
Cash conversion1.2%
CapEx/Revenue3.1%
SBC/Revenue1.4%
Asset intensity0.1
Dilution ratio—
Risk assessment
Dilution riskMedium
Liquidity riskHigh
  • Current liabilities exceed current assets.
  • Net cash is negative after subtracting total debt.
  • Source documents mention dilution or offering risk.
Industry benchmarks
Activity: Consumer Publishing · cohort 1 companies
MetricWLYActivity
Op margin13.6%15.3% medp25 15.3% · p75 15.3%bottom quartile
Net margin7.0%12.2% medp25 12.2% · p75 12.2%bottom quartile
Gross margin—47.3% medp25 35.5% · p75 67.2%
R&D / revenue—9.4% medp25 9.4% · p75 9.4%
CapEx / revenue3.1%1.2% medp25 1.2% · p75 1.2%top quartile
Debt / equity108.0%4.9% medp25 0.3% · p75 23.3%top quartile
Observations
IR observations
market data ESG controversies score81.9
market data ESG governance pillar30.4
market data ESG social pillar57.1
Source data
Underlying data the analysis-pipeline pulls and audits. Fetch timestamps + content hashes show when each source was last refreshed.
SEC filingstype companyfacts · CIK 0000107140 · 505 us-gaap concepts
data.sec.gov/CIK0000107140.json
2026-05-01 16:23 UTC#cee3a141
Source: analysis-pipeline (hybrid)Generated: 2026-05-01 16:24 UTCJob: 950b38bd