John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (WLY) is a Communication Services stock trading at $52.00 (as of 2026-08-20), with a market capitalization of $2.77B and a trailing P/E of 12.5. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. operates as a research and education company worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Research Publishing & Platforms, Academic & Professional Learning, and Education Services. The Research Publishing & Platforms segment offers scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly journals, as well as related content and services to learned societies, individual researchers, other professionals, and academic, corporate, and government libraries. This segment also publishes physical sciences and engineering, health sciences, social sciences, and humanities and life sciences journals; and provides a publishing software and service for scholarly and professional societies, and publishers to deliver, host, enhance, market, and manage their content on the web through the Literatum platform. It sells and distributes its products through various channels, including research libraries and library consortia, and independent subscription agents, as well as directly to professional society members, bookstores, online booksellers, and other customers. The Academic & Professional Learning segment provides education publishing and professional learning products and services, including scientific, professional, and education print and digital books, digital courseware, and test preparation services to libraries, corporations, students, professionals, and researchers, as well as learning, development, and assessment services for businesses and professionals. This segment distributes its products through chain and online booksellers, libraries, colleges and universities, corporations, direct to consumer, websites, distributor networks, and other online applications. The Education Services segment provides online program management services for higher education institutions and talent development services including placement and training for professionals and businesses. The company was founded in 1807 and is headquartered in Hoboken, New Jersey.
John Wiley & Sons publishes research and education content, including scientific journals and learning offerings, and makes money by selling that content and related services to learned societies, researchers, libraries, and academic, corporate, and government customers.
Wiley’s profit model is built on monetizing high-margin content, with gross margin of 73.7% supporting an operating margin of 15.3%.
| Research | $0.3B |
| Learning | $0.1B |
Business quality (Mixed): Clear segment names and consolidated profitability metrics are provided, but the provided operating KPI set is limited to revenue figures, and one official segment’s revenue is not present in the dataset.
Valuation: At 15× earnings, WLY trades 42% below the Printing & Publishing average (26×). Note: one-time items can distort reported P/E.
| Price | $52.00 |
| Market Cap | $2.77B |
| P/E Ratio | 12.5 |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.0 |
| Price / Book | 3.26 |
| Price / Sales | 1.65 |
| FCF Yield | 7.6% |
| DCF Value (model) | $56.55 |
| DCF Upside vs Price | 8.7% |
| Revenue (TTM) | $1.68B |
| Net Margin | 13.2% |
| Revenue Growth (YoY) | -0.1% |
| EPS Growth (YoY) | 170.5% |
| FCF Growth (YoY) | 48.4% |
| Altman Z-Score | 2.72 (grey) |
| Piotroski F-Score | 8/9 (strong) |
| Stock P/E | 12.5 |
| Sector P/E (Communication Services) | 24.4 |
| Industry P/E (Printing & Publishing) | 27.7 |
| vs Sector | -48.8% |
| vs Industry | -54.9% |
| Top Institutional Holder | BlackRock, Inc. ($234.79M) |
| Institutional Holders Tracked | 10 |
| Sector | Communication Services |
| Industry | Printing & Publishing |
| CEO | Matthew S. Kissner |
| Employees | 6,400 |
| Country | US |
| IPO Date | 1972-06-02 |
Data as of 2026-08-20.
Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.