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John Wiley & Sons, Inc. WLY Ratios & Valuation

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Profitability
Gross margin74.3%+0.1pp74.1%-0.1pp74.3%+0.1pp74.2%-0.1pp74.3%+0.3pp
Operating margin16.5%+2.0pp14.6%+0.6pp13.9%+0.6pp13.4%+0.2pp13.2%+0.7pp
Net margin13.2%+4.0pp9.2%+3.1pp6.1%+0.3pp5.8%+0.8pp5%
Returns
Return on equity27.7%+6.2pp21.5%+7.9pp13.6%+0.2pp13.5%+2.2pp11.3%
Return on invested capital17.8%+2.2pp15.6%+1.9pp13.7%-0.1pp13.8%-0.4pp14.2%+1.1pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover0.6×0.0×0.6×0.0×0.7×0.0×0.6×0.0×0.6×0.0×
Liquidity
Current ratio0.5×-0.1×0.6×-0.1×0.7×+0.1×0.6×+0.1×0.5×0.0×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity0.9×-0.3×1.2×-0.1×1.3×0.0×1.3×+0.1×1.2×-0.2×
Net debt / EBITDA1.6×-0.4×2.1×-0.3×2.4×+0.1×2.3×+0.1×2.2×-0.2×
Per Share
Book value per share$15.93+11.8%$14.24+3.0%$13.83+1.8%$13.58-1.0%$13.72+8.0%
Valuation
Market capitalization$2.11B+25.1%$1.69B-16.9%$2.03B-2.4%$2.08B-10.9%$2.34B+5.1%
Price / earnings9.5×-1.4×10.9×-9.1×20×-1.4×21.4×-6.4×27.8×
Price / sales1.3×+0.3×-0.2×1.2×0.0×1.2×-0.1×1.4×+0.1×
Price / book2.5×+0.2×2.3×-0.5×2.7×-0.1×2.8×-0.3×3.1×-0.1×
EV / EBITDA6.7×+0.3×6.4×-1.3×7.8×-0.2×7.9×-0.6×8.6×+0.2×
Dividend yield3.5%-0.9pp4.4%+0.7pp3.7%+0.1pp3.6%+0.4pp3.3%-0.2pp

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Questions, answered.

What are John Wiley & Sons, Inc.'s profit margins?
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (WLY) runs a 74.3% gross margin and a 16.5% operating margin, with a 13.2% net margin.
Where do John Wiley & Sons, Inc.'s ratios come from?
Every ratio is computed from John Wiley & Sons, Inc.'s SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.