John Wiley & Sons, Inc. WLYB Ratios & Valuation
| Q4 '26 | Q3 '26 | Q2 '26 | Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 74.3%0.0pp | 74.1%+0.2pp | 74.3%+1.7pp | 74.2%+3.3pp | 74.3%+5.2pp | |
| Operating margin | 16.5%+3.3pp | 14.6%+2.0pp | 13.9%+7.4pp | 13.4%+8.0pp | 13.2%+10.4pp | |
| Net margin | 13.2%+8.2pp | 9.2%— | 6.1%— | 5.8%— | 5%— | |
| EBITDA margin | 25.1%+3.1pp | 23.2%+1.4pp | 22.7%+6.6pp | 22.1%+7.4pp | 22%+9.7pp | |
| Free cash flow margin | 12.5%+4.1pp | 11.8%+1.5pp | 9.8%+2.2pp | 8.8%+1.7pp | 8.4%+1.4pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | 27.7%+16.4pp | 21.5%— | 13.6%— | 13.5%— | 11.3%— | |
| Return on assets | 8.4%+5.3pp | 6%— | 4%— | 3.8%— | 3.1%— | |
| Return on invested capital | 17.8%+3.6pp | 15.6%+2.4pp | 13.7%+7.3pp | 13.8%+8.3pp | 14.2%+11.1pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 0.6×0.0× | 0.6×0.0× | 0.7×0.0× | 0.6×0.0× | 0.6×0.0× | |
| Inventory turnover | 20.5×+2.9× | 19.4×+2.9× | 17.7×+0.8× | 18.1×-0.9× | 17.6×-2.8× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 0.5×0.0× | 0.6×0.0× | 0.7×0.0× | 0.6×+0.1× | 0.5×0.0× | |
| Quick ratio | 0.5×0.0× | 0.6×+0.1× | 0.7×+0.1× | 0.6×+0.1× | 0.5×0.0× | |
| Cash ratio | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-equity | 0.9×-0.3× | 1.2×-0.2× | 1.3×-0.1× | 1.3×-0.2× | 1.2×0.0× | |
| Debt-to-assets | 0.3×0.0× | 0.4×0.0× | 0.4×0.0× | 0.4×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.6×-0.6× | 2.1×-0.3× | 2.4×-1.1× | 2.3×-1.2× | 2.2×-1.3× | |
| Interest coverage | 6.3×+2.1× | 5.3×+1.3× | 4.8×+2.6× | 4.4×+2.5× | 4.2×+3.1× | |
| Per Share | ||||||
| Book value per share | $15.93+16.1% | $14.24+12.1% | $13.83+0.4% | $13.58+3.5% | $13.72+1.9% | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $2.11B-9.6% | $1.69B-24.1% | $2.03B-24.1% | $2.08B-20.0% | $2.34B+13.6% | |
| Enterprise value | $2.81B-11.0% | $2.49B-19.9% | $2.93B-20.2% | $2.93B-17.6% | $3.15B+10.1% | |
| Price / earnings | 9.5×-18.3× | 10.9×— | 20×— | 21.4×— | 27.8×— | |
| Price / sales | 1.3×-0.1× | 1×-0.3× | 1.2×-0.3× | 1.2×-0.2× | 1.4×+0.3× | |
| Price / book | 2.5×-0.6× | 2.3×-1.0× | 2.7×-0.8× | 2.8×-0.8× | 3.1×+0.3× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 6.7×-1.9× | 6.4×-1.9× | 7.8×-5.2× | 7.9×-5.3× | 8.6×-3.9× | |
| EV / sales | 1.7×-0.2× | 1.5×-0.3× | 1.8×-0.3× | 1.8×-0.2× | 1.9×+0.4× | |
| Free cash flow yield | 9.9%+3.9pp | 11.6%+3.8pp | 8%+3.1pp | 7.1%+2.1pp | 6%-0.4pp | |
| Earnings yield | 10.5%+6.9pp | 9.1%— | 5%— | 4.7%— | 3.6%— | |
| Dividend yield | 3.5%+0.3pp | 4.4%+1.0pp | 3.7%+0.9pp | 3.6%+0.7pp | 3.3%-0.5pp | |
| PEG ratio | 0.1×— | —— | —— | —— | —— |
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- What are John Wiley & Sons, Inc.'s profit margins?
- John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (WLYB) 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.
