North Star Investment Management Corp. Makes New Investment in John Wiley & Sons, Inc. $WLY

North Star Investment Management Corp. acquired a new position in John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:WLY) during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund acquired 23,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $704,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of WLY. SG Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in John Wiley & Sons by 71.1% in the third quarter. SG Capital Management LLC now owns 1,474,796 shares of the company’s stock worth $59,685,000 after purchasing an additional 612,866 shares in the last quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd boosted its stake in John Wiley & Sons by 323.5% in the second quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 528,088 shares of the company’s stock worth $23,569,000 after purchasing an additional 403,389 shares in the last quarter. Neumeier Poma Investment Counsel LLC acquired a new position in John Wiley & Sons in the third quarter worth $16,012,000. Invesco Ltd. boosted its stake in John Wiley & Sons by 192.5% in the second quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 594,815 shares of the company’s stock worth $26,547,000 after purchasing an additional 391,428 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Clarkston Capital Partners LLC boosted its stake in John Wiley & Sons by 16.7% in the third quarter. Clarkston Capital Partners LLC now owns 2,207,824 shares of the company’s stock worth $89,351,000 after purchasing an additional 315,329 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 73.94% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Zacks Research raised John Wiley & Sons from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 16th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy”.

John Wiley & Sons Trading Up 0.9%

WLY stock opened at $40.98 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $2.10 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.28 and a beta of 0.80. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has a twelve month low of $28.38 and a twelve month high of $45.64. The company has a quick ratio of 0.57, a current ratio of 0.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.06. The business has a fifty day moving average of $37.08 and a 200-day moving average of $34.48.

John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) last released its earnings results on Thursday, March 5th. The company reported $0.97 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.86 by $0.11. The company had revenue of $410.04 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $391.00 million. John Wiley & Sons had a return on equity of 28.38% and a net margin of 9.24%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 1.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.84 earnings per share. John Wiley & Sons has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.900-4.350 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts expect that John Wiley & Sons, Inc. will post 4.2 EPS for the current year.

John Wiley & Sons Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 23rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 7th were given a dividend of $0.355 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, April 7th. This represents a $1.42 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.5%. John Wiley & Sons’s payout ratio is presently 49.48%.

John Wiley & Sons Profile

John Wiley & Sons, Inc is a global publishing and educational services company founded in 1807 and headquartered in Hoboken, New Jersey. The company operates through two primary segments: Research & Publishing and Education. Through these segments, Wiley produces a wide range of scholarly journals, books, reference works and digital products for academic, scientific, technical and medical markets, as well as professional development and higher education learning resources.

In its Research & Publishing segment, Wiley publishes thousands of peer-reviewed journals and maintains the Wiley Online Library, a leading platform for scientific and scholarly content.