John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) Shares Gap Down – Here’s What Happened

Shares of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:WLY) gapped down before the market opened on Tuesday . The stock had previously closed at $43.33, but opened at $40.00. John Wiley & Sons shares last traded at $40.9350, with a volume of 92,617 shares changing hands.

Key John Wiley & Sons News

Here are the key news stories impacting John Wiley & Sons this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Wiley reported fiscal Q4 EPS of $1.67, slightly ahead of Wall Street expectations, while revenue was nearly in line and up 1.2% year over year. Earnings report and transcript
• Positive Sentiment: The company highlighted record margins, operating income growth, and cash-flow improvement for fiscal 2026, which suggests efficiency gains and stronger underlying earnings power. BusinessWire results
• Positive Sentiment: Management pointed to “research and AI momentum” and strategic progress, which may support the market’s view that Wiley can benefit from higher-demand areas of its business. Yahoo Finance article
• Neutral Sentiment: Wiley issued FY 2027 EPS guidance of 4.60 to 5.05, which brackets the consensus estimate and suggests steady but not dramatically above-expectation earnings growth. MarketBeat stock page
• Negative Sentiment: Revenue of $447.94 million slightly missed estimates, which could temper enthusiasm despite the earnings beat. Fiscal Q4 snapshot

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

WLY has been the topic of several analyst reports. Weiss Ratings raised John Wiley & Sons from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research report on Friday, May 29th. Zacks Research lowered John Wiley & Sons from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, May 15th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating, According to MarketBeat, John Wiley & Sons presently has a consensus rating of “Hold”.

John Wiley & Sons Price Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.79, a current ratio of 0.54 and a quick ratio of 0.57. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $41.66 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $35.79. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.72 and a beta of 0.80.

John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, June 16th. The company reported $1.67 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.65 by $0.02. John Wiley & Sons had a return on equity of 29.01% and a net margin of 13.22%.The firm had revenue of $447.94 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $450.00 million. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.37 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 1.2% on a year-over-year basis. John Wiley & Sons has set its FY 2027 guidance at 4.600-5.050 EPS. On average, equities research analysts predict that John Wiley & Sons, Inc. will post 4.75 earnings per share for the current year.

John Wiley & Sons Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 23rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 7th were paid a $0.355 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, April 7th. This represents a $1.42 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.1%. John Wiley & Sons’s dividend payout ratio is presently 33.57%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its stake in shares of John Wiley & Sons by 13.8% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 650,021 shares of the company’s stock worth $26,306,000 after purchasing an additional 78,595 shares in the last quarter. WINTON GROUP Ltd grew its stake in shares of John Wiley & Sons by 891.4% in the third quarter. WINTON GROUP Ltd now owns 79,871 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,232,000 after purchasing an additional 71,815 shares in the last quarter. Clarkston Capital Partners LLC grew its stake in shares of 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. SG Capital Management LLC grew its stake in shares of 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. Finally, Neumeier Poma Investment Counsel LLC bought a new position in shares of John Wiley & Sons in the third quarter worth $16,012,000. Institutional investors own 73.94% of the company’s stock.

About John Wiley & Sons

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.