John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 3.250-3.600 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 3.400. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.7 billion-$1.7 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.7 billion. John Wiley & Sons also updated its FY25 guidance to $3.25-3.60 EPS.

John Wiley & Sons Price Performance

WLY stock opened at $43.21 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $2.35 billion, a P/E ratio of -11.87 and a beta of 0.86. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.04, a current ratio of 0.52 and a quick ratio of 0.49. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $45.81 and a 200 day moving average of $40.24. John Wiley & Sons has a 1 year low of $28.83 and a 1 year high of $49.20.

John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, September 5th. The company reported $0.47 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.55 by ($0.08). The business had revenue of $403.81 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $387.40 million. John Wiley & Sons had a negative net margin of 10.69% and a positive return on equity of 18.82%. The company’s revenue was down 10.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.27 earnings per share. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that John Wiley & Sons will post 3.42 EPS for the current year.

John Wiley & Sons Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, July 25th. Investors of record on Tuesday, July 9th were given a dividend of $0.3525 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, July 9th. This is a boost from John Wiley & Sons’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.35. This represents a $1.41 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.26%. John Wiley & Sons’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is -38.74%.

John Wiley & Sons Company Profile

John Wiley & Sons, Inc operates as a research and education company worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Research, Academic, and Talent. The company 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.