Short Interest in John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:WLYB) Drops By 50.0%

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:WLYB) saw a large decline in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 200 shares, a decline of 50.0% from the January 15th total of 400 shares. Currently, 0.0% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.7 days.

John Wiley & Sons Price Performance

John Wiley & Sons stock traded down $0.06 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $39.84. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 343 shares, compared to its average volume of 456. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.15 billion, a PE ratio of -43.78 and a beta of 0.70. John Wiley & Sons has a fifty-two week low of $32.60 and a fifty-two week high of $52.90. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $43.35 and its 200 day simple moving average is $46.57. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.26, a quick ratio of 0.61 and a current ratio of 0.66.

John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLYB) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, December 5th. The company reported $0.97 EPS for the quarter. John Wiley & Sons had a negative net margin of 2.82% and a positive return on equity of 24.14%.

John Wiley & Sons Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, January 9th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 26th were issued a $0.3525 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, December 26th. This represents a $1.41 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.54%. This is a boost from John Wiley & Sons’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.35. John Wiley & Sons’s dividend payout ratio is currently -154.95%.

John Wiley & Sons Company Profile

John Wiley & Sons, Inc engages in the provision of research and learning materials. It operates through the following segments: Research, Learning, and Held for Sale or Sold. The Research segment consists of research publishing and research solutions. The Learning segment includes academic and professional reporting lines and consists of publishing and related knowledge solutions.