Neumeier Poma Investment Counsel LLC Purchases Shares of 395,640 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. $WLY

Neumeier Poma Investment Counsel LLC acquired a new position in John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:WLY) in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm acquired 395,640 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $16,012,000.

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. State Street Corp grew its holdings in John Wiley & Sons by 2.1% during the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 1,714,430 shares of the company’s stock worth $76,515,000 after buying an additional 34,782 shares in the last quarter. SG Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in John Wiley & Sons by 71.1% during the 3rd quarter. SG Capital Management LLC now owns 1,474,796 shares of the company’s stock valued at $59,685,000 after acquiring an additional 612,866 shares in the last quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. boosted its holdings in John Wiley & Sons by 3.7% during the 2nd quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. now owns 1,228,848 shares of the company’s stock worth $54,843,000 after acquiring an additional 43,894 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its stake in shares of John Wiley & Sons by 1.5% in the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 950,331 shares of the company’s stock worth $42,419,000 after acquiring an additional 14,401 shares in the last quarter. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its stake in shares of John Wiley & Sons by 13.8% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 650,021 shares of the company’s stock worth $26,306,000 after acquiring an additional 78,595 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 73.94% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts recently weighed in on WLY shares. Zacks Research upgraded shares of John Wiley & Sons to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, December 16th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of John Wiley & Sons from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, December 13th. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of John Wiley & Sons in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating, According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold”.

John Wiley & Sons Stock Performance

NYSE WLY opened at $29.66 on Thursday. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has a 52-week low of $28.38 and a 52-week high of $47.26. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $30.50 and a 200 day simple moving average of $35.17. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16, a quick ratio of 0.67 and a current ratio of 0.71. The company has a market capitalization of $1.56 billion, a PE ratio of 15.78 and a beta of 0.98.

John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, December 4th. The company reported $1.10 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.97 by $0.13. John Wiley & Sons had a net margin of 6.11% and a return on equity of 28.23%. The business had revenue of $421.75 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $416.40 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.97 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was down 1.1% on a year-over-year basis. John Wiley & Sons has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.900-4.350 EPS. On average, research analysts predict that John Wiley & Sons, Inc. will post 3.42 EPS for the current year.

John Wiley & Sons Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, January 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 30th were paid a $0.355 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 30th. This represents a $1.42 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.8%. John Wiley & Sons’s dividend payout ratio is presently 75.53%.

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.