John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLYB) Shares Gap Up to $42.69

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:WLYB)’s stock price gapped up prior to trading on Friday . The stock had previously closed at $42.69, but opened at $44.30. John Wiley & Sons shares last traded at $44.30, with a volume of 200 shares traded.

John Wiley & Sons Stock Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.27, a current ratio of 0.57 and a quick ratio of 0.53. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $45.81 and a 200-day simple moving average of $40.54. The firm has a market cap of $2.41 billion, a PE ratio of -11.73 and a beta of 0.68.

John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLYB) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, June 13th. The company reported $1.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The company had revenue of $468.46 million during the quarter. John Wiley & Sons had a negative net margin of 6.00% and a positive return on equity of 21.59%.

John Wiley & Sons Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, July 25th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, July 9th were given a dividend of $0.352 per share. This represents a $1.41 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.18%. This is a positive change from John Wiley & Sons’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.35. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, July 9th. John Wiley & Sons’s dividend payout ratio is presently -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.