John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLYB) Reaches New 12-Month High – Here’s What Happened

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:WLYB)’s share price hit a new 52-week high on Thursday . The stock traded as high as $52.29 and last traded at $52.13, with a volume of 566 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $49.44.

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 firm has a market cap of $2.83 billion, a P/E ratio of -24.72 and a beta of 0.68. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $47.85 and its two-hundred day moving average is $43.80.

John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLYB) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, September 5th. The company reported $0.47 EPS for the quarter. John Wiley & Sons had a negative net margin of 6.00% and a positive return on equity of 21.59%. The firm had revenue of $403.81 million for the quarter.

John Wiley & Sons Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 24th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, October 8th were issued a dividend of $0.352 per share. This represents a $1.41 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.70%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, October 8th. John Wiley & Sons’s payout ratio is presently -70.50%.

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.