WINTON GROUP Ltd Boosts Stock Position in John Wiley & Sons, Inc. $WLY

WINTON GROUP Ltd grew its holdings in shares of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:WLY) by 891.4% in the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 79,871 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 71,815 shares during the period. WINTON GROUP Ltd’s holdings in John Wiley & Sons were worth $3,232,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of John Wiley & Sons by 519.8% during the 2nd quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 564 shares of the company’s stock worth $25,000 after acquiring an additional 473 shares in the last quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC purchased a new stake in John Wiley & Sons during the first quarter worth approximately $65,000. Strs Ohio purchased a new stake in John Wiley & Sons during the first quarter worth approximately $111,000. Lido Advisors LLC acquired a new position in John Wiley & Sons in the second quarter valued at approximately $233,000. Finally, Oxford Asset Management LLP purchased a new position in John Wiley & Sons in the second quarter valued at approximately $261,000. 73.94% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of John Wiley & Sons in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Zacks Research upgraded shares of John Wiley & Sons to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 16th. Finally, 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. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating, According to MarketBeat.com, John Wiley & Sons has an average rating of “Hold”.

John Wiley & Sons Price Performance

Shares of NYSE WLY opened at $36.57 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $1.92 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.74 and a beta of 0.96. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has a twelve month low of $28.38 and a twelve month high of $46.96. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $30.88 and a two-hundred day moving average of $34.72. The company has a current ratio of 0.59, a quick ratio of 0.57 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.06.

John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, March 5th. The company reported $0.97 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.86 by $0.11. The business had revenue of $410.04 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $391.00 million. John Wiley & Sons had a net margin of 9.24% and a return on equity of 28.38%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 1.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.84 earnings per share. John Wiley & Sons has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.900-4.350 EPS. On average, research analysts forecast that John Wiley & Sons, Inc. will post 3.42 earnings per share for the current year.

John Wiley & Sons Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, January 15th. Shareholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.9%. John Wiley & Sons’s payout ratio is currently 49.48%.

John Wiley & Sons Profile

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.