Valuation

WLYJohn Wiley & Sons Inc.

StockNYSEUnited StatesCommunication servicesEU retail investors: available

−0.6% today · +40.4% over a year

9/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 88% of the instruments we score

Priced lower than most peers. Dividend yield 2.80%.

John Wiley & Sons Inc. (WLY) valuation against sector peers: P/E 13.0 (sector median 17.6), P/B 3.2, EV/EBIT 15.1, free-cash-flow yield 9.3%, P/S 1.5.

Ratios vs sector

Medians of Communication services companies in the same region (stocks and REITs).

Lower P/E, P/B, P/S and EV/EBIT mean cheaper; higher yields, returns and margins mean more for the price. Negative multiples (losses) are left out of the medians.
MetricWLYSector medianvs median
P/E13.017.6 · n=5226% below
P/B3.22.6 · n=7526% above
P/S1.51.6 · n=81near the median
EV/EBIT15.116.3 · n=537% below
Free-cash-flow yield9.3%7.8% · n=7419% above
Dividend yield2.80%0.00% · n=93—
Return on equity25.9%7.8% · n=75230% above
Return on invested capital14.4%5.7% · n=78151% above
Gross margin74.6%60.9% · n=5323% above
Net debt / EBITDA3.012.41 · n=6625% above

Value factor: 73 of 100 within the peer group. Full score breakdown →

Sector peers

The largest companies of the same sector and region.

GOOGLAlphabet Class A14.65.121.10.6%0.3%6/10
GOOGAlphabet Class C14.55.020.90.6%0.3%6/10
METAMeta Platforms21.25.920.11.8%0.3%8/10
NFLXNetflix17.68.917.34.4%0.0%4/10
CCZComcast Holdings ZONES20.02.416.98.7%2.9%9/10
DISWalt Disney22.91.813.44.2%1.3%8/10
VZVerizon Communications11.41.712.2—6.2%10/10
TMUST-Mobile US Inc14.52.98.511.4%2.6%8/10
TAT&T11.11.213.112.4%5.2%7/10
CMCSAComcast7.50.99.123.3%5.6%10/10

Fiscal-year history

From annual SEC filings; each bar is a fiscal year, labelled by the year it ended.

Filings: U.S. SEC EDGAR · ratios computed by AI-Stock Invest from public filings and end-of-day prices · latest period 31 Jul 2026 · filed 04 Sep 2026