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Also trades as: JW-A (NYSE) · $vol 11M · WLYB (NYSE) · $vol 0M · JW-B (NYSE) · $vol 0M

WLY Short Interest

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
1W: +0.7% 1M: +11.4% 3M: -4.8% YTD: +82.7% 1Y: +46.6% 3Y: +88.1% 5Y: +18.1%
$52.61
-1.02 (-1.90%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±4.0%
$50 $52 $54 $56 $58
NYSE · Communication Services · Publishing · Tech Score Strong Buy · Power 70 · $2.7B mcap · 38M float · 1.35% daily turnover · Short 63% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: lower than 53% of companies Debt: 34.0% of company value Bonds: none of note held by US funds details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the middle of the pack, about 1 in 580 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $1.77 (down 97%), John Wiley & Sons, Inc. would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $1.37B against a stock market value of $2.67B.
Distance to default 5.47 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-27, balance sheet 2026-07-31, debt counted $652.5M (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 36.5%; Altman Z'' 2.11. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
US fund filings (SEC N-PORT) show under $25M of this company's bonds, so there is no bond page. Its debt may be bank loans or privately placed. How these are computed.

Short Volume Summary

2026-10-26
65.9%
Short Ratio
of total volume
74.8%
20-Day Avg
73.8%
50-Day Avg
▼ Falling
5-Day Trend
0.1M
Short Volume
0.1M
Total Volume

Daily Short Volume Ratio

Short Volume vs Total Volume

Exchange Breakdown

2026-10-26
ExchangeShort VolumeTotal VolumeShort %
NASDAQ 74,050 107,529 68.9%
NYSE 3,689 10,296 35.8%
BATS 57 146 39.0%

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