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Also trades as: WLY (NYSE) · $vol 27M · JW-A (NYSE) · $vol 11M · JW-B (NYSE) · $vol 0M

WLYB NYSE

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
1W: +2.2% 1M: +14.4% 3M: +5.3% YTD: +78.0% 1Y: +51.5% 3Y: +92.7% 5Y: +22.2%
$54.23
-0.23 (-0.42%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±4.9%
$49 $52 $54 $57 $60
NYSE · Communication Services · Publishing · Tech Score Buy · Power 65 · $2.7B mcap · 4M float · 0.044% daily turnover · Short 54% 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 $1.82 (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.

Cash Flow Trends

Operating Cash Flow
$261M +28.6% ▲
5Y CAGR: -6.3%
Capital Expenditures
$84M -1.3% ▼
5Y CAGR: -8.8%
Free Cash Flow
$177M +47.5% ▲
5Y CAGR: -4.9%
Dividends Paid
$74M +2.3% ▲
Buybacks
$100M -65.6% ▼
Net Change in Cash
-$10M +24.3% ▲

Cash Flow Composition

Year-over-Year Growth

View Full Cash Flow Statement
Line ItemFY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
— Operating Activities —
Net Income$148M$17M-$200M$84M$222M
Depreciation & Amort.$215M$213M$177M$148M$146M
Stock-Based Comp.$26M$27M$25M$22M$21M
Change in Working Capital-$104M-$139M-$129M-$133M-$118M
Other Non-Cash Items$54M$185M$335M$81M-$10M
Operating Cash Flow$339M$277M$208M$203M$261M
— Investing Activities —
Capital Expenditures-$122M-$107M-$76M-$61M-$51M
Acquisitions (Net)-$76M$8M-$5M-$11M$112M
Investment Purchases$0$0$0$0$0
Investment Sales$0$0$0$0$0
Other Investing$3M$16M-$26M-$21M-$33M
Investing Cash Flow-$194M-$98M-$107M-$94M$28M
— Financing Activities —
Net Debt Issuance-$11M-$48M$23M$18M-$116M
Stock Repurchased-$30M-$35M-$45M-$60M-$100M
Dividends Paid-$77M-$77M-$77M-$76M-$74M
Other Financing-$13M-$8M-$9M-$7M-$8M
Financing Cash Flow-$132M-$169M-$107M-$125M-$298M
Net Change in Cash$6M$7M-$8M-$14M-$10M
Cash End of Period$101M$107M$100M$86M$76M
Free Cash Flow$217M$170M$106M$120M$177M

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