WLY, WLYB · John Wiley & Sons, Inc. - Financials
Annual line items from SEC XBRL filings, sourced from EDGAR's Company Facts API with fallback to the quarterly Financial Statement Data Sets. See issuer overview for Form 4 activity and 10-K signals.
Income Statement
| Line item | Q3 '26 | Q2 '26 | Q1 '26 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $410.04M | $421.75M | $396.80M | $426.60M | $404.63M | $403.81M | $492.81M | $460.70M | $451.01M | $514.84M |
| Cost of Revenue | $107.78M | $104.39M | $109.26M | $107.00M | $104.22M | $109.22M | $155.61M | $143.66M | $157.10M | $170.30M |
| Gross Profit | $302.25M | $317.36M | $287.54M | $319.60M | $300.41M | $294.59M | $337.19M | $317.04M | $293.91M | $344.53M |
| R&D | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SG&A | $219.10M | $225.09M | $240.33M | $238.89M | $229.96M | $248.82M | $252.28M | $253.38M | $255.80M | $253.03M |
| Total Operating Expenses | $347.28M | $348.75M | $365.84M | $362.46M | $352.80M | $374.84M | $446.56M | $507.12M | $467.37M | $457.40M |
| D&A | $35.59M | $35.93M | $36.45M | $36.72M | $36.47M | $37.25M | $40.17M | $45.47M | $43.73M | $52.42M |
| Operating Income | $62.76M | $73.00M | $30.96M | $64.13M | $51.83M | $28.97M | $46.24M | ($46.41M) | ($16.36M) | $57.44M |
| Interest Expense | $11.49M | $11.67M | $11.04M | $12.94M | $13.32M | $12.79M | $12.94M | $13.32M | $11.33M | $9.33M |
| Income Tax | $14.72M | $13.12M | $6.01M | $8.48M | $41.63M | $24.44M | ($2.58M) | $1.58M | ($14.46M) | $10.14M |
| Net Income | $29.68M | $44.89M | $11.70M | $40.46M | ($22.95M) | ($1.44M) | ($19.45M) | ($113.88M) | ($92.26M) | $38.19M |
| EPS - Basic | $0.57 | $0.85 | $0.22 | $0.75 | ($0.43) | ($0.03) | ($0.35) | ($2.08) | ($1.67) | $0.69 |
| EPS - Diluted | $0.56 | $0.84 | $0.22 | $0.74 | ($0.43) | ($0.03) | ($0.35) | ($2.08) | ($1.67) | $0.68 |
Balance Sheet
| Line item | Q3 '26 | Q2 '26 | Q1 '26 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | $95.11M | $67.40M | $81.85M | $85.88M | $104.51M | $82.55M | $83.25M | $93.10M | $75.14M | $106.71M |
| Accounts Receivable | $200.22M | $209.68M | $220.32M | $228.41M | $184.67M | $192.15M | $224.20M | $161.01M | $153.39M | $310.12M |
| Inventory | $19.30M | $21.39M | $21.95M | $22.88M | $25.30M | $25.85M | $26.22M | $28.38M | $30.29M | $30.73M |
| Accounts Payable | $50.10M | $47.65M | $36.38M | $60.95M | $53.22M | $38.64M | $55.66M | $44.99M | $43.71M | $84.33M |
| Current Assets | $411.25M | $381.22M | $420.30M | $439.88M | $394.76M | $392.83M | $454.04M | $384.00M | $477.78M | $541.28M |
| Total Assets | $2.56B | $2.47B | $2.52B | $2.69B | $2.60B | $2.65B | $2.73B | $2.71B | $2.93B | $3.11B |
| Current Liabilities | $692.41M | $540.35M | $648.84M | $820.86M | $717.26M | $688.79M | $873.28M | $712.14M | $705.94M | $895.55M |
| Long-term Debt | $796.29M | $861.71M | $818.27M | $789.43M | $877.21M | $909.85M | $767.10M | $900.52M | $890.92M | $743.29M |
| Total Liabilities | $1.81B | $1.73B | $1.79B | $1.94B | $1.91B | $1.94B | $1.99B | $1.96B | $1.99B | $2.06B |
| Stockholders' Equity | $749.98M | $740.19M | $733.06M | $752.21M | $685.24M | $713.67M | $739.72M | $748.31M | $937.21M | $1.05B |
| Retained Earnings | $1.62B | $1.61B | $1.58B | $1.59B | $1.54B | $1.56B | $1.58B | $1.58B | $1.75B | $1.86B |
Cash Flow
| Line item | Q3 '26 | Q2 '26 | Q1 '26 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | - | - | ($85.00M) | - | - | ($88.71M) | - | - | ($82.33M) | - |
| Investing Cash Flow | - | - | $98.86M | - | - | ($23.81M) | - | - | ($25.74M) | - |
| Financing Cash Flow | - | - | ($16.92M) | - | - | $101.59M | - | - | $105.81M | - |
| CapEx | - | - | $12.01M | - | - | $14.50M | - | - | $20.09M | - |
| Free Cash Flow | - | - | ($97.01M) | - | - | ($103.21M) | - | - | ($102.42M) | - |
Ratios
| Metric | Q3 '26 | Q2 '26 | Q1 '26 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 73.7% | 75.2% | 72.5% | 74.9% | 74.2% | 73.0% | 68.4% | 68.8% | 65.2% | 66.9% |
| Operating margin | 15.3% | 17.3% | 7.8% | 15.0% | 12.8% | 7.2% | 9.4% | -10.1% | -3.6% | 11.2% |
| EBITDA margin | 24.0% | 25.8% | 17.0% | 23.6% | 21.8% | 16.4% | 17.5% | -0.2% | 6.1% | 21.3% |
| Net margin | 7.2% | 10.6% | 2.9% | 9.5% | -5.7% | -0.4% | -3.9% | -24.7% | -20.5% | 7.4% |
| Free cash flow margin | - | - | -24.4% | - | - | -25.6% | - | - | -22.7% | - |
| FCF / Net income | - | - | -8.29 | - | - | 71.88 | - | - | 1.11 | - |
| R&D / Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SG&A / Revenue | 53.4% | 53.4% | 60.6% | 56.0% | 56.8% | 61.6% | 51.2% | 55.0% | 56.7% | 49.1% |
| Effective tax rate | 33.1% | 22.6% | 33.9% | 17.3% | 222.9% | 106.2% | - | - | - | 21.0% |
| Return on assets | 1.2% | 1.8% | 0.5% | 1.5% | -0.9% | -0.1% | -0.7% | -4.2% | -3.2% | 1.2% |
| Return on equity | 4.0% | 6.1% | 1.6% | 5.4% | -3.3% | -0.2% | -2.6% | -15.2% | -9.8% | 3.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1.3% | 3.4% | 1.7% | 0.9% | 2.4% | -2.2% | -0.7% | 2.5% |
| Liquidity | ||||||||||
| Current ratio | 0.59 | 0.71 | 0.65 | 0.54 | 0.55 | 0.57 | 0.52 | 0.54 | 0.68 | 0.60 |
| Quick ratio | 0.57 | 0.67 | 0.61 | 0.51 | 0.52 | 0.53 | 0.49 | 0.50 | 0.63 | 0.57 |
| Cash ratio | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.10 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0.12 |
| Leverage | ||||||||||
| Debt / Equity | 1.06 | 1.16 | 1.12 | 1.05 | 1.28 | 1.27 | 1.04 | 1.20 | 0.95 | 0.71 |
| Debt / Assets | 0.31 | 0.35 | 0.32 | 0.29 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.28 | 0.33 | 0.30 | 0.24 |
| Debt / EBITDA | 8.10 | 7.91 | 12.14 | 7.83 | 9.93 | 13.74 | 8.88 | - | 32.55 | 6.77 |
| Interest coverage | 5.5x | 6.3x | 2.8x | 5.0x | 3.9x | 2.3x | 3.6x | -3.5x | -1.4x | 6.2x |
| Equity multiplier | 3.42 | 3.33 | 3.44 | 3.58 | 3.79 | 3.72 | 3.68 | 3.62 | 3.12 | 2.97 |
| Liabilities / Assets | 0.71 | 0.70 | 0.71 | 0.72 | 0.74 | 0.73 | 0.73 | 0.72 | 0.68 | 0.66 |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Asset turnover | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.15 | 0.17 |
| Inventory turnover | 5.59 | 4.88 | 4.98 | 4.68 | 4.12 | 4.23 | 5.94 | 5.06 | 5.19 | 5.54 |
| Days sales outstanding | 178d | 181d | 203d | 195d | 167d | 174d | 166d | 128d | 124d | 220d |
| Days inventory outstanding | 65d | 75d | 73d | 78d | 89d | 86d | 61d | 72d | 70d | 66d |
| Days payable outstanding | 170d | 167d | 122d | 208d | 186d | 129d | 131d | 114d | 102d | 181d |
| Cash conversion cycle | 74d | 90d | 154d | 66d | 69d | 131d | 97d | 85d | 93d | 105d |
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| P / E | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| P / B | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| P / S | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| EV / EBITDA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 1.3% | -1.1% | -1.7% | -13.4% | -12.2% | -10.5% | -4.3% | -6.2% | -7.5% | -3.4% |
| Revenue CAGR (3y) | -5.9% | -6.4% | -6.6% | -7.2% | -7.8% | -6.1% | 0.1% | -1.6% | 1.5% | 3.4% |
| Revenue CAGR (5y) | -3.2% | -3.0% | -1.7% | -1.8% | -2.8% | -0.9% | 1.8% | 0.5% | 1.9% | 2.6% |
| Gross profit growth (YoY) | 0.6% | -0.7% | -2.4% | -5.2% | -5.2% | 0.2% | -2.1% | -0.1% | -6.3% | -3.8% |
| Operating income growth (YoY) | 21.1% | 13.8% | 6.9% | 38.7% | - | - | -19.5% | 30.8% | 3.6% | -22.3% |
| Net income growth (YoY) | - | 11.0% | - | - | 79.8% | 98.4% | - | -59.3% | -417.3% | -31.8% |
| EPS growth (YoY) | - | 13.5% | - | - | 79.3% | 98.2% | - | -61.2% | -421.9% | -31.3% |
| EPS CAGR (3y) | - | 7.3% | - | -9.2% | - | - | - | - | - | -4.9% |
| EPS CAGR (5y) | 7.5% | -7.2% | -5.4% | -1.3% | - | - | - | - | - | -8.1% |
| FCF growth (YoY) | - | - | 6.0% | - | - | -0.8% | - | - | 5.0% | - |
| FCF CAGR (5y) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Book value growth (YoY) | 9.4% | -1.6% | 2.7% | 1.7% | -8.4% | -23.9% | -29.2% | -27.1% | -13.4% | -8.5% |
Sales by segment
From XBRL dimensional facts in the 10-K period ending 2025-04-30.
Business segments
$1.68B totalResearch Segment$1.08B · 64.1%
Learning Segment$584.77M · 34.9%
Held For Sale Or Sold Segment$17.38M · 1.0%
Product / service
$2.40B totalResearch Publishing$922.55M · 38.5%
Academic Products$333.70M · 13.9%
Academic$333.69M · 13.9%
Professional Products$251.10M · 10.5%
Professional$251.07M · 10.5%
Research Solutions$152.91M · 6.4%
Research Solutions Products And Services$152.90M · 6.4%
Geographic
$1.68B totalUS$729.83M · 43.5%
Other Countries$529.96M · 31.6%
CN$141.24M · 8.4%
GB$118.33M · 7.1%
JP$83.15M · 5.0%
AU$75.10M · 4.5%
Peer comparison
Same SIC group: Books: Publishing or Publishing & Printing
Comparing JOHN WILEY & SONS against the 2 most active filers in the same SIC group.