John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 3.250-3.600 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 3.400. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.7 billion-$1.7 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.7 billion. John Wiley & Sons also updated its FY25 guidance to $3.25-3.60 EPS.

John Wiley & Sons Price Performance

WLY stock opened at $43.21 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $2.35 billion, a PE ratio of -11.87 and a beta of 0.86. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $45.81 and its 200-day moving average price is $40.24. John Wiley & Sons has a one year low of $28.83 and a one year high of $49.20. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.04, a quick ratio of 0.49 and a current ratio of 0.52.

John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, September 5th. The company reported $0.47 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.55 by ($0.08). John Wiley & Sons had a positive return on equity of 18.82% and a negative net margin of 10.69%. The firm had revenue of $403.81 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $387.40 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.27 earnings per share. John Wiley & Sons’s quarterly revenue was down 10.5% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities analysts anticipate that John Wiley & Sons will post 3.42 EPS for the current fiscal year.

John Wiley & Sons Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, July 25th. Investors of record on Tuesday, July 9th were given a $0.3525 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, July 9th. This is an increase from John Wiley & Sons’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.35. This represents a $1.41 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.26%. John Wiley & Sons’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently -38.74%.

John Wiley & Sons Company Profile

John Wiley & Sons, Inc operates as a research and education company worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Research, Academic, and Talent. The company offers scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly journals, as well as related content and services to learned societies, individual researchers, other professionals, and academic, corporate, and government libraries.