John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLYB) Sees Unusually-High Trading Volume – Should You Buy?

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:WLYB) saw unusually-high trading volume on Tuesday . Approximately 219 shares were traded during trading, an increase of 27% from the previous session’s volume of 172 shares.The stock last traded at $42.90 and had previously closed at $42.94.

John Wiley & Sons Price Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.26, a current ratio of 0.66 and a quick ratio of 0.61. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $48.33 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $46.97. The company has a market cap of $2.32 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -47.14 and a beta of 0.72.

John Wiley & Sons Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, January 9th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 26th will be given a dividend of $0.3525 per share. This is a boost from John Wiley & Sons’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.35. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 26th. This represents a $1.41 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.29%. John Wiley & Sons’s payout ratio is presently -154.95%.

About John Wiley & Sons

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.