John Wiley & Sons, Inc. $WLY Shares Acquired by WINTON GROUP Ltd

Key Points

• WINTON GROUP Ltd boosted its position in John Wiley & Sons by 891.4% in Q3 to 79,871 shares — roughly 0.15% of the company, valued at about $3.23 million.
• Wiley beat Q results with $0.97 EPS versus $0.86 expected and $410.04M revenue versus $391M, and set FY2026 guidance of 3.900–4.350 EPS (analyst consensus ~3.42).
• The company pays a quarterly dividend of $0.355 (annualized $1.42, ~3.9% yield) and institutional investors own about 73.94% of the stock.

WINTON GROUP Ltd lifted its position in John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:WLY - Free Report) by 891.4% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 79,871 shares of the company's stock after buying an additional 71,815 shares during the quarter. WINTON GROUP Ltd owned approximately 0.15% of John Wiley & Sons worth $3,232,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Amalgamated Bank grew its position in John Wiley & Sons by 3.5% in the 3rd quarter. Amalgamated Bank now owns 12,008 shares of the company's stock valued at $486,000 after acquiring an additional 401 shares in the last quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC lifted its position in shares of John Wiley & Sons by 2.2% during the third quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC now owns 19,628 shares of the company's stock worth $794,000 after purchasing an additional 422 shares in the last quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of John Wiley & Sons by 519.8% during the second quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 564 shares of the company's stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 473 shares in the last quarter. SkyView Investment Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of John Wiley & Sons by 3.2% in the second quarter. SkyView Investment Advisors LLC now owns 17,589 shares of the company's stock valued at $794,000 after purchasing an additional 544 shares during the period. Finally, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS boosted its stake in shares of John Wiley & Sons by 6.9% in the second quarter. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS now owns 10,489 shares of the company's stock valued at $468,000 after purchasing an additional 676 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 73.94% of the company's stock.

John Wiley & Sons Stock Performance

Shares of John Wiley & Sons stock opened at $36.57 on Wednesday. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $30.88 and a 200-day simple moving average of $34.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.06, a quick ratio of 0.57 and a current ratio of 0.59. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has a one year low of $28.38 and a one year high of $46.96. The company has a market cap of $1.92 billion, a PE ratio of 12.74 and a beta of 0.96.

John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, March 5th. The company reported $0.97 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.86 by $0.11. John Wiley & Sons had a net margin of 9.24% and a return on equity of 28.38%. The firm had revenue of $410.04 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $391.00 million. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.84 earnings per share. The firm's revenue was up 1.3% compared to the same quarter last year. John Wiley & Sons has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.900-4.350 EPS. On average, equities research analysts forecast that John Wiley & Sons, Inc. will post 3.42 EPS for the current fiscal year.

John Wiley & Sons Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, January 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 30th were issued a $0.355 dividend. This represents a $1.42 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.9%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 30th. John Wiley & Sons's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 49.48%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages recently weighed in on WLY. Zacks Research raised shares of John Wiley & Sons to a "hold" rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 16th. Weiss Ratings reissued a "hold (c)" rating on shares of John Wiley & Sons in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised John Wiley & Sons from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Saturday, December 13th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating, According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Hold".

About John Wiley & Sons

John Wiley & Sons, Inc is a global publishing and educational services company founded in 1807 and headquartered in Hoboken, New Jersey. The company operates through two primary segments: Research & Publishing and Education. Through these segments, Wiley produces a wide range of scholarly journals, books, reference works and digital products for academic, scientific, technical and medical markets, as well as professional development and higher education learning resources.

In its Research & Publishing segment, Wiley publishes thousands of peer-reviewed journals and maintains the Wiley Online Library, a leading platform for scientific and scholarly content.

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