John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:WLY) Declares $0.36 Quarterly Dividend

Key Points

• Dividend: John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.355 per share (annualized yield ~3.7%), payable April 23 to shareholders of record April 7 (ex-dividend April 7).
• Dividend track record: The company has increased its dividend every year for 26 years and has a dividend payout ratio of ~33.8%, though dividend growth averaged ~0.0% annually over the past three years.
• Quarterly results & guidance: Wiley topped estimates with $0.97 EPS vs $0.86 expected and $410.0M revenue, and set FY2026 EPS guidance of $3.90–$4.35 (analysts forecast ~$3.42 for the current year).

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:WLY - Get Free Report) declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, March 26th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, April 7th will be paid a dividend of 0.355 per share on Thursday, April 23rd. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.7%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, April 7th.

John Wiley & Sons has increased its dividend payment by an average of 0.0%annually over the last three years and has increased its dividend every year for the last 26 years. John Wiley & Sons has a dividend payout ratio of 33.8% indicating that its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings.

John Wiley & Sons Trading Up 2.6%

Shares of NYSE:WLY traded up $0.98 during trading on Thursday, reaching $38.37. 435,385 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 585,498. The business's fifty day simple moving average is $32.14 and its 200-day simple moving average is $34.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.06, a current ratio of 0.59 and a quick ratio of 0.57. John Wiley & Sons has a 12-month low of $28.38 and a 12-month high of $45.64. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.97 billion, a PE ratio of 13.37 and a beta of 0.96.

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

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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