21,300 Shares in John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:WLY) Bought by Louisiana State Employees Retirement System

Louisiana State Employees Retirement System acquired a new position in shares of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:WLY - Free Report) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm acquired 21,300 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $676,000.

Several other large investors have also modified their holdings of the stock. Schroder Investment Management Group boosted its position in shares of John Wiley & Sons by 66.7% in the third quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group now owns 1,099,511 shares of the company's stock worth $40,869,000 after buying an additional 439,837 shares during the period. Ceredex Value Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of John Wiley & Sons in the fourth quarter worth $6,779,000. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of John Wiley & Sons by 2.3% in the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 5,466,223 shares of the company's stock worth $203,180,000 after buying an additional 123,637 shares during the period. Clark Estates Inc. NY acquired a new stake in shares of John Wiley & Sons in the third quarter worth $3,345,000. Finally, Tudor Investment Corp Et Al raised its holdings in shares of John Wiley & Sons by 853.0% during the third quarter. Tudor Investment Corp Et Al now owns 77,030 shares of the company's stock worth $2,863,000 after acquiring an additional 68,947 shares in the last quarter. 73.94% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

John Wiley & Sons Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:WLY traded up $0.19 during midday trading on Monday, hitting $38.54. 214,952 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 385,306. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has a 52-week low of $28.83 and a 52-week high of $40.23. The business's fifty day simple moving average is $36.53 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $33.41. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.20, a current ratio of 0.54 and a quick ratio of 0.50.

John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, March 7th. The company reported $0.59 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.45 by $0.14. John Wiley & Sons had a positive return on equity of 18.83% and a negative net margin of 8.14%. The company had revenue of $460.70 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $392.60 million. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.85 earnings per share. The business's revenue was down 6.2% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that John Wiley & Sons, Inc. will post 2.55 EPS for the current fiscal year.

John Wiley & Sons Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 25th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 9th were paid a $0.35 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, April 8th. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.63%. John Wiley & Sons's payout ratio is presently -48.61%.

Insider Transactions at John Wiley & Sons

In other news, EVP Jay Flynn sold 6,114 shares of John Wiley & Sons stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $38.82, for a total value of $237,345.48. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 8,069 shares in the company, valued at $313,238.58. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. 0.79% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

John Wiley & Sons 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.