John Wiley & Sons (WLY) Competitors $38.42 -0.23 (-0.60%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$38.28 -0.15 (-0.38%) As of 07:43 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock WLY vs. MH, WBTN, WLYB, GCI, DALN, LEE, VSME, SOBR, TRI, and NWSShould you be buying John Wiley & Sons stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of John Wiley & Sons include McGraw Hill (MH), WEBTOON Entertainment (WBTN), John Wiley & Sons (WLYB), Gannett (GCI), DallasNews (DALN), Lee Enterprises (LEE), VS MEDIA (VSME), SOBR Safe (SOBR), Thomson Reuters (TRI), and News (NWS). These companies are all part of the "printing and publishing" industry. John Wiley & Sons vs. Its Competitors McGraw Hill WEBTOON Entertainment John Wiley & Sons Gannett DallasNews Lee Enterprises VS MEDIA SOBR Safe Thomson Reuters News McGraw Hill (NYSE:MH) and John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) are both mid-cap printing and publishing companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability. Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MH or WLY? 73.9% of John Wiley & Sons shares are held by institutional investors. 16.7% of John Wiley & Sons shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Do analysts prefer MH or WLY? McGraw Hill currently has a consensus target price of $20.97, suggesting a potential upside of 78.26%. Given McGraw Hill's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe McGraw Hill is more favorable than John Wiley & Sons.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score McGraw Hill 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 12 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.93John Wiley & Sons 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 Which has stronger earnings & valuation, MH or WLY? John Wiley & Sons has higher revenue and earnings than McGraw Hill. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioMcGraw HillN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AJohn Wiley & Sons$1.68B1.22$84.16M$1.7821.58 Is MH or WLY more profitable? John Wiley & Sons has a net margin of 5.82% compared to McGraw Hill's net margin of 0.00%. John Wiley & Sons' return on equity of 27.31% beat McGraw Hill's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets McGraw HillN/A N/A N/A John Wiley & Sons 5.82%27.31%7.66% Does the media refer more to MH or WLY? In the previous week, McGraw Hill had 1 more articles in the media than John Wiley & Sons. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for McGraw Hill and 3 mentions for John Wiley & Sons. John Wiley & Sons' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat McGraw Hill's score of 0.40 indicating that John Wiley & Sons is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment McGraw Hill 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral John Wiley & Sons 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SummaryJohn Wiley & Sons beats McGraw Hill on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks. Get John Wiley & Sons News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for WLY and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Subscribe Now View SMS TermsBy entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency will vary. 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The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart WLY vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricJohn Wiley & SonsPUBLSHG IndustryStaples SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$2.06B$1.24B$15.70B$22.14BDividend Yield3.67%4.41%3.23%3.57%P/E Ratio21.5814.4717.6829.64Price / Sales1.220.8348.3095.42Price / Cash5.936.2214.5224.65Price / Book2.731.667.094.61Net Income$84.16M$40.29M$680.75M$1.01B7 Day Performance-5.14%3.70%0.80%0.14%1 Month Performance-3.33%10.61%1.02%2.33%1 Year Performance-23.34%-10.31%-1.23%13.85% John Wiley & Sons Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)WLYJohn Wiley & Sons1.8603 of 5 stars$38.42-0.6%N/A-23.0%$2.06B$1.68B21.585,200MHMcGraw Hill4.1844 of 5 stars$13.70-0.4%$20.97+53.0%N/A$2.63BN/A0.004,200WBTNWEBTOON Entertainment1.9863 of 5 stars$19.73+1.5%$17.83-9.6%+64.0%$2.54B$1.35B-25.621,800WLYBJohn Wiley & Sons1.5112 of 5 stars$39.82-0.5%N/A-22.2%$2.13B$1.68B22.379,500GCIGannett3.763 of 5 stars$4.16-1.9%$6.00+44.2%-27.8%$621.66M$2.51B12.248,900News CoverageDALNDallasNewsN/A$16.51+0.0%N/A+299.6%$88.34M$121.12M-17.02660High Trading VolumeLEELee Enterprises0.2454 of 5 stars$5.43-4.1%N/A-39.9%$35.45M$581.81M-0.754,360VSMEVS MEDIA0.9005 of 5 stars$2.76+10.4%N/A+166.6%$19.98M$8.25M0.00N/APositive NewsSOBRSOBR Safe0.5536 of 5 stars$3.50+1.7%N/A-91.4%$5.22M$210K-0.029TRIThomson Reuters1.1157 of 5 stars$156.18-0.5%N/AN/A$70.50B$7.32B43.1426,400Positive NewsNWSNews1.6065 of 5 stars$34.46+2.5%N/A+15.6%$19B$8.45B16.5725,500 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies McGraw Hill Competitors WEBTOON Entertainment Competitors John Wiley & Sons Competitors Gannett Competitors DallasNews Competitors Lee Enterprises Competitors VS MEDIA Competitors SOBR Safe Competitors Thomson Reuters Competitors News Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:WLY) was last updated on 10/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersBitcoin grabs headlines, but smart money likes this tokenBitcoin grabs headlines, but smart money likes this token My research team has identified the token positio...Crypto 101 Media | SponsoredMagnificent 7 being replaced by the “Hidden 7”?BULLISH: It's time to buy this 'hidden' AI stock An award-winning stock-rating system has turned BULLISH on...Chaikin Analytics | SponsoredAn $8 trillion-dollar discovery 17,000 ft underwater A strange rock pulled from the ocean floor may hold the key to a $16 trillion resource boom. 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