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WLY vs. WLYB, WBTN, GCI, DALN, LEE, VSME, SOBR, NWS, PSO, and SCHL

Should you be buying John Wiley & Sons stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of John Wiley & Sons include John Wiley & Sons (WLYB), WEBTOON Entertainment (WBTN), Gannett (GCI), DallasNews (DALN), Lee Enterprises (LEE), VS MEDIA (VSME), SOBR Safe (SOBR), News (NWS), Pearson (PSO), and Scholastic (SCHL).

John Wiley & Sons vs. Its Competitors

John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLYB) and John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, risk and earnings.

In the previous week, John Wiley & Sons had 3 more articles in the media than John Wiley & Sons. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for John Wiley & Sons and 3 mentions for John Wiley & Sons. John Wiley & Sons' average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat John Wiley & Sons' score of 1.38 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
John Wiley & Sons
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
John Wiley & Sons
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

John Wiley & Sons pays an annual dividend of $1.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. John Wiley & Sons pays an annual dividend of $1.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. John Wiley & Sons pays out 92.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. John Wiley & Sons pays out 92.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. John Wiley & Sons has increased its dividend for 26 consecutive years and John Wiley & Sons has increased its dividend for 26 consecutive years.

0.5% of John Wiley & Sons shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.9% of John Wiley & Sons shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.7% of John Wiley & Sons shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of John Wiley & Sons shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

John Wiley & Sons is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than John Wiley & Sons, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
John Wiley & Sons$1.68B1.21$84.16M$1.5324.89
John Wiley & Sons$1.68B1.22$84.16M$1.5324.97

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
John Wiley & Sons5.02% 27.42% 7.55%
John Wiley & Sons 5.02%27.42%7.55%

John Wiley & Sons has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John Wiley & Sons has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

John Wiley & Sons beats John Wiley & Sons on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. 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.
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WLY vs. The Competition

MetricJohn Wiley & SonsPUBLSHG IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.06B$1.21B$15.75B$20.68B
Dividend Yield3.68%4.52%3.20%3.67%
P/E Ratio24.9716.6218.5229.07
Price / Sales1.220.8145.8566.27
Price / Cash5.925.8314.5022.84
Price / Book2.711.615.884.43
Net Income$84.16M$40.29M$690.35M$994.22M
7 Day Performance-2.51%-2.59%-5.09%-3.35%
1 Month Performance-11.94%-2.64%-3.51%-2.06%
1 Year Performance-16.97%-16.10%0.01%10.15%

John Wiley & Sons Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WLY
John Wiley & Sons
2.3683 of 5 stars
$38.21
-1.0%
N/A-19.0%$2.06B$1.68B24.975,200News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↑
WLYB
John Wiley & Sons
3.0893 of 5 stars
$39.94
+1.1%
N/A-20.7%$2.11B$1.68B26.119,500Positive News
Short Interest ↓
WBTN
WEBTOON Entertainment
1.6689 of 5 stars
$10.40
+1.5%
$14.36
+38.0%
-55.1%$1.33B$1.35B-7.221,800News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↑
GCI
Gannett
4.0605 of 5 stars
$3.75
+1.5%
$5.55
+48.1%
-10.5%$540.35M$2.51B374.708,900Trending News
Earnings Report
Gap Down
DALN
DallasNews
0.7945 of 5 stars
$14.81
+0.8%
N/A+228.0%$78.63M$125.39M2.66660Earnings Report
LEE
Lee Enterprises
0.3749 of 5 stars
$5.29
+7.3%
N/A-52.2%$32.90M$591.09M-0.734,360
VSME
VS MEDIA
0.0834 of 5 stars
$1.35
+6.3%
N/A-0.7%$10.15M$8.25M0.00N/ANews Coverage
High Trading Volume
SOBR
SOBR Safe
0.4639 of 5 stars
$4.29
-2.1%
N/A-97.5%$404K$251.36K-0.019Positive News
Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
NWS
News
0.4205 of 5 stars
$33.72
+0.1%
N/A+18.8%$19.07B$10.09B39.2125,500Upcoming Earnings
PSO
Pearson
3.2733 of 5 stars
$14.15
-1.1%
$18.00
+27.2%
+10.9%$9.34B$4.54B15.0517,116Trending News
Gap Up
SCHL
Scholastic
3.9991 of 5 stars
$26.22
-1.8%
N/A-17.6%$750.30M$1.63B-655.506,660High Trading Volume

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This page (NYSE:WLY) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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