John Wiley & Sons (WLY) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, WLYB or WLY?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
John Wiley & Sons	$1.70B	1.39	-$200.32M	$0.74	59.63
John Wiley & Sons	$1.70B	1.40	-$200.32M	$0.74	59.89

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in WLYB or WLY?

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

Is WLYB or WLY a better dividend stock?

John Wiley & Sons pays an annual dividend of $1.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. John Wiley & Sons pays an annual dividend of $1.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. John Wiley & Sons pays out 190.5% 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 190.5% 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 raised its dividend for 26 consecutive years and John Wiley & Sons has raised its dividend for 26 consecutive years.

Does the media favor WLYB or WLY?

In the previous week, John Wiley & Sons had 3 more articles in the media than John Wiley & Sons. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for John Wiley & Sons and 2 mentions for John Wiley & Sons. John Wiley & Sons' average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat John Wiley & Sons' score of 0.88 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	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 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

Is WLYB or WLY more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
John Wiley & Sons	-2.82%	24.14%	6.67%
John Wiley & Sons	-2.82%	24.14%	6.67%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WLYB or WLY?

John Wiley & Sons received 1 more outperform votes than John Wiley & Sons when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 20.00% of users gave John Wiley & Sons an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave John Wiley & Sons an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
John Wiley & Sons	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 3 100.00%
John Wiley & Sons	Outperform Votes 1 20.00%	Underperform Votes 4 80.00%

Which has more volatility and risk, WLYB or WLY?

John Wiley & Sons has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John Wiley & Sons has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

John Wiley & Sons beats John Wiley & Sons on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.