John Wiley & Sons (WLYB) Competitors $41.43 -1.08 (-2.54%) Closing price 09/12/2025 02:22 PM EasternExtended Trading$41.15 -0.28 (-0.67%) As of 09/12/2025 04:04 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 AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock WLYB vs. MH, WLY, WBTN, 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), John Wiley & Sons (WLY), WEBTOON Entertainment (WBTN), 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 John Wiley & Sons WEBTOON Entertainment Gannett DallasNews Lee Enterprises VS MEDIA SOBR Safe Thomson Reuters News John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLYB) and McGraw Hill (NYSE:MH) are both mid-cap printing and publishing companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk and earnings. Which has better earnings and valuation, WLYB or MH? John Wiley & Sons has higher revenue and earnings than McGraw Hill. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioJohn Wiley & Sons$1.67B1.32$84.16M$1.7823.28McGraw HillN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A Is WLYB or MH 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 John Wiley & Sons5.82% 27.31% 7.66% McGraw Hill N/A N/A N/A Does the media favor WLYB or MH? In the previous week, McGraw Hill had 1 more articles in the media than John Wiley & Sons. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for McGraw Hill and 5 mentions for John Wiley & Sons. John Wiley & Sons' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat McGraw Hill's score of 0.30 indicating that John Wiley & Sons is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment John Wiley & Sons 3 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive McGraw Hill 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 4 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of WLYB or MH? 0.5% of John Wiley & Sons shares are held by institutional investors. 29.7% of John Wiley & Sons shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Do analysts rate WLYB or MH? McGraw Hill has a consensus price target of $20.88, indicating a potential upside of 40.16%. Given McGraw Hill's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe McGraw Hill is more favorable than John Wiley & Sons.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score John Wiley & Sons 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00McGraw Hill 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 12 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.93 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 WLYB 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. 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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 WLYB vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricJohn Wiley & SonsPUBLSHG IndustryStaples SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$2.19B$1.29B$16.14B$21.64BDividend Yield3.34%4.33%3.01%3.49%P/E Ratio23.2815.4918.1929.75Price / Sales1.320.8447.6968.31Price / Cash6.526.4014.9525.00Price / Book3.021.776.134.58Net Income$84.16M$40.29M$679.99M$1.00B7 Day Performance4.36%3.14%1.12%0.65%1 Month Performance3.07%2.59%-0.18%3.07%1 Year Performance-10.42%-15.02%5.63%14.34% John Wiley & Sons Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)WLYBJohn Wiley & Sons2.262 of 5 stars$41.43-2.5%N/A-3.0%$2.19B$1.67B23.289,500News CoverageShort Interest ↓Gap DownMHMcGraw Hill3.5814 of 5 stars$14.08-3.0%$20.88+48.3%N/A$2.69BN/A0.004,200WLYJohn Wiley & Sons1.4381 of 5 stars$39.81-1.9%N/A-8.6%$2.12B$1.68B26.005,200WBTNWEBTOON Entertainment1.5038 of 5 stars$14.33-1.0%$15.43+7.7%+38.1%$1.87B$1.35B-18.551,800Positive NewsShort Interest ↓GCIGannett3.9306 of 5 stars$4.05-1.6%$5.55+37.2%-5.3%$593.08M$2.51B11.908,900News CoveragePositive NewsDALNDallasNews0.3115 of 5 stars$14.88-0.1%N/A+219.7%$79.64M$121.12M-15.34660Short Interest ↑LEELee Enterprises0.7072 of 5 stars$4.26-1.8%N/A-46.8%$26.67M$581.81M-0.594,360Positive NewsGap UpVSMEVS MEDIA0.3234 of 5 stars$2.44+9.3%N/A+203.9%$19.26M$8.25M0.00N/ANews CoverageShort Interest ↑Gap UpHigh Trading VolumeSOBRSOBR Safe1.15 of 5 stars$3.31-3.6%N/A-97.4%$5.02M$210K-0.029Positive NewsShort Interest ↓Gap DownTRIThomson Reuters0.8675 of 5 stars$177.44-0.1%N/AN/A$79.96B$7.26B49.0226,400News CoverageAnalyst UpgradeNWSNews0.9411 of 5 stars$33.25-1.8%N/A+18.8%$18.75B$8.45B15.9625,500 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies McGraw Hill Alternatives John Wiley & Sons Alternatives WEBTOON Entertainment Alternatives Gannett Alternatives DallasNews Alternatives Lee Enterprises Alternatives VS MEDIA Alternatives SOBR Safe Alternatives Thomson Reuters Alternatives News Alternatives 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:WLYB) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersWhy Trump’s “Smart Dollar” could rewrite the rulesMUST SEE: Donald Trump's Radical Overhaul of the U.S. Dollar Congress just approved President Trump's lates...Stansberry Research | SponsoredTrump's Law S.1582: $21T Dollar Revolution ComingDo you have money in any of these banks? 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