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WLYB vs. WLY, WBTN, GCI, LEE, DALN, 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 (WLY), WEBTOON Entertainment (WBTN), Gannett (GCI), Lee Enterprises (LEE), DallasNews (DALN), 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 better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.

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%

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
John Wiley & SonsOutperform Votes
No Votes
Underperform Votes
3
100.00%
John Wiley & SonsOutperform Votes
1
20.00%
Underperform Votes
4
80.00%

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 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

0.5% of John Wiley & Sons shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.9% of John Wiley & Sons shares are held by institutional investors. 29.7% of John Wiley & Sons shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of John Wiley & Sons shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company 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$1.70B1.22-$200.32M$0.7452.31
John Wiley & Sons$1.70B1.22-$200.32M$0.7452.12

John Wiley & Sons pays an annual dividend of $1.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. John Wiley & Sons pays an annual dividend of $1.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. 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.

In the previous week, John Wiley & Sons had 2 more articles in the media than John Wiley & Sons. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for John Wiley & Sons and 2 mentions for John Wiley & Sons. John Wiley & Sons' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat John Wiley & Sons' score of 0.86 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
1 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
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

John Wiley & Sons beats John Wiley & Sons on 7 of the 10 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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WLYB vs. The Competition

MetricJohn Wiley & SonsBook publishing IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.08B$2.90B$17.56B$19.88B
Dividend Yield3.66%4.39%3.06%3.83%
P/E Ratio-42.545.7916.4235.60
Price / Sales1.221.1743.3643.81
Price / Cash6.576.4316.3917.51
Price / Book2.851.716.194.85
Net Income-$200.32M$16.34M$734.57M$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.31%1.24%0.82%0.90%
1 Month Performance-11.82%-5.63%-0.01%2.35%
1 Year Performance-5.91%-4.48%2.54%10.79%

John Wiley & Sons Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WLYB
John Wiley & Sons
2.5537 of 5 stars
$38.71
-1.1%
N/A+5.8%$2.08B$1.70B-42.549,500Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
WLY
John Wiley & Sons
0.8529 of 5 stars
$38.18
-0.2%
N/A+5.7%$2.06B$1.70B-41.969,500Upcoming Earnings
WBTN
WEBTOON Entertainment
2.9376 of 5 stars
$8.62
-1.4%
$14.36
+66.6%
N/A$1.12B$1.35B-5.991,854Positive News
Gap Up
GCI
Gannett
3.5434 of 5 stars
$3.58
+0.2%
$5.55
+55.2%
-20.1%$523.66M$2.45B-6.6214,200
LEE
Lee Enterprises
0.2098 of 5 stars
$6.70
+0.8%
N/A-48.2%$41.67M$591.09M-0.924,360Gap Down
DALN
DallasNews
0.1725 of 5 stars
$4.25
+1.2%
N/A+10.5%$22.49M$123.41M-3.80660Short Interest ↑
VSME
VS MEDIA
1.1215 of 5 stars
$1.07
+5.0%
N/A-28.5%$8.56M$8.25M0.00N/APositive News
Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
SOBR
SOBR Safe
0.242 of 5 stars
$3.77
+2.7%
N/A-98.7%$347K$251.36K-0.079Positive News
Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
NWS
News
0.6278 of 5 stars
$31.82
-0.1%
N/A+12.5%$18.01B$10.27B43.5925,500
PSO
Pearson
3.1612 of 5 stars
$14.94
-0.3%
$18.00
+20.5%
+21.3%$9.88B$3.55B15.8921,400
SCHL
Scholastic
3.4944 of 5 stars
$19.28
+6.8%
N/A-45.3%$541.79M$1.59B-107.116,880High Trading Volume

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This page (NYSE:WLYB) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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