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

73.9% of John Wiley & Sons shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.5% of John Wiley & Sons shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of John Wiley & Sons shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.7% of John Wiley & Sons shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds 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$1.68B1.36$84.16M$1.5327.84
John Wiley & Sons$1.68B1.37$84.16M$1.5328.16

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%

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 1.28 beat John Wiley & Sons' score of 1.16 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
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 pays an annual dividend of $1.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. John Wiley & Sons pays an annual dividend of $1.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. 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.

John Wiley & Sons has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John Wiley & Sons has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

John Wiley & Sons beats John Wiley & Sons on 5 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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WLYB vs. The Competition

MetricJohn Wiley & SonsPUBLSHG IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.27B$1.29B$16.22B$20.64B
Dividend Yield3.34%4.48%3.11%3.72%
P/E Ratio28.1622.9419.7827.83
Price / Sales1.370.8646.0042.22
Price / Cash6.525.9214.7022.32
Price / Book3.061.746.104.57
Net Income$84.16M$43.79M$680.31M$989.30M
7 Day Performance-1.78%-0.46%2.16%0.20%
1 Month Performance11.48%7.27%3.64%5.53%
1 Year Performance-4.00%-14.70%4.30%10.30%

John Wiley & Sons Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WLYB
John Wiley & Sons
0.8187 of 5 stars
$43.09
-2.4%
N/A-4.0%$2.27B$1.68B28.169,500Positive News
Ex-Dividend
Gap Down
WLY
John Wiley & Sons
2.4794 of 5 stars
$41.63
-3.8%
N/A-7.7%$2.22B$1.68B27.195,200Positive News
Ex-Dividend
WBTN
WEBTOON Entertainment
3.0561 of 5 stars
$9.46
+1.1%
$14.36
+51.8%
-51.3%$1.23B$1.35B-6.561,800News Coverage
GCI
Gannett
3.622 of 5 stars
$3.68
-3.5%
$5.55
+51.0%
-18.1%$535.97M$2.51B366.008,900Gap Down
LEE
Lee Enterprises
0.3887 of 5 stars
$6.45
+1.1%
N/A-35.2%$40.12M$591.09M-0.894,360Gap Up
DALN
DallasNews
1.1729 of 5 stars
$4.65
+5.1%
N/A+310.5%$24.85M$125.39M0.84660News Coverage
VSME
VS MEDIA
0.2369 of 5 stars
$1.08
+3.0%
N/A-31.4%$8.64M$8.25M0.00N/AGap Up
SOBR
SOBR Safe
1.493 of 5 stars
$2.87
-3.5%
N/A-97.5%$260K$210K-0.019News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
NWS
News
0.6799 of 5 stars
$33.97
-1.2%
N/A+20.9%$19.20B$10.09B39.4425,500Positive News
PSO
Pearson
3.9181 of 5 stars
$14.52
-0.9%
$18.00
+24.0%
+9.7%$9.58B$3.55B15.4117,116News Coverage
SCHL
Scholastic
3.9959 of 5 stars
$21.28
-1.6%
N/A-42.1%$600.64M$1.59B35.636,660Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NYSE:WLYB) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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