LSV Asset Management Buys Shares of 99,500 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. $WLY

LSV Asset Management bought a new position in shares of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:WLY) in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund bought 99,500 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,027,000. LSV Asset Management owned approximately 0.19% of John Wiley & Sons at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. AdvisorShares Investments LLC lifted its stake in John Wiley & Sons by 15.8% in the 3rd quarter. AdvisorShares Investments LLC now owns 12,087 shares of the company’s stock valued at $489,000 after purchasing an additional 1,647 shares during the last quarter. Allianz Asset Management GmbH increased its holdings in John Wiley & Sons by 22.8% in the 3rd quarter. Allianz Asset Management GmbH now owns 268,586 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,870,000 after purchasing an additional 49,878 shares in the last quarter. Access Investment Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of John Wiley & Sons by 74.7% during the third quarter. Access Investment Management LLC now owns 155,940 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,311,000 after purchasing an additional 66,660 shares in the last quarter. AlphaQuest LLC grew its holdings in shares of John Wiley & Sons by 25,933.9% during the third quarter. AlphaQuest LLC now owns 16,141 shares of the company’s stock worth $653,000 after purchasing an additional 16,079 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Amalgamated Bank increased its stake in shares of John Wiley & Sons by 3.5% in the third quarter. Amalgamated Bank now owns 12,008 shares of the company’s stock valued at $486,000 after buying an additional 401 shares during the period. 73.94% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

John Wiley & Sons Stock Performance

Shares of WLY stock opened at $29.49 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.67, a current ratio of 0.71 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has a 52 week low of $28.38 and a 52 week high of $47.26. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $30.77 and a 200-day moving average of $35.64. The company has a market cap of $1.55 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.68 and a beta of 0.98.

John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, December 4th. The company reported $1.10 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.97 by $0.13. The business had revenue of $421.75 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $416.40 million. John Wiley & Sons had a net margin of 6.11% and a return on equity of 28.23%. The business’s quarterly revenue was down 1.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.97 earnings per share. John Wiley & Sons has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.900-4.350 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that John Wiley & Sons, Inc. will post 3.42 earnings per share for the current year.

John Wiley & Sons Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, January 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 30th were issued a dividend of $0.355 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 30th. This represents a $1.42 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.8%. John Wiley & Sons’s payout ratio is currently 75.53%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms have recently issued reports on WLY. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of John Wiley & Sons in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Zacks Research upgraded John Wiley & Sons to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 16th. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised shares of John Wiley & Sons from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, December 13th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating, According to MarketBeat.com, John Wiley & Sons has an average rating of “Hold”.

John Wiley & Sons Profile

John Wiley & Sons, Inc is a global publishing and educational services company founded in 1807 and headquartered in Hoboken, New Jersey. The company operates through two primary segments: Research & Publishing and Education. Through these segments, Wiley produces a wide range of scholarly journals, books, reference works and digital products for academic, scientific, technical and medical markets, as well as professional development and higher education learning resources.

In its Research & Publishing segment, Wiley publishes thousands of peer-reviewed journals and maintains the Wiley Online Library, a leading platform for scientific and scholarly content.