John Wiley & Sons, Inc. $WLY Shares Sold by Nordea Investment Management AB

Nordea Investment Management AB decreased its holdings in shares of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:WLY) by 8.8% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 141,545 shares of the company’s stock after selling 13,600 shares during the period. Nordea Investment Management AB owned approximately 0.27% of John Wiley & Sons worth $4,354,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the business. SG Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in John Wiley & Sons by 71.1% during the third quarter. SG Capital Management LLC now owns 1,474,796 shares of the company’s stock valued at $59,685,000 after purchasing an additional 612,866 shares during the last quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd grew its position in John Wiley & Sons by 323.5% in the second quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 528,088 shares of the company’s stock worth $23,569,000 after buying an additional 403,389 shares during the last quarter. Neumeier Poma Investment Counsel LLC acquired a new position in John Wiley & Sons in the third quarter worth approximately $16,012,000. Invesco Ltd. increased its holdings in shares of John Wiley & Sons by 192.5% in the second quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 594,815 shares of the company’s stock valued at $26,547,000 after buying an additional 391,428 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Clarkston Capital Partners LLC lifted its position in shares of John Wiley & Sons by 16.7% during the 3rd quarter. Clarkston Capital Partners LLC now owns 2,207,824 shares of the company’s stock valued at $89,351,000 after acquiring an additional 315,329 shares during the last quarter. 73.94% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

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

John Wiley & Sons Stock Down 1.5%

Shares of NYSE:WLY opened at $37.67 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $32.42 and a 200 day simple moving average of $34.50. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has a 52 week low of $28.38 and a 52 week high of $45.64. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.06, a quick ratio of 0.57 and a current ratio of 0.59. The company has a market cap of $1.93 billion, a PE ratio of 13.13 and a beta of 0.96.

John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, March 5th. The company reported $0.97 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.86 by $0.11. John Wiley & Sons had a net margin of 9.24% and a return on equity of 28.38%. The firm had revenue of $410.04 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $391.00 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.84 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 1.3% compared to the same quarter last year. John Wiley & Sons has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.900-4.350 EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that John Wiley & Sons, Inc. will post 3.42 earnings per share for the current year.

John Wiley & Sons Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, April 23rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 7th will be issued a dividend of $0.355 per share. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, April 7th. This represents a $1.42 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.8%. John Wiley & Sons’s payout ratio is currently 49.48%.

John Wiley & Sons Company 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.