John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) Issues Earnings Results, Misses Estimates By $0.08 EPS

John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) released its earnings results on Thursday. The company reported $0.47 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.55 by ($0.08), Briefing.com reports. The firm had revenue of $403.81 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $387.40 million. John Wiley & Sons had a positive return on equity of 18.82% and a negative net margin of 10.69%. John Wiley & Sons’s revenue for the quarter was down 10.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.27 EPS. John Wiley & Sons updated its FY25 guidance to $3.25-3.60 EPS and its FY 2025 guidance to 3.250-3.600 EPS.

John Wiley & Sons Price Performance

Shares of WLY opened at $43.21 on Friday. The company has a 50 day moving average of $45.81 and a 200-day moving average of $40.24. The company has a quick ratio of 0.49, a current ratio of 0.52 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.04. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.35 billion, a P/E ratio of -11.87 and a beta of 0.86. John Wiley & Sons has a twelve month low of $28.83 and a twelve month high of $49.20.

John Wiley & Sons Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, July 25th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, July 9th were paid a $0.3525 dividend. This is a boost from John Wiley & Sons’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.35. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, July 9th. This represents a $1.41 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.26%. John Wiley & Sons’s payout ratio is presently -38.74%.

John Wiley & Sons Company Profile

John Wiley & Sons, Inc operates as a research and education company worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Research, Academic, and Talent. The company offers scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly journals, as well as related content and services to learned societies, individual researchers, other professionals, and academic, corporate, and government libraries.