John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 3.250-3.600 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 3.400. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.7 billion-$1.7 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.7 billion. John Wiley & Sons also updated its FY25 guidance to $3.25-$3.60 EPS.

John Wiley & Sons Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:WLY traded down $3.08 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $46.39. 42,568 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 335,167. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.27, a current ratio of 0.57 and a quick ratio of 0.53. The business’s fifty day moving average is $50.46 and its two-hundred day moving average is $45.82. John Wiley & Sons has a one year low of $29.04 and a one year high of $53.96.

John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, December 5th. The company reported $0.97 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.88 by $0.09. John Wiley & Sons had a negative net margin of 6.00% and a positive return on equity of 21.59%. The firm had revenue of $426.60 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $420.00 million. The company’s quarterly revenue was down 13.4% on a year-over-year basis.

John Wiley & Sons Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 24th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, October 8th were paid a $0.352 dividend. This represents a $1.41 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.04%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, October 8th. John Wiley & Sons’s dividend payout ratio is currently -70.50%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other John Wiley & Sons news, EVP Danielle Mcmahan sold 2,318 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, October 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $49.41, for a total transaction of $114,532.38. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 8,978 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $443,602.98. This trade represents a 20.52 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. 0.62% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.