John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:WLY) Shares Sold by Cwm LLC

Cwm LLC lessened its holdings in John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:WLY) by 5.5% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 26,747 shares of the company’s stock after selling 1,567 shares during the period. Cwm LLC’s holdings in John Wiley & Sons were worth $849,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Verdence Capital Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of John Wiley & Sons by 4.8% during the 3rd quarter. Verdence Capital Advisors LLC now owns 7,239 shares of the company’s stock worth $269,000 after purchasing an additional 332 shares during the period. Eagle Asset Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of John Wiley & Sons by 0.6% during the 3rd quarter. Eagle Asset Management Inc. now owns 154,989 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,761,000 after purchasing an additional 878 shares during the period. Swiss National Bank grew its stake in shares of John Wiley & Sons by 0.9% during the 3rd quarter. Swiss National Bank now owns 96,600 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,591,000 after purchasing an additional 900 shares during the period. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of John Wiley & Sons during the 4th quarter worth approximately $29,000. Finally, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp grew its stake in shares of John Wiley & Sons by 7.7% during the 3rd quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp now owns 15,482 shares of the company’s stock worth $575,000 after purchasing an additional 1,110 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 73.94% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at John Wiley & Sons

In related news, EVP Jay Flynn sold 6,114 shares of John Wiley & Sons stock in a transaction on Wednesday, April 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $38.82, for a total value of $237,345.48. Following the sale, the executive vice president now owns 8,069 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $313,238.58. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. 0.79% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

John Wiley & Sons Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE WLY opened at $38.35 on Monday. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has a 12 month low of $28.83 and a 12 month high of $40.23. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $36.53 and its 200-day simple moving average is $33.41. The company has a quick ratio of 0.50, a current ratio of 0.54 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.20.

John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, March 7th. The company reported $0.59 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.45 by $0.14. John Wiley & Sons had a negative net margin of 8.14% and a positive return on equity of 18.83%. The business had revenue of $460.70 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $392.60 million. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.85 EPS. The business’s revenue was down 6.2% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that John Wiley & Sons, Inc. will post 2.55 EPS for the current year.

John Wiley & Sons Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 25th. Investors of record on Tuesday, April 9th were paid a $0.35 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, April 8th. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.65%. John Wiley & Sons’s dividend payout ratio is currently -48.61%.

John Wiley & Sons 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.