Public Sector Pension Investment Board Purchases 20,631 Shares of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. $WLY

Public Sector Pension Investment Board grew its position in shares of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:WLY) by 14.8% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 159,883 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 20,631 shares during the quarter. Public Sector Pension Investment Board owned 0.30% of John Wiley & Sons worth $6,470,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in WLY. Amalgamated Bank lifted its position 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 worth $486,000 after purchasing an additional 401 shares in the last quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC increased its stake in John Wiley & Sons by 519.8% in the 2nd quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 564 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,000 after buying an additional 473 shares during the last quarter. SkyView Investment Advisors LLC lifted its position in John Wiley & Sons by 3.2% during the 2nd quarter. SkyView Investment Advisors LLC now owns 17,589 shares of the company’s stock worth $794,000 after buying an additional 544 shares in the last quarter. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS lifted its position in John Wiley & Sons by 6.9% during the 2nd quarter. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS now owns 10,489 shares of the company’s stock worth $468,000 after buying an additional 676 shares in the last quarter. Finally, MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. boosted its stake in shares of John Wiley & Sons by 3.1% during the 1st quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 23,407 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,043,000 after buying an additional 707 shares during the last quarter. 73.94% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

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

John Wiley & Sons Price Performance

NYSE:WLY opened at $29.55 on Thursday. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has a 12-month low of $28.38 and a 12-month high of $47.26. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.55 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.72 and a beta of 0.98. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $30.66 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $35.47. 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 (NYSE:WLY) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, December 4th. The company reported $1.10 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.97 by $0.13. John Wiley & Sons had a return on equity of 28.23% and a net margin of 6.11%.The company had revenue of $421.75 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $416.40 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.97 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was down 1.1% compared to the same quarter last year. John Wiley & Sons has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.900-4.350 EPS. On average, analysts anticipate that John Wiley & Sons, Inc. will post 3.42 earnings per share for the current year.

John Wiley & Sons Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, January 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 30th were paid a $0.355 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 30th. This represents a $1.42 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.8%. John Wiley & Sons’s dividend payout ratio is 75.53%.

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.