THOMSON REUTERS CORPORATION vs JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC., two Commercial Printing stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Thomson Reuters sells professional information and analytics to legal, tax, and corporate customers; John Wiley publishes academic and professional content. Thomson Reuters earns the fatter margin, 20.09% against Wiley's 13.22%, but Wiley earns the higher return on equity, 26.13% against 12.61%, and trades far cheaper, 11.59 times earnings against Thomson Reuters's 25.13, and at 2.99 times book against 3.16. This contrasts a professional-data provider with an academic publisher: Thomson Reuters earns richer margins on sticky subscription data at a premium, Wiley earns the higher return on capital at a value multiple.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | TRI | WLY |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $89.61 | $50.12 |
| Market cap | $40.2B | $2.6B |
| Sector | Commercial Printing | Commercial Printing |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +8.9% | +2.8% |
| P/E | 26.8 | 12.1 |
| P/B | 3.38 | 3.11 |
| P/S | 5.38 | 1.57 |
| EV/EBITDA | 18.6 | 7.8 |
| Revenue growth | +4.2% | -0.1% |
| Operating margin | 28.5% | 24.6% |
| Net margin | 20.1% | 13.2% |
| Return on equity | 12.6% | 26.1% |
| Return on assets | 8.4% | 8.6% |
| Return on invested capital | 14.1% | 14.2% |
| FCF yield | 5.0% | 7.9% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.82 |
| Current ratio | 0.64 | 0.54 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 5.45 | 2.47 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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