JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC.
In the published model solve dated 2026-Q2, anchored at $54.49, JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. (WLY) is priced for -1.7% growth. boothcheck publishes no house fair value, target price, or buy/sell rating; individual model outputs and user-controlled scenarios are analytical inputs, not Boothcheck targets. The narrative was composed June 28, 2026 from SEC EDGAR filings.
- Wiley is deleveraging while cash flow surges: net debt-to-EBITDA improved to 1.4 times, free cash flow rose 55 percent to 195 million dollars, and the dividend was raised for the 33rd consecutive year to about 1.43 dollars annually, a roughly 3.7 percent yield. - A new high-margin line is emerging: AI-licensing revenue reached 49.1 million dollars (up 23 percent, cumulative lifetime above 110 million dollars), with content deals signed with Anthropic, IQVIA, and OpenEvidence, while operating i
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240 institutional managers reported holding WLY in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Together they hold about 79% of the company; the top 10 hold 47%. 44 opened new positions that quarter. Held by BlackRock, Vanguard Group, State Street, among others. On the short side, 3.7M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 7% of shares outstanding (8.7 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
WLY has cut its share count 6.5% over the past five years, spending $270.99M on repurchases. It pays a dividend, and has paid one every year in our records (17 and counting), raised 16 years straight. Cash returned over the past three years: $227.42M in dividends and $205.99M in repurchases.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
Open-market insider buys at WLY over the trailing three years: 2023: 3 buys totaling $654k. 10 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
WLY's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-27 | +6.6% | +12.2% |
| 2023-09-09 | +2.6% | -17.0% |
| 2023-12-08 | -0.3% | +13.3% |
| 2024-03-09 | +11.7% | +2.8% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
WLY's latest 8-K filings: 2026-07-09 (items 5.02, 9.01); 2026-06-25 (items 8.01, 9.01); 2026-06-16 (items 2.02, 7.01, 9.01); 2026-06-15 (items 5.02, 9.01); 2026-06-02 (items 1.01, 2.01, 7.01, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Dates link to the filing on EDGAR. Nothing here is investment advice.
Model solve date: 2026-Q2
Narrative composed: June 28, 2026
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