WLY — John Wiley & Sons

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Trend Edge Setup Score

Trend Edge rates WLY Bullish with a Setup Score of 0, net conviction 19, actionability 0. How the Setup Score works →

Total Setup Score0
Directional BiasBullish
Net Conviction19
Actionability0 (extended)

Key signals behind this score

About John Wiley & Sons

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., a publisher, provides authoritative content and research intelligence for the advancement of scientific discovery, innovation, and learning in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and internationally. It operates through Research and Learning segment. The company's Research segment provides scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly journals, as well as related content and services in the areas of physical s… Read full Trend Edge analysis →

Trend Edge Proprietary Indicators

Key Metrics

Current Price$50.31
Market Cap$2.56B
Float38.6M
Shares Outstanding42.0M
P/E (Forward)15.27
P/E (TTM)12.12
Price/Sales (TTM)1.53
vs. Analyst Target+31.2% to analyst PT
Profit Margin13.22%
Operating Margin (TTM)24.71%
Revenue (TTM)$1.68B
Earnings Growth (YoY)108.40%
Dividend Rate1.4%
Analyst Target Price$66.00 (1 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2021 $1.94B $148M $1.24B $424M
2022 $2.08B $148M $1.30B $450M
2023 $2.02B $17.2M $1.24B $289M
2024 $1.87B -$200M $1.24B $43.4M
2025 $1.68B $84.2M $1.19B $345M
2026 $1.68B $222M $1.25B $259M

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Jul 2025 $397M $11.7M
Oct 2025 $422M $44.9M
Jan 2026 $410M $29.7M
Apr 2026 $448M $135M

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership9.8%
Institutional Ownership105.0%
Short Float9.7%
% of All Funds Holding2.77%
Number of Funds Holding228

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$45.20Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$37.28Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$39.43Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$39.49Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$38.60Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$40.11Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$39.43Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.

Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$43.00 support 1.30x 0 months ago
$30.80 support 1.29x 3 months ago
$52.00 resistance 1.46x 18 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (110 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap 0.37% 0.16% 58.18% 5.54% -2.96%
1 Day 0.48% 0.68% 62.73% 10.82% -10.41%
1 Week 0.95% 0.89% 60.00% 13.94% -15.88%
2 Weeks 0.94% 1.29% 56.36% 17.01% -15.74%
1 Month 1.12% 1.23% 56.88% 35.90% -35.48%

Next earnings: September 3, 2026 (53 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan0.4%43.1%51
Feb0.9%45.1%51
Mar2.4%60.8%51
Apr1.7%49.0%51
May1.0%54.9%51
Jun1.3%52.9%51
Jul-0.3%42.0%50
Aug0.7%54.0%50
Sep0.9%46.0%50
Oct-0.6%52.0%50
Nov2.0%54.0%50
Dec3.0%64.7%51

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday 0.01% 39.9% 2390
Tuesday 0.05% 39.7% 2592
Wednesday 0.03% 40.4% 2593
Thursday 0.12% 39.3% 2543
Friday 0.08% 39.2% 2528

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 105.0%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 9.8%

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings1
Net Value+N/A
Net Shares Change-75,000
% of Float-0.2%
C-Suite Filings0
Clusters Detected0

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
WILEY DEBORAH E -$2.3M 1 1 sell

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2026-01-13 WILEY DEBORAH E -$2.3M Transaction at $30.53, now +64.8%

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