William Blair Investment Management LLC Has $35.56 Million Stake in John Wiley & Sons, Inc. $WLY

William Blair Investment Management LLC reduced its position in shares of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:WLY) by 5.7% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 878,593 shares of the company’s stock after selling 53,159 shares during the period. William Blair Investment Management LLC owned approximately 1.65% of John Wiley & Sons worth $35,557,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Access Investment Management LLC raised its position in shares of John Wiley & Sons by 74.7% in the third quarter. Access Investment Management LLC now owns 155,940 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,311,000 after buying an additional 66,660 shares in the last quarter. Allianz Asset Management GmbH grew its position in John Wiley & Sons by 22.8% during the third quarter. Allianz Asset Management GmbH now owns 268,586 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,870,000 after buying an additional 49,878 shares in the last quarter. LSV Asset Management bought a new position in John Wiley & Sons during the 3rd quarter worth $4,027,000. Jupiter Asset Management Ltd. acquired a new position in John Wiley & Sons in the 2nd quarter valued at $1,998,000. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its holdings in John Wiley & Sons by 19.0% in the 2nd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 571,426 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,503,000 after acquiring an additional 91,294 shares in the last quarter. 73.94% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

WLY has been the topic of several analyst reports. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of John Wiley & Sons in a report on Monday, December 29th. Zacks Research upgraded shares of John Wiley & Sons to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 16th. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised shares of John Wiley & Sons from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Saturday, December 13th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating, According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold”.

John Wiley & Sons Stock Up 1.4%

Shares of NYSE WLY opened at $31.00 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $1.63 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.49 and a beta of 0.96. The company has a current ratio of 0.71, a quick ratio of 0.67 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has a 12 month low of $28.38 and a 12 month high of $47.26. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $30.49 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $35.02.

John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, December 4th. The company reported $1.10 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.97 by $0.13. The company had revenue of $421.75 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $416.40 million. John Wiley & Sons had a net margin of 6.11% and a return on equity of 28.23%. The firm’s revenue was down 1.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.97 EPS. John Wiley & Sons has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.900-4.350 EPS. As a group, analysts forecast that John Wiley & Sons, Inc. will post 3.42 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

John Wiley & Sons Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, January 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 30th were issued a dividend of $0.355 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 30th. This represents a $1.42 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.6%. 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.