John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

WLYยทNYSE

$42.96

-1.6%
Communication ServicesPublishing

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. operates as a research and education company worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Research Publishing & Platforms, Academic & Professional Learning, and Education Services. The Research Publishing & Platforms segment offers scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly journals, as well as related content and services to learned societies, individual researchers, other professionals, and academic, corporate, and government libraries. This segment also publishes physical sciences and engineering, health sciences, social sciences, and humanities and life sciences journals; and provides a publishing software and service for scholarly and professional societies, and publishers to deliver, host, enhance, market, and manage their content on the web through the Literatum platform. It sells and distributes its products through various channels, including research libraries and library consortia, and independent subscription agents, as well as directly to professional society members, bookstores, online booksellers, and other customers. The Academic & Professional Learning segment provides education publishing and professional learning products and services, including scientific, professional, and education print and digital books, digital courseware, and test preparation services to libraries, corporations, students, professionals, and researchers, as well as learning, development, and assessment services for businesses and professionals. This segment distributes its products through chain and online booksellers, libraries, colleges and universities, corporations, direct to consumer, websites, distributor networks, and other online applications. The Education Services segment provides online program management services for higher education institutions and talent development services including placement and training for professionals and businesses. The company was founded in 1807 and is headquartered in Hoboken, New Jersey.

At a Glance

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Market Cap$2.28B
EPS1.5600
P/E Ratio27.54
Earnings Date06/16/2026
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Fair Value Envelope

WLY ยท NYSE

Our analysis suggests that WLY has a fair value of HIDDEN per share in the Base Case projection. With shares currently trading at $42.96, this represents a potential HIDDEN relative to our calculated worth for John Wiley & Sons, Inc..

Intrinsic Value
Current Price: $42.96

Owner Earnings Valuation Tool

Warren Buffett's Owner Earnings DCF analysis for intrinsic value calculation

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DCF Valuation Summary

Calculation flow from present value to intrinsic value per share

Present Value$33.7B
+ Cash & Equivalents$85.9M
Firm Value$33.8B
- Debt$899.2M
Equity Value$32.9B
/ Shares Outstanding53,208,010B
DCF Value$618
UNDERVALUED BY 1339%

Owner Earnings Projections

Operating Cash Flow - Maintenance CapEx = Owner Earnings

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Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
Operating Cash Flow
$270.0M
$359.9M
$479.6M
$639.2M
$852.0M
$1.1B
$1.5B
$2.0B
$2.7B
$3.6B
Maintenance CapEx
-$16.4M
-$21.8M
-$29.1M
-$38.8M
-$51.7M
-$68.9M
-$91.8M
-$122.4M
-$163.1M
-$217.4M
Owner Earnings
$253.6M
$338.0M
$450.5M
$600.4M
$800.3M
$1.1B
$1.4B
$1.9B
$2.5B
$3.4B
Discount Factor
0.926
0.857
0.794
0.735
0.681
0.630
0.583
0.540
0.500
0.463
Present Value
$234.8M
$289.8M
$357.6M
$441.3M
$544.6M
$672.1M
$829.4M
$1.0B
$1.3B
$1.6B
Terminal Value represents 78.6% of Enterprise Value