John Wiley & Sons Financial Ratios
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John Wiley & Sons ratio analysis
John Wiley & Sons earned a net margin of 13.2% in FY 2026, up from 5.0% a year earlier. Gross margin was 74.3% compared with a median of 69.0% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 26.1%, meaning John Wiley & Sons generated 0.26 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity stood at 0.81 versus 1.06 the year before, and the current ratio was 0.54. At the end of FY 2026, WLY traded at 9.8 times earnings; across the 8 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 9.8 to 124.4, with a median of 20.8. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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John Wiley & Sons financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2026 | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 9.84 | 28.97 | — | 124.42 | 19.42 | 21.65 | — | 16.59 | 19.97 | 27.03 |
| Price / sales | 1.28 | 1.43 | 1.11 | 1.06 | 1.36 | 1.64 | 1.11 | 1.53 | 2.11 | 1.76 |
| Price / book | 2.53 | 3.19 | 2.81 | 2.05 | 2.48 | 2.92 | 2.19 | 2.34 | 3.18 | 3.01 |
| Gross margin | 74.3% | 74.3% | 69.0% | 65.7% | 66.4% | 67.8% | 67.7% | 69.2% | 70.4% | 73.2% |
| Operating margin | 16.5% | 13.2% | 2.8% | 2.8% | 10.5% | 9.6% | -3.0% | 12.4% | 12.9% | 12.3% |
| Net margin | 13.2% | 5.0% | -10.7% | 0.9% | 7.1% | 7.6% | -4.1% | 9.3% | 10.7% | 6.6% |
| Free cash flow margin | 12.5% | 8.4% | 7.0% | 9.7% | 12.0% | 14.6% | 10.9% | 9.6% | 14.9% | 12.2% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 26.1% | 11.2% | -27.1% | 1.6% | 13.0% | 13.6% | -8.0% | 14.2% | 16.1% | 11.3% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 8.6% | 3.1% | -7.3% | 0.6% | 4.4% | 4.3% | -2.3% | 5.7% | 6.8% | 4.4% |
| Debt / equity | 0.81 | 1.06 | 1.05 | 0.72 | 0.69 | 0.75 | 0.83 | 0.41 | 0.30 | 0.36 |
| Current ratio | 0.54 | 0.54 | 0.52 | 0.60 | 0.57 | 0.53 | 0.66 | 0.57 | 0.55 | 0.46 |
| Revenue growth | -0.1% | -10.4% | -7.3% | -3.0% | 7.3% | 6.0% | 1.7% | 0.2% | 4.5% | -0.5% |
| EPS growth | 171.9% | — | -1,277.4% | -88.2% | -0.4% | — | -145.4% | -12.3% | 70.3% | -21.4% |