John Wiley & Sons Inc (NYSE: WLY) is 5.63% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $34.85 and a high of $53.96 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The WLY stock was last observed hovering at around $43.70 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 2.47%.
Currently trading at $46.17, the stock is 14.82% and 10.66% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.83 million and changing 5.65% at the moment leaves the stock 3.01% off its SMA200. WLY registered 39.99% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -3.11%.
The stock witnessed a 9.69% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -7.38%, and is 15.77% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 5.19% over the week and 2.97% over the month.
John Wiley & Sons Inc (WLY) has around 6400 employees, a market worth around $2.42B and $1.70B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 62.21 and Fwd P/E is 12.48. Profit margin for the company is 2.43%. Distance from 52-week low is 32.48% and -14.44% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (2.51%).
with sales reaching $435M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 22.30% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -10.84% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -7.14% in year-over-year returns.
John Wiley & Sons Inc (WLY) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 44.89M, and float is at 42.01M with Short Float at 4.78%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 6.31 million shares valued at $256.96 million. The investor’s holdings represent 11.565% of the WLY Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 5.37 million shares valued at $218.46 million to account for 9.8324 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are CLARKSTON CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC which holds 3.4 million shares representing 6.2524% and valued at over $138.37 million, while DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP holds 3.5392 of the shares totaling 1.92 million with a market value of $78.33 million.
John Wiley & Sons Inc (WLY) Insider Activity
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John Wiley & Sons Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Oct 08 ’24 that McMahan Danielle (EVP, Chief People Officer) sold a total of 2,318 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Oct 08 ’24 and was made at $49.41 per share for $0.11 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 8978.0 shares of the WLY stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Oct 08 ’24, Danielle McMahan (Officer) Proposed Sale 2,318 shares at an average price of $49.41 for $0.11 million. The insider now directly holds shares of John Wiley & Sons Inc (WLY).
