WLY Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (John Wiley & Sons | NYSE:WLY)

John Wiley & Sons Inc is a publisher and a trusted leader in research and learning. The company segment includes: Research, which includes the reporting lines of Research Publishing and Research Solutions, and Learning includes the Academic and Professional reporting lines and consists of publishing, courseware, and assessments. Its industry-principal content, services, platforms, and knowledge networks are tailored to meet the evolving needs of its customers and partners, including researchers, students, instructors, professionals, institutions, and corporations. The company empowers knowledge-seekers to transform today's obstacles into tomorrow's brightest opportunities. For more than two centuries, the company has been delivering on its timeless mission to unlock human potential.

John Wiley & Sons trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol WLY.

As of January 16, 2026, WLY stock price declined to $30.94 with 447,166 million shares trading.

WLY has a beta of 0.43, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. WLY has a correlation of 0.05 to the broad based SPY ETF.

WLY has a market cap of $1.63 billion. This is considered a Small Cap stock.

Last quarter John Wiley & Sons reported $422 million in Revenue and $1.10 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $5 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.13.

In the last 3 years, WLY traded as high as $53.96 and as low as $28.84.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that WLY belongs to (by Net Assets): IJR, VTI, IWM, VB, VBR.

WLY has underperformed the market in the last year with a return of -26.0%, while the SPY ETF gained +18.1%. In the last 3 month period, WLY fell short of the market, returning -15.4%, while SPY returned +5.0%. However, in the most recent 2 weeks WLY has outperformed the stock market by returning +4.9%, while SPY returned +1.2%.

WLY support price is $30.35 and resistance is $31.67 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that WLY shares will trade within this expected range on the day.