Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for WLY in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
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John Wiley & Sons (WLY) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Oct 12 close
$51.32+1.68 (+3.4%)
Gekko Brief
AI summaryOct 12 closeThis week's news centers on a director disclosure rather than an operating update: Bradford Wiley, described as a director and a ten-percent owner, donated 65,000 shares of Class A Common Stock to an unaffiliated non-profit, receiving no payment in return. No earnings, guidance, deal, product or regulatory items accompany this filing-related activity.
WLY closed at $51.32, up 3.4%, and sits above both its 50-day average of $50.25 and its 200-day average of $41.88, with the shorter average also above the longer one, pointing to a supportive trend structure. The GekkoIndex reads 53.1, placing the stock in the Neutral zone, down from a higher reading five days prior. Against this, Gekko Fair Value stands at $88.56, leaving price 42.1% below that level.
The next earnings date falls on 3 December 2026, 51 days out, beyond a typical 20-trading-day holding window. No insider, Congress, or unusual options activity appears in their respective windows, and no billionaire or trailblazer holder signals are present. Seasonality over the past 5 years shows the next 20 trading days averaging a 4.2% gain, with gains in 4 of those years. The consensus analyst target sits at 68, implying 32.5% upside from current levels, a figure worth noting alongside the wide gap to Gekko Fair Value.
Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
John Wiley & Sons price vs fair value
Close $51.32200-day averageGekko Fair Value $88.56
John Wiley & Sons quick facts
- Market cap
- $2.69B
- P/E ratio
- 13.3
- Forward P/E
- 15.3
- EPS, TTM
- $3.71
- Revenue, TTM
- $1.67B
- Profit margin
- 11.9%
- Dividend yield
- 2.92%
- Beta
- 0.75
- Volume
- 361,891 avg 471,011
- 1-year return
- +41.8%
- Typical daily move
- ±2.8%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±6.3%
- 50-day average
- $50.25
- 200-day average
- $41.88
- Next earnings
- Dec 3
- Shares outstanding
- 41.93M
John Wiley & Sons swing-trade checklist
John Wiley & Sons scores 4 supportive, 1 mixed and 0 headwinds across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
4 supportive1 mixed0 headwinds
- Trendsupportive
Above 50 and 200-day
Close $51.32 is above the 50-day ($50.25) and 200-day ($41.88) averages, and the 50-day is above the 200-day.
See the chart - GekkoIndexmixed
53.1, Neutral
Reading 53.1 is in the Neutral zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuesupportive
42.1% below
Price is 42.1% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
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No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings risksupportive
Reports in 52 days
Next report Dec 3, 2026, 52 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+4.2% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +4.2% over 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
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John Wiley & Sons stock chart and price history
John Wiley & Sons closed at $51.32 on Oct 12, 2026, +41.8% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $28.38 to $57.45.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- +9.1%
- 3 months
- +4.2%
- 6 months
- +33.2%
- 1 year
- +41.8%
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About John Wiley & Sons
John Wiley & Sons builds its business around trusted publishing, research data, and knowledge tools meant to further science, education, and innovation. It reaches audiences across the United States as well as China, the United Kingdom, Japan, Australia, and other countries, and it has built its reputation largely on scholarly journals and learning materials relied on by researchers and students alike.
The company runs two main lines of business. One, focused on research, puts out journals and accompanying content covering fields like physical science and engineering, health, social science, humanities, and life science, reaching research libraries, library groups, individual researchers, and professional society members, often through subscription agents acting on its behalf. The other line centers on learning, offering printed and digital books, courseware aimed at students and teachers, and assessment tools for workplace use, with customers spanning business, technology, behavioral health, architecture and engineering, and science education, served through bookstores both physical and online, wholesalers, distributors, individual buyers, and government bodies.
Dating back to 1807, the company now operates out of Hoboken, New Jersey. Its stock trades on the NYSE under the ticker WLY.
- Listed
- NYSE
- Sector
- Consumer services
- Industry
- Publishing: books/magazines
- Website
- wiley.com
John Wiley & Sons GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
John Wiley & Sons’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 53.1, in the Neutral zone, down 7.3 points over five sessions.
53.1Neutral
Down 7.3 points over five sessions, from the Accumulation zone.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 60 | +1.6% | +0.9% | ||
| Accumulation | 195 | +0.5% | +3.4% | ||
| Neutral (current zone) | 376 | +0.3% | +0.9% | ||
| Distribution | 50 | −0.4% | +0.1% | ||
| Selling | 1 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average WLY share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Neutral readings averaged +1.1% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
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Is John Wiley & Sons stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
John Wiley & Sons trades 42.1% below Gekko Fair Value of $88.56, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what John Wiley & Sons shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$88.56
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026
42.1% Undervalued
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 15.5% below the estimate.
Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
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John Wiley & Sons insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for John Wiley & Sons, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in WLY were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
John Wiley & Sons has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Jul 31, 2026
- $15.23M
- As a share of market cap
- 0.57%
- Trailing four quarters
- $101.8M
From company filings.
Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Mar 31
0of the funds Gekko tracks hold WLY.
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John Wiley & Sons earnings: next date and track record
John Wiley & Sons reports on Dec 3, 2026 (52 days away).
Next earnings report
Dec 3, 2026
52 days away
- EPS estimate
- $1.24
- Revenue estimate
- $448.0M
John Wiley & Sons stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for John Wiley & Sons is $68.00, +32.5% from the last close.
$68.00consensus 12-month target, +32.5% from the last close
+0.9%average 20-day move after past Neutral readings
+4.2%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±2.8%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
John Wiley & Sons seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, John Wiley & Sons averaged +4.2% across the last 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +0.6% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +1.5% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +3.4% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +4.2% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +5.0% | 3 of 5 |
For scale, WLY’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 6.3%.
John Wiley & Sons market cap and key statistics
John Wiley & Sons’s market cap is $2.69B, with a P/E ratio of 13.3 and revenue of $1.67B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $2.69B
- P/E ratio
- 13.3
- Forward P/E
- 15.3
- EPS, TTM
- $3.71
- Gekko Fair Value
- $88.56
Trading
- Volume
- 361,891
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 471,011
- 52-week high
- $57.45
- 52-week low
- $28.38
- Shares outstanding
- 41.93M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $1.67B
- Profit margin
- 11.9%
- Return on equity
- 25.9%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +108.4%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 0.75
- Typical daily move
- ±2.8%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±6.3%
- Dividend yield
- 2.92%
John Wiley & Sons stock news this week
2 headlines about John Wiley & Sons from the past week, newest first, each linking to the publisher.
John Wiley & Sons peers
John Wiley & Sons’s 1 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| SCHLScholastic | Neutral | 21.0% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
John Wiley & Sons stock FAQ
What is John Wiley & Sons’s market cap?
John Wiley & Sons’s market cap is $2.69B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $51.32, with 41.93M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 13.3.
What is the John Wiley & Sons stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for John Wiley & Sons is $68.00, +32.5% from the last close. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is John Wiley & Sons stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate John Wiley & Sons is undervalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $51.32 is 42.1% below Gekko Fair Value of $88.56. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does John Wiley & Sons report earnings next?
John Wiley & Sons is expected to report on Dec 3, 2026 (52 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $1.24 per share on revenue of $448.0M.
What is John Wiley & Sons’s 52-week high and low?
John Wiley & Sons’s 52-week high is $57.45 and its 52-week low is $28.38; it closed at $51.32 on Oct 12, 2026, +41.8% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $58.20 on Jan 3, 2022.
Is John Wiley & Sons stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 4 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (trend, fair value, earnings risk and seasonality), 1 as mixed (gekkoindex). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
How this page works
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