John Wiley & Sons Valuation

Q: What is the Fair Price of WLY when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

WLY ($29.44) is trading below our estimate of [[future cash flow value]] ($43.76)

Is WLY undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

Below Future Cash Flow Value
Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value
Price-To-Earnings vs Peers
Price-To-Earnings vs Industry
Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio
Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Future Cash Flow Value

What is the Fair Price of WLY when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: WLY ($29.44) is trading below our estimate of future cash flow value ($43.76)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: WLY is trading below future cash flow value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for WLY?

Key metric: As WLY is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for WLY. This is calculated by dividing WLY's market cap by their current earnings.
What is WLY's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio	15.2x
Earnings	US$101.73m
Market Cap	US$1.54b

WLY key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue	1.5x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA	7.8x
PEG Ratio	0.4x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does WLY's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for WLY vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
Company	Forward PE	Estimated Growth	Market Cap
Peer Average	25.2x
TDAY USA TODAY	8.9x	20.83%	US$852.0m
NWSA News	28.7x	12.73%	US$13.2b
NYT New York Times	34.4x	12.91%	US$11.8b
MGNI Magnite	29x	13.03%	US$1.7b
WLY John Wiley & Sons	15.2x	35.85%	US$1.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: WLY is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.2x) compared to the peer average (25.2x).

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does WLY's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Media Industry?

3 Companies	Price / Earnings	Estimated Growth	Market Cap
DISH DISH Network	2.5x	-71.89%	US$3.08b
WIMI WiMi Hologram Cloud	0.9x	n/a	US$23.41m
LDSN Luduson G	0.09x	n/a	US$957.89k

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: WLY is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.2x) compared to the US Media industry average (14.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is WLY's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

WLY PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio	15.2x
Fair PE Ratio	26.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: WLY is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (26.8x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

AnalystPriceTarget

Community Contributor

US$60

Fair Value

50.9% undervalued

Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Insufficient data to show price forecast.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2026/02/15 11:43
End of Day Share Price	2026/02/13 00:00
Earnings	2025/10/31
Annual Earnings	2025/04/30

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. is covered by 7 analysts. 1 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Michael Hartnett	BofA Global Research
Daniel Moore	CJS Securities, Inc.
David Lewis	J.P. Morgan