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 ($50.07) is trading above our estimate of [[fair value]] ($19.43)

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

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

Below Fair Value
Significantly Below Fair Value
Price-To-Sales vs Peers
Price-To-Sales vs Industry
Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio
Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair 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.

Below Fair Value: WLY ($50.07) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($19.43)

Significantly Below Fair Value: WLY is trading above our estimate of fair value.

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for WLY. This is calculated by dividing WLY's market cap by their current revenue.
What is WLY's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio	1.5x
Sales	US$1.83b
Market Cap	US$2.73b

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	2x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA	12.5x
PEG Ratio	n/a

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PS ratio for WLY vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
Company	Forward PS	Estimated Growth	Market Cap
Peer Average	1.4x
NYT New York Times	3.4x	5.8%	US$8.5b
GCI Gannett	0.3x	-0.1%	US$689.2m
SCHL Scholastic	0.4x	4.3%	US$682.9m
NWSA News	1.6x	3.2%	US$16.9b
WLY John Wiley & Sons	1.5x	1.8%	US$2.7b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: WLY is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.5x) compared to the peer average (1.4x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

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

35 Companies	Price / Sales	Estimated Growth	Market Cap
PARA Paramount Global	0.2x	1.5%	US$7.37b
DISH DISH Network	0.2x	-1.3%	US$3.08b
ATUS Altice USA	0.1x	-2.4%	US$1.10b
ADV Advantage Solutions	0.3x	-2.5%	US$1.08b

35 Companies		Estimated Growth	Market Cap

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Price-To-Sales vs Industry: WLY is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.5x) compared to the US Media industry average (0.9x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

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

WLY PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio	1.5x
Fair PS Ratio	1.6x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: WLY is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.6x).

Analyst Price Targets

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

Analyst Forecast: Insufficient data to show price forecast.

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