John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (WLY) is a Publishing company in the Communication Services sector, currently trading at $39.78. It has a SharesGrow Score of 50/100, indicating a mixed investment profile with 2 out of 7 criteria passed.
SharesGrow calculates the intrinsic value of WLY = $349.85 (+779.5% from the current price, the stock appears undervalued).
Valuation: WLY trades at a trailing Price-to-Earnings (P/E) of 13.1 (S&P 500 average ~25) with a forward Price/Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) of 1.
Financials: revenue is $1.7B, -6.9%/yr average growth. Net income is $84M, growing at -402.9%/yr. Net profit margin is 5% (thin). Gross margin is 71.2% (+4.8 pp trend).
Balance sheet: total debt is $899M against $752M equity (Debt-to-Equity (D/E) ratio 1.2, moderate). Current ratio is 0.54 (tight liquidity). Debt-to-assets is 33.4%. Total assets: $2.7B.
Analyst outlook: 1 / 3 analysts rate WLY as buy (33%) — mixed sentiment.
SharesGrow 7-Criteria breakdown: Value 91/100 (Pass), Growth 15/100 (Fail), Past 75/100 (Partial), Health 33/100 (Fail), Moat 74/100 (Pass), Future 20/100 (Fail), Income 45/100 (Partial).
