John Wiley & Sons, Inc. $WLY Shares Acquired by Quantinno Capital Management LP

Quantinno Capital Management LP boosted its position in John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:WLY) by 297.8% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 38,360 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 28,716 shares during the quarter. Quantinno Capital Management LP owned about 0.07% of John Wiley & Sons worth $1,462,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Bank of Montreal Can acquired a new stake in shares of John Wiley & Sons during the 4th quarter worth about $13,526,000. Clarkston Capital Partners LLC raised its position in shares of John Wiley & Sons by 18.6% in the fourth quarter. Clarkston Capital Partners LLC now owns 2,617,945 shares of the company’s stock valued at $80,188,000 after buying an additional 410,121 shares during the last quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd lifted its stake in shares of John Wiley & Sons by 323.5% during the second quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 528,088 shares of the company’s stock valued at $23,569,000 after buying an additional 403,389 shares during the period. Marshall Wace LLP purchased a new position in shares of John Wiley & Sons during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $12,273,000. Finally, Invesco Ltd. boosted its position in John Wiley & Sons by 192.5% during the second quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 594,815 shares of the company’s stock worth $26,547,000 after acquiring an additional 391,428 shares during the last quarter. 73.94% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

John Wiley & Sons Trading Up 3.8%

NYSE WLY opened at $51.85 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $2.63 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.26 and a beta of 0.78. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has a 12 month low of $28.38 and a 12 month high of $57.45. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.79, a current ratio of 0.54 and a quick ratio of 0.51. The company has a 50-day moving average of $49.29 and a 200-day moving average of $41.16.

John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, June 16th. The company reported $1.67 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.65 by $0.02. John Wiley & Sons had a net margin of 13.22% and a return on equity of 29.01%. The business had revenue of $447.94 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $450.00 million. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.37 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 1.2% on a year-over-year basis. John Wiley & Sons has set its FY 2027 guidance at 4.600-5.050 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that John Wiley & Sons, Inc. will post 4.8 earnings per share for the current year.

John Wiley & Sons Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, July 23rd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, July 7th were issued a $0.3575 dividend. This is a boost from John Wiley & Sons’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.35. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, July 7th. This represents a $1.43 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.8%. John Wiley & Sons’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 33.81%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have commented on WLY. Weiss Ratings raised shares of John Wiley & Sons from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 7th. Zacks Research cut John Wiley & Sons from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, May 15th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, John Wiley & Sons presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy”.

About John Wiley & Sons

John Wiley & Sons, Inc is a global publishing and educational services company founded in 1807 and headquartered in Hoboken, New Jersey. The company operates through two primary segments: Research & Publishing and Education. Through these segments, Wiley produces a wide range of scholarly journals, books, reference works and digital products for academic, scientific, technical and medical markets, as well as professional development and higher education learning resources.

In its Research & Publishing segment, Wiley publishes thousands of peer-reviewed journals and maintains the Wiley Online Library, a leading platform for scientific and scholarly content.