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John Wiley & Sons Inc (NYSE: WLY) closed the day trading at $46.36 down -6.29% from the previous closing price of $49.47. In other words, the price has decreased by -$6.29 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.76 million shares were traded. WLY stock price reached its highest trading level at $49.31 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $45.67.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of WLY, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 30.47 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 19.51. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.53 and its Current Ratio is at 0.57. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.44 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.40.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Oct 08 ’24 when McMahan Danielle sold 2,318 shares for $49.41 per share. The transaction valued at 114,525 led to the insider holds 8,978 shares of the business.
Danielle McMahan bought 2,318 shares of WLY for $114,525 on Oct 08 ’24. On Jun 17 ’24, another insider, Dobson David C, who serves as the Director of the company, sold 10,000 shares for $39.76 each. As a result, the insider received 397,640 and left with 3,390 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, WLY now has a Market Capitalization of 2513597440 and an Enterprise Value of 3462684672. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.38 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 3.53. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.897 whereas that against EBITDA is 11.773.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, WLY has reached a high of $53.96, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $29.04. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -7.91%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 7.30%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, WLY traded about 342.21K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, WLY traded about 338969 shares per day. A total of 45.30M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 42.22M. Insiders hold about 22.21% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 75.73% stake in the company. Shares short for WLY as of 1731628800 were 1113108 with a Short Ratio of 3.25, compared to 1728950400 on 1049061. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1113108 and a Short% of Float of 3.37.
Dividends & Splits
WLY’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.41, up from 1.403 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.028360622The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.28.
