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John Wiley & Sons PE ratio WLY

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
14.5×
10-year median
20.4×
Against its 10-year history
9th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
11.5× to 126×
Peer median
22.4×

John Wiley & Sons' PE ratio is 14.5× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $53.91 against $3.73 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is below its ten-year median of 20.4×, lower than on 91% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 11.5× in Jun 2026 to 126× in Aug 2023.

The median for 8 publishing stocks of a similar size is 22.4×.

PE ratio over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far14.5×11.5×16.8×
202516.6×16.5×62.4×
2024n/m a value too high to mean anything
2023125×24.1×126×
202222.9×17.5×24.2×
202124.4×20.3×24.4×
202015.8×12.7×19.2×
201918.9×14.5×19.2×
201814.1×13.9×23.6×
201723.3×22.5×37.7×
201635.9×14.5×36.4×
201516.1×15.5×22.1×
201420.3×19.5×26.6×
201323.8×11.5×23.8×
201212.3×11.6×16.5×
201115.6×15.1×18.8×

Against its peers

Companies in Publishing nearest John Wiley & Sons' size, closest first, today.

CompanyPE ratio
WLYJohn Wiley & Sons14.5×
CMPRCIMPRESS21.3×
DLXDeluxe10.7×
SCHLScholastic27.5×
NYTNew York Times29.1×
EBFEnnis14.8×
NWSANews29.8×
ACCOACCO BRANDS7.4×
PMTSCPI Card23.4×
Peer median22.4×

Where John Wiley & Sons ranks

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.