John Wiley & Sons price to free cash flow WLY

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 11.4×
10-year median: 11.9×
Against its 10-year history: 44th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 8.0× to 23.4×
Peer median: 10.0×

John Wiley & Sons' price to free cash flow is 11.4× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 11.9×, close to the middle of its last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 8.0× in Oct 2023 to 23.4× in Jun 2018.

The median for 8 publishing stocks of a similar size is 10.0×.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 11.9×

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

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	11.4×	9.4×	13.0×
2025	10.1×	10.0×	18.0×
2024	18.2×	9.1×	21.7×
2023	9.3×	8.0×	14.7×
2022	8.9×	8.4×	11.9×
2021	11.3×	9.1×	13.4×
2020	11.1×	9.0×	14.9×
2019	14.7×	11.0×	17.9×
2018	12.5×	12.4×	23.4×
2017	15.6×	8.2×	15.6×
2016	10.8×	10.8×	13.5×
2015	14.2×	13.0×	14.6×
2014	13.5×	10.1×	14.3×
2013	10.5×	8.4×	11.5×
2012	9.0×	8.5×	13.3×
2011	12.6×	8.9×	12.6×

Against its peers

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

Company	Price to free cash flow
WLYJohn Wiley & Sons	11.4×
CMPRCIMPRESS	10.7×
DLXDeluxe	5.1×
SCHLScholastic	n/m
NYTNew York Times	18.0×
EBFEnnis	10.0×
NWSANews	20.5×
ACCOACCO BRANDS	8.1×
PMTSCPI Card	4.1×
Peer median	10.0×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.