John Wiley & Sons WLY
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John Wiley & Sons (WLY) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026)

John Wiley & Sons' (WLY) quarterly Debt Ratio came in at 0.42 in Q3 2026, up 25.46% year-over-year from 0.33 in Q3 2025, and up 55.17% quarter-over-quarter from 0.27 in Q2 2026.

Analysis

John Wiley & Sons (WLY) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

John Wiley & Sons (WLY) has reported Debt Ratio for 18 consecutive years, with 0.42 the latest figure, recorded in Q3 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Debt Ratio rose 25.46% year-over-year to 0.42 in Q3 2026; TTM through Jul 2026 was 0.42, a 25.46% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at 0.27, down 10.72% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio was 0.42 for Q3 2026 at John Wiley & Sons, up from 0.27 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Debt Ratio peaked at 0.42 in Q3 2026 and troughed at 0.24 in Q2 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 0.32 and a median of 0.32 in 2026 frame the typical range for Debt Ratio.
  • The widest YoY moves for Debt Ratio: up 25.46% in 2026, down 10.72% in 2026.
  • Over 5 years, Debt Ratio stood at 0.33 in 2022, then increased by 3.7% to 0.34 in 2023, then advanced by 9.15% to 0.37 in 2024, then declined by 3.96% to 0.36 in 2025, then advanced by 16.56% to 0.42 in 2026.
  • The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.42 (Q3 2026), 0.27 (Q2 2026), and 0.32 (Q1 2026), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 News 18.20 Bn 16.82 Bn - 0.13
2 New York Times 10.74 Bn 10.08 Bn 394.61 Mn -
3 36Kr Holdings 6.17 Bn 6.15 Bn - 0.03
4 John Wiley & Sons 2.38 Bn 2.28 Bn 285.49 Mn 0.42
5 McGraw Hill 2.36 Bn 2.16 Bn 439.20 Mn 0.48
6 Ziff Davis 1.97 Bn 359.50 Mn 241.03 Mn 0.25
7 Usa Today 933.76 Mn 846.62 Mn 208.25 Mn 0.40
8 Daily Journal 911.93 Mn 474.84 Mn 26.82 Mn 0.00
9 Scholastic 829.74 Mn 694.84 Mn 285.70 Mn 0.04
10 Ennis 538.85 Mn 489.77 Mn 31.08 Mn -
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jul 31, 2026 0.42
Apr 30, 2026 0.27
Jan 31, 2026 0.32
Oct 31, 2025 0.36
Jul 31, 2025 0.33
Apr 30, 2025 0.30
Jan 31, 2025 0.35
Oct 31, 2024 0.37
Jul 31, 2024 0.35
Apr 30, 2024 0.29
Jan 31, 2024 0.34
Oct 31, 2023 0.34
Jul 31, 2023 0.31
Apr 30, 2023 0.24
Jan 31, 2023 0.30
Oct 31, 2022 0.33
Jul 31, 2022 0.29
Apr 30, 2022 0.24
Jan 31, 2022 0.27
Oct 31, 2021 0.31