John Wiley & Sons (WLY) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026)
John Wiley & Sons' EBIT Margin came in at 0.76% for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), down 7.04 percentage points from 7.80% a year earlier and down 23.83 percentage points from the prior quarter.
John Wiley & Sons (WLY) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jul 31, 2026, John Wiley & Sons reported EBIT Margin of 14.94%, up 1.56 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Apr 30, 2026), it came in at 16.51%, up 3.32 percentage points from FY2025.
- EBIT Margin has increased in each of the last three fiscal years, with a five-year change of +6.96 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- Going back by fiscal year, EBIT Margin was 13.20% in FY2025 (+10.41 pp), 2.79% in FY2024 (+0.02 pp), 2.77% in FY2023 (-7.76 pp) and 10.53% in FY2022 (+0.97 pp).
- The fiscal Q1 2027 figure represents the lowest quarterly EBIT Margin since fiscal Q3 2024.
- Year-over-year, EBIT Margin increased in seven of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +4.60 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in EBIT Margin over five years came in fiscal Q3 2025 (a gain of 22.88 percentage points), and the weakest in fiscal Q3 2023 (a drop of 22.56 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows WLY's EBIT Margin at 24.59% (Q4 2026), 15.31% (Q3 2026) and 17.31% (Q2 2026) in the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBIT Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warner Bros. Discovery | 77.70 Bn | 63.36 Bn | 4.10 Bn | 2.72% |
| 2 | Fox | 28.11 Bn | 13.92 Bn | - | 21.87% |
| 3 | Omnicom | 22.23 Bn | 4.31 Bn | 1.30 Bn | 14.06% |
| 4 | News | 16.74 Bn | 8.22 Bn | - | 11.90% |
| 5 | Pearson | 11.85 Bn | 8.96 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | New York Times | 11.03 Bn | 8.52 Bn | 394.61 Mn | 15.48% |
| 7 | Sirius Xm Holdings | 9.04 Bn | 8.62 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 21.85% |
| 8 | Skydance | 7.82 Bn | 5.74 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Wpp | 5.74 Bn | -6.31 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | John Wiley & Sons | 2.63 Bn | 2.29 Bn | 285.49 Mn | 0.76% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 0.76% |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 24.59% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 15.31% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 17.31% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 7.80% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 17.28% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 12.81% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 15.03% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 7.17% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 14.68% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | -10.07% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 9.38% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 15.68% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | -13.65% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 11.16% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | -3.48% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 10.71% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 8.91% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 13.86% |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 8.39% |
John Wiley & Sons EBIT Margin API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebit-margin&ticker=WLY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ebit-margin", "ticker": "WLY", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebit-margin&ticker=WLY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();