Growth Metrics

John Wiley & Sons (WLY) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2026)

John Wiley & Sons (WLY) has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio for 17 consecutive years, with 4.07 as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio fell 322.35% to 4.07 in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Oct 2025 was 0.47, a 19.63% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.54, down 7.86% from a year prior.
  • FCF Payout Ratio was 4.07 for Q4 2025 at John Wiley & Sons, down from 0.2 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 0.21 in Q1 2024 to a low of 4.07 in Q4 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 0.51 and a median of 0.04 in 2022 define the central range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • Peak YoY movement for FCF Payout Ratio: plummeted 352.72% in 2021, then surged 90.85% in 2023.
  • John Wiley & Sons' FCF Payout Ratio stood at 1.82 in 2021, then tumbled by 54.38% to 2.81 in 2022, then soared by 67.89% to 0.9 in 2023, then dropped by 6.9% to 0.96 in 2024, then tumbled by 322.35% to 4.07 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for WLY's FCF Payout Ratio are 4.07 (Q4 2025), 0.2 (Q3 2025), and 0.14 (Q2 2025).