John Wiley & Sons (WLY) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026)

John Wiley & Sons (WLY) has 18 years of Free Cash Flow data on file, last reported at $167.0 million in Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Free Cash Flow rose 25.6% year-over-year to $167.0 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was $196.5 million (up 12.71% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $141.1 million, up 7.27% from the prior year.
• Free Cash Flow improved to $167.0 million in Q1 2026 per WLY's latest filing, from -$4.6 million in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Free Cash Flow topped out at $211.1 million in Q1 2022 and bottomed at -$107.9 million in Q3 2022.
• The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is $90.9 million (2024), against an average of $52.8 million.
• The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Free Cash Flow sank 211.57%; it then jumped 76.68% in 2025.
• Tracing WLY's Free Cash Flow over 5 years: stood at -$6.9 million in 2022, then slumped by 211.57% to -$21.4 million in 2023, then rose by 7.38% to -$19.8 million in 2024, then jumped by 76.68% to -$4.6 million in 2025, then soared by 3713.81% to $167.0 million in 2026.
• Per Business Quant, the three latest WLY Free Cash Flow figures stand at $167.0 million (Q1 2026), -$4.6 million (Q4 2025), and -$97.0 million (Q3 2025).

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