John Wiley & Sons WLY
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John Wiley & Sons (WLY) Long-Term Debt Issuances (2009 - 2026)

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John Wiley & Sons (WLY) posted Long-Term Debt Issuances of $1.08 billion for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), up 283.7% from $280.88 million a year earlier and up 306.3% from the prior quarter.

Analysis

John Wiley & Sons (WLY) Long-Term Debt Issuances (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

For the trailing twelve months through Jul 31, 2026, Long-Term Debt Issuances at John Wiley & Sons was $1.76 billion, up 71.0% year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Apr 30, 2026), it was $965.25 million, down 19.6% from FY2025.

  • Annual Long-Term Debt Issuances shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 10.2% (FY2021 to FY2026).
  • In prior fiscal years, John Wiley & Sons' Long-Term Debt Issuances was $1.2 billion in FY2025 (+1.3%), $1.18 billion in FY2024 (+17.8%), $1.01 billion in FY2023 (+54.4%) and $650.88 million in FY2022 (+9.7%).
  • The fiscal Q1 2027 figure stands as the highest quarterly Long-Term Debt Issuances in data going back to fiscal Q1 2010.
  • On a year-over-year basis, Long-Term Debt Issuances increased in three of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 30.3%.
  • The strongest year-over-year quarter for Long-Term Debt Issuances in the past five years was fiscal Q3 2023, with growth of 509.6%; the weakest was fiscal Q3 2022, with a decline of 89.6%.
  • According to Business Quant data, Long-Term Debt Issuances for the three prior fiscal quarters was $265.26 million (Q4 2026), $199.3 million (Q3 2026) and $219.81 million (Q2 2026).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) LT Debt Issuance (Qtr)
1 Warner Bros. Discovery 77.70 Bn 63.36 Bn 4.10 Bn -
2 Fox 28.11 Bn 13.92 Bn - -
3 Omnicom 22.23 Bn 4.31 Bn 1.30 Bn -
4 News 16.74 Bn 8.22 Bn - -
5 Pearson 11.85 Bn 8.96 Bn - -
6 New York Times 11.03 Bn 8.52 Bn 394.61 Mn -
7 Sirius Xm Holdings 9.04 Bn 8.62 Bn 1.44 Bn -3.00 Mn
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 1.08 Bn
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jul 31, 2026 1.08 Bn
Apr 30, 2026 265.26 Mn
Jan 31, 2026 199.30 Mn
Oct 31, 2025 219.81 Mn
Jul 31, 2025 280.88 Mn
Apr 30, 2025 152.87 Mn
Jan 31, 2025 241.15 Mn
Oct 31, 2024 355.89 Mn
Jul 31, 2024 449.98 Mn
Apr 30, 2024 284.90 Mn
Jan 31, 2024 319.93 Mn
Oct 31, 2023 237.99 Mn
Jul 31, 2023 341.88 Mn
Apr 30, 2023 367.39 Mn
Jan 31, 2023 200.57 Mn
Oct 31, 2022 168.64 Mn
Jul 31, 2022 268.67 Mn
Apr 30, 2022 277.08 Mn
Jan 31, 2022 32.90 Mn
Oct 31, 2021 156.90 Mn
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