John Wiley & Sons (WLY) Other Working Capital Changes (2009 - 2026)

John Wiley & Sons (WLY) has 18 years of Other Working Capital Changes data on file, last reported at -$80.8 million in Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Other Working Capital Changes rose 14.4% year-over-year to -$80.8 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was -$22.4 million (up 75.53% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at -$38.7 million, down 49.88% from the prior year.
• Other Working Capital Changes slipped to -$80.8 million in Q1 2026 per WLY's latest filing, from $95.7 million in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Other Working Capital Changes topped out at $158.1 million in Q3 2022 and bottomed at -$256.7 million in Q2 2023.
• The 5-year median for Other Working Capital Changes is -$23.6 million (2024), against an average of -$15.5 million.
• The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Other Working Capital Changes soared 74.25%; it then tumbled 299.17% in 2025.
• Tracing WLY's Other Working Capital Changes over 5 years: stood at $105.8 million in 2022, then dropped by 9.0% to $96.2 million in 2023, then climbed by 11.55% to $107.4 million in 2024, then retreated by 10.88% to $95.7 million in 2025, then slumped by 184.4% to -$80.8 million in 2026.
• Per Business Quant, the three latest WLY Other Working Capital Changes figures stand at -$80.8 million (Q1 2026), $95.7 million (Q4 2025), and $153.5 million (Q3 2025).

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