John Wiley & Sons (WLY) Return on Assets [ROA] (2010 - 2026)
John Wiley & Sons (WLY) reported Return on Assets [ROA] of 6.92% for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), up 3.19 percentage points from 3.73% a year earlier but down 1.68 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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John Wiley & Sons (WLY) Return on Assets [ROA] (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Apr 30, 2026), John Wiley & Sons posted Return on Assets [ROA] of 8.39%, up 5.28 percentage points from FY2025.
- Return on Assets [ROA] has a five-year change of +3.91 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- By fiscal year, Return on Assets [ROA] came in at 3.11% in FY2025 (+9.97 pp), -6.87% in FY2024 (-7.40 pp), 0.53% in FY2023 (-3.82 pp) and 4.36% in FY2022 (-0.13 pp).
- Five-year quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] spans a low of -4.97% in fiscal Q3 2024 and a high of 8.60% in fiscal Q4 2026.
- Year over year, Return on Assets [ROA] has now increased in each of the last seven quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +4.46 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Assets [ROA] in five years was fiscal Q1 2026 (a gain of 7.80 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q3 2024 (a drop of 4.72 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027 came in at 8.60% (Q4 2026), 6.14% (Q3 2026) and 4.08% (Q2 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROA (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warner Bros. Discovery | 77.70 Bn | 63.36 Bn | 4.10 Bn | -3.21% |
| 2 | Fox | 28.11 Bn | 13.92 Bn | - | 7.80% |
| 3 | Omnicom | 22.23 Bn | 4.31 Bn | 1.30 Bn | 0.97% |
| 4 | News | 16.74 Bn | 8.22 Bn | - | 4.78% |
| 5 | Pearson | 11.85 Bn | 8.96 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | New York Times | 11.03 Bn | 8.52 Bn | 394.61 Mn | 13.44% |
| 7 | Sirius Xm Holdings | 9.04 Bn | 8.62 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 3.24% |
| 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 | 6.92% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 6.92% |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 8.60% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 6.14% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 4.08% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 3.73% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 3.18% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 1.59% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | -1.89% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | -4.07% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | -1.46% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | -4.97% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 0.55% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 0.55% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | -0.25% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 3.11% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 3.54% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 4.40% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 4.36% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 3.97% |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 4.28% |
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John Wiley & Sons Return on Assets [ROA] API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=WLY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "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=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=WLY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();