John Wiley & Sons (WLYB) Capital Expenditures (2009 - 2026)

John Wiley & Sons (WLYB) reported Capital Expenditures of $12.9 million for Q1 2026, down 3.44% year-over-year from $13.3 million in Q1 2025, and down 1.99% quarter-over-quarter from $13.1 million in Q4 2025.

John Wiley & Sons (WLYB) Capital Expenditures (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

John Wiley & Sons (WLYB) has 18 years of Capital Expenditures data on file, last reported at $12.9 million in Q1 2026.

  • Capital Expenditures for Q1 2026 came in at $12.9 million, down 3.44% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was $57.1 million (down 6.61% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $61.5 million, down 19.2% from the prior year.
  • Capital Expenditures slipped to $12.9 million in Q1 2026 per WLYB's latest filing, from $13.1 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Capital Expenditures peaked at $28.2 million in Q2 2022 and troughed at $12.0 million in Q3 2025.
  • A 5-year average of $18.1 million and a median of $18.8 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Capital Expenditures.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Capital Expenditures jumped 46.51% in 2022, then decreased 28.2% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Capital Expenditures shows it stood at $20.6 million in 2022, then slipped by 1.81% to $20.2 million in 2023, then decreased by 28.2% to $14.5 million in 2024, then dropped by 9.69% to $13.1 million in 2025, then retreated by 1.99% to $12.9 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows WLYB's Capital Expenditures at $12.9 million in Q1 2026, $13.1 million in Q4 2025, and $12.0 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Capital Expenditures (Qtr)
1 Pearson 13.48 Bn 13.03 Bn - -
2 New York Times 12.54 Bn 11.90 Bn -372.70 Mn 6.53 Mn
3 John Wiley & Sons 2.34 Bn 2.24 Bn 302.26 Mn 12.86 Mn
4 Usa Today 1.19 Bn 1.10 Bn 221.13 Mn 12.91 Mn
5 Scholastic 1.03 Bn 926.92 Mn 178.80 Mn 13.40 Mn
6 Lee Enterprises 142.56 Mn 91.60 Mn 59.21 Mn 577,000.00
7 TNL Mediagene 97.70 Mn 95.77 Mn - -
8 Educational Development 11.90 Mn 10.56 Mn 2.47 Mn 95,700.00
9 Pearson - - - -
10 John Wiley & Sons - - 302.26 Mn 12.86 Mn

Historic Data

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Jan 31, 2026 12.86 Mn
Jan 31, 2026 12.86 Mn
Oct 31, 2025 13.12 Mn
Oct 31, 2025 13.12 Mn
Jul 31, 2025 12.01 Mn
Jul 31, 2025 12.01 Mn
Apr 30, 2025 19.13 Mn
Apr 30, 2025 19.13 Mn
Jan 31, 2025 13.32 Mn
Jan 31, 2025 13.32 Mn
Oct 31, 2024 14.53 Mn
Oct 31, 2024 14.53 Mn
Jul 31, 2024 14.50 Mn
Jul 31, 2024 14.50 Mn
Apr 30, 2024 18.81 Mn
Apr 30, 2024 18.81 Mn
Jan 31, 2024 16.95 Mn
Jan 31, 2024 16.95 Mn
Oct 31, 2023 20.24 Mn
Oct 31, 2023 20.24 Mn