John Wiley & Sons (WLYB) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026)

John Wiley & Sons (WLYB) reported Debt Ratio of 0.32 for Q1 2026, down 7.61% year-over-year from 0.34 in Q1 2025, and down 10.78% quarter-over-quarter from 0.35 in Q4 2025.

John Wiley & Sons (WLYB) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

John Wiley & Sons (WLYB) has 18 years of Debt Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.32 in Q1 2026.

  • Debt Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.32, down 7.61% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was 0.32 (down 7.61% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.3, up 4.51% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio eased to 0.32 in Q1 2026 per WLYB's latest filing, from 0.35 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Debt Ratio peaked at 0.37 in Q4 2024 and troughed at 0.23 in Q2 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 0.31 and a median of 0.32 in 2026 frame the typical range for Debt Ratio.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2026: Debt Ratio grew 18.07% in 2024, then decreased 7.61% in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of Debt Ratio shows it stood at 0.32 in 2022, then rose by 5.72% to 0.34 in 2023, then rose by 8.6% to 0.37 in 2024, then slipped by 4.07% to 0.35 in 2025, then decreased by 10.78% to 0.32 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows WLYB's Debt Ratio at 0.32 in Q1 2026, 0.35 in Q4 2025, and 0.33 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Pearson 13.48 Bn 13.03 Bn - 0.23
2 New York Times 12.54 Bn 11.90 Bn -372.70 Mn -
3 John Wiley & Sons 2.34 Bn 2.24 Bn 302.26 Mn 0.32
4 Usa Today 1.19 Bn 1.10 Bn 221.13 Mn 0.40
5 Scholastic 1.03 Bn 926.92 Mn 178.80 Mn -
6 Lee Enterprises 142.56 Mn 91.60 Mn 59.21 Mn 0.74
7 TNL Mediagene 97.70 Mn 95.77 Mn - 0.10
8 Educational Development 11.90 Mn 10.56 Mn 2.47 Mn -
9 Pearson - - - 0.23
10 John Wiley & Sons - - 302.26 Mn 0.32

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 0.32
Oct 31, 2025 0.35
Jul 31, 2025 0.33
Apr 30, 2025 0.30
Jan 31, 2025 0.34
Oct 31, 2024 0.37
Jul 31, 2024 0.35
Apr 30, 2024 0.28
Jan 31, 2024 0.33
Oct 31, 2023 0.34
Jul 31, 2023 0.31
Apr 30, 2023 0.24
Jan 31, 2023 0.30
Oct 31, 2022 0.32
Jul 31, 2022 0.29
Apr 30, 2022 0.23
Jan 31, 2022 0.27
Oct 31, 2021 0.31
Jul 31, 2021 0.29
Apr 30, 2021 0.24