John Wiley & Sons (WLYB) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

John Wiley & Sons (WLYB) reported FCF Payout Ratio of 0.11 for Q1 2026, down 22.22% year-over-year from 0.14 in Q1 2025, and up 102.72% quarter-over-quarter from 4.07 in Q4 2025.

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

John Wiley & Sons (WLYB) has 18 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.11 in Q1 2026.

  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.11, down 22.22% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was 0.38 (down 12.55% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.54, down 7.86% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio improved to 0.11 in Q1 2026 per WLYB's latest filing, from 4.07 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 0.21 in Q1 2024 and troughed at 4.07 in Q4 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 0.49 and a median of 0.09 in 2022 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: FCF Payout Ratio surged 90.85% in 2023, then sank 322.79% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 2.81 in 2022, then surged by 67.87% to 0.9 in 2023, then fell by 6.74% to 0.96 in 2024, then plunged by 322.79% to 4.07 in 2025, then jumped by 102.72% to 0.11 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows WLYB's FCF Payout Ratio at 0.11 in Q1 2026, 4.07 in Q4 2025, and 0.2 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Pearson 13.48 Bn 13.03 Bn - -
2 New York Times 12.54 Bn 11.90 Bn -372.70 Mn 0.19
3 John Wiley & Sons 2.34 Bn 2.24 Bn 302.26 Mn 0.11
4 Usa Today 1.19 Bn 1.10 Bn 221.13 Mn -
5 Scholastic 1.03 Bn 926.92 Mn 178.80 Mn -0.10
6 Lee Enterprises 142.56 Mn 91.60 Mn 59.21 Mn -
7 TNL Mediagene 97.70 Mn 95.77 Mn - -
8 Educational Development 11.90 Mn 10.56 Mn 2.47 Mn -
9 Pearson - - - -
10 John Wiley & Sons - - 302.26 Mn 0.11

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 0.11
Oct 31, 2025 -4.07
Jul 31, 2025 -0.20
Apr 30, 2025 0.14
Jan 31, 2025 0.14
Oct 31, 2024 -0.96
Jul 31, 2024 -0.19
Apr 30, 2024 0.12
Jan 31, 2024 0.21
Oct 31, 2023 -0.90
Jul 31, 2023 -0.19
Apr 30, 2023 0.10
Jan 31, 2023 0.17
Oct 31, 2022 -2.81
Jul 31, 2022 -0.18
Apr 30, 2022 0.13
Jan 31, 2022 0.09
Oct 31, 2021 -1.82
Jul 31, 2021 -0.19
Apr 30, 2021 0.10