John Wiley & Sons (WLYB) Goodwill (2009 - 2026)

John Wiley & Sons (WLYB) reported Goodwill of $1.1 billion for Q1 2026, up 5.52% year-over-year from $1.1 billion in Q1 2025, and up 2.02% quarter-over-quarter from $1.1 billion in Q4 2025.

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

John Wiley & Sons (WLYB) has 18 years of Goodwill data on file, last reported at $1.1 billion in Q1 2026.

  • Goodwill for Q1 2026 came in at $1.1 billion, up 5.52% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was $1.1 billion (up 5.52% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $1.1 billion, up 2.76% from the prior year.
  • Goodwill improved to $1.1 billion in Q1 2026 per WLYB's latest filing, from $1.1 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Goodwill peaked at $1.3 billion in Q1 2022 and troughed at $1.1 billion in Q1 2025.
  • A 5-year average of $1.2 billion and a median of $1.1 billion in 2025 frame the typical range for Goodwill.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Goodwill surged 1506.04% in 2022, then retreated 14.73% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Goodwill shows it stood at $1.3 billion in 2022, then declined by 14.73% to $1.1 billion in 2023, then gained by 1.93% to $1.1 billion in 2024, then advanced by 1.25% to $1.1 billion in 2025, then grew by 2.02% to $1.1 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows WLYB's Goodwill at $1.1 billion in Q1 2026, $1.1 billion in Q4 2025, and $1.1 billion in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 Pearson 13.48 Bn 13.03 Bn -
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
4 Usa Today 1.19 Bn 1.10 Bn 221.13 Mn
5 Scholastic 1.03 Bn 926.92 Mn 178.80 Mn
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

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 1.14 Bn
Oct 31, 2025 1.12 Bn
Jul 31, 2025 1.12 Bn
Apr 30, 2025 1.12 Bn
Jan 31, 2025 1.08 Bn
Oct 31, 2024 1.10 Bn
Jul 31, 2024 1.10 Bn
Apr 30, 2024 1.09 Bn
Jan 31, 2024 1.10 Bn
Oct 31, 2023 1.08 Bn
Jul 31, 2023 1.10 Bn
Apr 30, 2023 1.20 Bn
Jan 31, 2023 1.20 Bn
Oct 31, 2022 1.27 Bn
Jul 31, 2022 1.29 Bn
Apr 30, 2022 1.30 Bn
Jan 31, 2022 1.33 Bn
Oct 31, 2021 1.30 Bn
Jul 31, 2021 1.30 Bn
Apr 30, 2021 1.30 Bn