John Wiley & Sons (WLYB) Interest Expenses (2009 - 2026)

John Wiley & Sons (WLYB) reported Interest Expenses of $11.5 million for Q1 2026, down 18.09% year-over-year from $14.0 million in Q1 2025, and down 1.54% quarter-over-quarter from $11.7 million in Q4 2025.

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

John Wiley & Sons (WLYB) has 18 years of Interest Expenses data on file, last reported at $11.5 million in Q1 2026.

  • Interest Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $11.5 million, down 18.09% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was $45.5 million (down 13.7% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $52.5 million, up 7.23% from the prior year.
  • Interest Expenses slipped to $11.5 million in Q1 2026 per WLYB's latest filing, from $11.7 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Interest Expenses peaked at $14.5 million in Q4 2024 and troughed at $5.1 million in Q2 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $10.8 million and a median of $11.5 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Interest Expenses.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: Interest Expenses soared 125.77% in 2023, then retreated 19.31% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Interest Expenses shows it stood at $9.3 million in 2022, then jumped by 38.63% to $12.9 million in 2023, then advanced by 11.8% to $14.5 million in 2024, then decreased by 19.31% to $11.7 million in 2025, then slipped by 1.54% to $11.5 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows WLYB's Interest Expenses at $11.5 million in Q1 2026, $11.7 million in Q4 2025, and $11.0 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Interest Expense (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 11.49 Mn
4 Usa Today 1.19 Bn 1.10 Bn 221.13 Mn 21.24 Mn
5 Scholastic 1.03 Bn 926.92 Mn 178.80 Mn -
6 Lee Enterprises 142.56 Mn 91.60 Mn 59.21 Mn 7.63 Mn
7 TNL Mediagene 97.70 Mn 95.77 Mn - -
8 Educational Development 11.90 Mn 10.56 Mn 2.47 Mn 1,600.00
9 Pearson - - - -
10 John Wiley & Sons - - 302.26 Mn 11.49 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 11.49 Mn
Jan 31, 2026 11.49 Mn
Oct 31, 2025 11.67 Mn
Oct 31, 2025 11.67 Mn
Jul 31, 2025 11.04 Mn
Jul 31, 2025 11.04 Mn
Apr 30, 2025 11.27 Mn
Apr 30, 2025 11.27 Mn
Jan 31, 2025 14.03 Mn
Jan 31, 2025 14.03 Mn
Oct 31, 2024 14.46 Mn
Oct 31, 2024 14.46 Mn
Jul 31, 2024 12.79 Mn
Jul 31, 2024 12.79 Mn
Apr 30, 2024 11.41 Mn
Apr 30, 2024 11.41 Mn
Jan 31, 2024 13.32 Mn
Jan 31, 2024 13.32 Mn
Oct 31, 2023 12.94 Mn
Oct 31, 2023 12.94 Mn