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

John Wiley & Sons (WLYB) reported Invested Capital of $1.6 billion for Q1 2026, down 0.95% year-over-year from $1.6 billion in Q1 2025, and down 3.38% quarter-over-quarter from $1.6 billion in Q4 2025.

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

John Wiley & Sons (WLYB) has 18 years of Invested Capital data on file, last reported at $1.6 billion in Q1 2026.

  • Invested Capital for Q1 2026 came in at $1.6 billion, down 0.95% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was $1.6 billion (down 0.95% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $1.6 billion, up 2.47% from the prior year.
  • Invested Capital slipped to $1.6 billion in Q1 2026 per WLYB's latest filing, from $1.6 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Invested Capital peaked at $2.1 billion in Q4 2022 and troughed at $1.1 billion in Q3 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $1.6 billion and a median of $1.6 billion in 2024 frame the typical range for Invested Capital.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Invested Capital soared 85.99% in 2022, then retreated 16.09% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Invested Capital shows it stood at $2.1 billion in 2022, then retreated by 13.05% to $1.8 billion in 2023, then retreated by 5.17% to $1.7 billion in 2024, then dropped by 6.08% to $1.6 billion in 2025, then retreated by 3.38% to $1.6 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows WLYB's Invested Capital at $1.6 billion in Q1 2026, $1.6 billion in Q4 2025, and $1.6 billion in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Invested Cap. (Qtr)
1 Pearson 13.48 Bn 13.03 Bn - 7.22 Bn
2 New York Times 12.54 Bn 11.90 Bn -372.70 Mn 2.04 Bn
3 John Wiley & Sons 2.34 Bn 2.24 Bn 302.26 Mn 1.56 Bn
4 Usa Today 1.19 Bn 1.10 Bn 221.13 Mn 212.68 Mn
5 Scholastic 1.03 Bn 926.92 Mn 178.80 Mn 871.90 Mn
6 Lee Enterprises 142.56 Mn 91.60 Mn 59.21 Mn -3.16 Mn
7 TNL Mediagene 97.70 Mn 95.77 Mn - 21.38 Mn
8 Educational Development 11.90 Mn 10.56 Mn 2.47 Mn 42.79 Mn
9 Pearson - - - 7.22 Bn
10 John Wiley & Sons - - 302.26 Mn 1.56 Bn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 1.56 Bn
Oct 31, 2025 1.61 Bn
Jul 31, 2025 1.56 Bn
Apr 30, 2025 1.55 Bn
Jan 31, 2025 1.57 Bn
Oct 31, 2024 1.72 Bn
Jul 31, 2024 1.63 Bn
Apr 30, 2024 1.51 Bn
Jan 31, 2024 1.66 Bn
Oct 31, 2023 1.81 Bn
Jul 31, 2023 1.83 Bn
Apr 30, 2023 1.79 Bn
Jan 31, 2023 1.97 Bn
Oct 31, 2022 2.08 Bn
Jul 31, 2022 1.10 Bn
Apr 30, 2022 1.93 Bn
Jan 31, 2022 1.14 Bn
Oct 31, 2021 1.12 Bn
Jul 31, 2021 1.09 Bn
Apr 30, 2021 1.10 Bn