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

John Wiley & Sons (WLYB) reported Operating Expenses of $347.3 million for Q1 2026, down 1.56% year-over-year from $352.8 million in Q1 2025, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from $348.8 million in Q4 2025.

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

John Wiley & Sons (WLYB) has 18 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $347.3 million in Q1 2026.

  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $347.3 million, down 1.56% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was $1.4 billion (down 4.15% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $1.5 billion, down 20.02% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses held at $347.3 million in Q1 2026 per WLYB's latest filing, from $348.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Expenses peaked at $558.4 million in Q1 2023 and troughed at $347.3 million in Q1 2026.
  • A 5-year average of $424.5 million and a median of $421.7 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: Operating Expenses rose 18.84% in 2023, then slumped 30.43% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $457.4 million in 2022, then fell by 2.37% to $446.6 million in 2023, then fell by 18.83% to $362.5 million in 2024, then retreated by 3.78% to $348.8 million in 2025, then declined by 0.42% to $347.3 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows WLYB's Operating Expenses at $347.3 million in Q1 2026, $348.8 million in Q4 2025, and $365.8 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Pearson 13.48 Bn 13.03 Bn - 223.47 Mn
2 New York Times 12.54 Bn 11.90 Bn -372.70 Mn 640.73 Mn
3 John Wiley & Sons 2.34 Bn 2.24 Bn 302.26 Mn 347.28 Mn
4 Usa Today 1.19 Bn 1.10 Bn 221.13 Mn 152.97 Mn
5 Scholastic 1.03 Bn 926.92 Mn 178.80 Mn 356.00 Mn
6 Lee Enterprises 142.56 Mn 91.60 Mn 59.21 Mn 114.43 Mn
7 TNL Mediagene 97.70 Mn 95.77 Mn - -
8 Educational Development 11.90 Mn 10.56 Mn 2.47 Mn 4.76 Mn
9 Pearson - - - 223.47 Mn
10 John Wiley & Sons - - 302.26 Mn 347.28 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 347.28 Mn
Oct 31, 2025 348.76 Mn
Jul 31, 2025 365.84 Mn
Apr 30, 2025 366.11 Mn
Jan 31, 2025 352.80 Mn
Oct 31, 2024 362.46 Mn
Jul 31, 2024 374.84 Mn
Apr 30, 2024 399.68 Mn
Jan 31, 2024 507.12 Mn
Oct 31, 2023 446.56 Mn
Apr 30, 2023 443.66 Mn
Jan 31, 2023 558.42 Mn
Oct 31, 2022 457.40 Mn
Jul 31, 2022 504.53 Mn
Apr 30, 2022 487.22 Mn
Jan 31, 2022 469.90 Mn
Oct 31, 2021 459.12 Mn
Jul 31, 2021 447.42 Mn
Apr 30, 2021 485.01 Mn
Jan 31, 2021 448.59 Mn