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

John Wiley & Sons' (WLYB) quarterly Operating Margin came in at 0.76% in Q3 2026, down 704.0% year-over-year from 0.13% in Q3 2025, and down 96.91% quarter-over-quarter from 24.59% in Q2 2026.

Analysis

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

John Wiley & Sons (WLYB) has reported Operating Margin for 18 consecutive years, with 0.76% the latest figure, recorded in Q3 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin fell 704.0% year-over-year to 0.76% in Q3 2026; TTM through Jul 2026 was 14.94%, a 156.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at 16.51%, up 332.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin was 0.76% for Q3 2026 at John Wiley & Sons, down from 24.59% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 24.59% in Q2 2026 and troughed at 13.65% in Q1 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 8.97% and a median of 10.93% in 2022 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Margin slumped 2256 bps in 2023 and soared 2288 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Over 5 years, Operating Margin stood at 11.16% in 2022, then declined by 16 bps to 9.38% in 2023, then jumped by 60 bps to 15.03% in 2024, then grew by 15 bps to 17.31% in 2025, then sank by 96 bps to 0.76% in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 0.76% (Q3 2026), 24.59% (Q2 2026), and 15.31% (Q1 2026), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 News 18.87 Bn 17.48 Bn - -
2 New York Times 10.80 Bn 10.14 Bn 394.61 Mn 15.48%
3 36Kr Holdings 6.01 Bn 5.99 Bn - -
4 McGraw Hill 2.55 Bn 2.35 Bn 439.20 Mn 20.78%
5 John Wiley & Sons 2.46 Bn 2.36 Bn 285.49 Mn 0.76%
6 Ziff Davis 1.95 Bn 341.32 Mn 241.03 Mn -15.60%
7 Usa Today 927.89 Mn 840.75 Mn 208.25 Mn 9.61%
8 Daily Journal 865.05 Mn 427.95 Mn 26.82 Mn 19.52%
9 Scholastic 845.14 Mn 710.24 Mn 285.70 Mn 10.80%
10 Ennis 542.65 Mn 493.57 Mn 31.08 Mn 13.78%
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jul 31, 2026 0.76%
Apr 30, 2026 24.59%
Jan 31, 2026 15.31%
Oct 31, 2025 17.31%
Jul 31, 2025 7.80%
Apr 30, 2025 17.28%
Jan 31, 2025 12.81%
Oct 31, 2024 15.03%
Jul 31, 2024 7.17%
Apr 30, 2024 14.68%
Jan 31, 2024 -10.07%
Oct 31, 2023 9.38%
Apr 30, 2023 15.68%
Jan 31, 2023 -13.65%
Oct 31, 2022 11.16%
Jul 31, 2022 -3.48%
Apr 30, 2022 10.71%
Jan 31, 2022 8.91%
Oct 31, 2021 13.86%
Jul 31, 2021 8.39%