John Wiley & Sons (WLYB) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

John Wiley & Sons (WLYB) has 17 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 13.35% in Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 13.35%, up 202.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was 13.35% (up 202.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 11.73%, up 917.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed grew to 13.35% in Q1 2026 per WLYB's latest filing, from 11.88% in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 13.35% in Q1 2026 and troughed at 0.75% in Q1 2024.
• A 5-year average of 7.39% and a median of 7.31% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: Return on Capital Employed tumbled 701 bps in 2023, then surged 1057 bps in 2025.
• A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 5.69% in 2022, then retreated by 7 bps to 5.31% in 2023, then gained by 5 bps to 5.58% in 2024, then soared by 113 bps to 11.88% in 2025, then gained by 12 bps to 13.35% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows WLYB's Return on Capital Employed at 13.35% in Q1 2026, 11.88% in Q4 2025, and 11.4% in Q3 2025.