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

John Wiley & Sons (WLYB) reported Return on Invested Capital of 0.0% for Q1 2026, little changed year-over-year from 0.0% in Q1 2025, and up 35.33% quarter-over-quarter from 0.0% in Q4 2025.

John Wiley & Sons (WLYB) Return on Invested Capital (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

John Wiley & Sons (WLYB) has 17 years of Return on Invested Capital data on file, last reported at 0.0% in Q1 2026.

  • Return on Invested Capital for Q1 2026 came in at 0.0%, changed 0.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was 0.0% (changed 0.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.0%, changed 0.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital advanced to 0.0% in Q1 2026 per WLYB's latest filing, from 0.0% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Invested Capital peaked at 0.0% in Q1 2023 and troughed at 0.01% in Q2 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 0.0% and a median of 0.0% in 2022 frame the typical range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Return on Invested Capital decreased 1 bps in 2024, then rose 1 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.0% in 2022, then slumped by 60 bps to 0.0% in 2023, then slumped by 945 bps to 0.0% in 2024, then surged by 141 bps to 0.0% in 2025, then surged by 35 bps to 0.0% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows WLYB's Return on Invested Capital at 0.0% in Q1 2026, 0.0% in Q4 2025, and 0.0% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Pearson 13.48 Bn 13.03 Bn - -
2 New York Times 12.54 Bn 11.90 Bn -372.70 Mn 0.00%
3 John Wiley & Sons 2.34 Bn 2.24 Bn 302.26 Mn 0.00%
4 Usa Today 1.19 Bn 1.10 Bn 221.13 Mn 0.01%
5 Scholastic 1.03 Bn 926.92 Mn 178.80 Mn 0.00%
6 Lee Enterprises 142.56 Mn 91.60 Mn 59.21 Mn -0.01%
7 TNL Mediagene 97.70 Mn 95.77 Mn - -
8 Educational Development 11.90 Mn 10.56 Mn 2.47 Mn 0.00%
9 Pearson - - - -
10 John Wiley & Sons - - 302.26 Mn 0.00%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 0.00%
Oct 31, 2025 0.00%
Jul 31, 2025 0.00%
Apr 30, 2025 0.00%
Jan 31, 2025 0.00%
Oct 31, 2024 0.00%
Jul 31, 2024 0.00%
Apr 30, 2024 -0.01%
Jan 31, 2024 0.00%
Oct 31, 2023 0.00%
Apr 30, 2023 0.00%
Jan 31, 2023 0.00%
Oct 31, 2022 0.00%
Jul 31, 2022 0.00%
Apr 30, 2022 0.00%
Jan 31, 2022 0.00%
Oct 31, 2021 0.00%
Jul 31, 2021 0.00%
Apr 30, 2021 0.00%
Jan 31, 2021 0.00%