John Wiley & Sons (WLYB) Tax Provisions (2009 - 2026)

John Wiley & Sons (WLYB) reported Tax Provisions of $14.7 million for Q1 2026, down 64.65% year-over-year from $41.6 million in Q1 2025, and up 12.18% quarter-over-quarter from $13.1 million in Q4 2025.

John Wiley & Sons (WLYB) Tax Provisions (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

John Wiley & Sons (WLYB) has 18 years of Tax Provisions data on file, last reported at $14.7 million in Q1 2026.

  • Tax Provisions for Q1 2026 came in at $14.7 million, down 64.65% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was $18.0 million (down 82.56% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $58.7 million, up 342.41% from the prior year.
  • Tax Provisions improved to $14.7 million in Q1 2026 per WLYB's latest filing, from $13.1 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Tax Provisions peaked at $41.6 million in Q1 2025 and troughed at -$15.8 million in Q2 2025.
  • A 5-year average of $9.5 million and a median of $8.6 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Tax Provisions.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: Tax Provisions sank 176.17% in 2023, then jumped 2536.29% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Tax Provisions shows it stood at $10.1 million in 2022, then sank by 125.5% to -$2.6 million in 2023, then jumped by 428.01% to $8.5 million in 2024, then surged by 54.72% to $13.1 million in 2025, then rose by 12.18% to $14.7 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows WLYB's Tax Provisions at $14.7 million in Q1 2026, $13.1 million in Q4 2025, and $6.0 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Taxes (Qtr)
1 Pearson 13.48 Bn 13.03 Bn - -
2 New York Times 12.54 Bn 11.90 Bn -372.70 Mn 37.79 Mn
3 John Wiley & Sons 2.34 Bn 2.24 Bn 302.26 Mn 14.72 Mn
4 Usa Today 1.19 Bn 1.10 Bn 221.13 Mn 10.78 Mn
5 Scholastic 1.03 Bn 926.92 Mn 178.80 Mn 29.30 Mn
6 Lee Enterprises 142.56 Mn 91.60 Mn 59.21 Mn 3.45 Mn
7 TNL Mediagene 97.70 Mn 95.77 Mn - -
8 Educational Development 11.90 Mn 10.56 Mn 2.47 Mn -1.69 Mn
9 Pearson - - - -
10 John Wiley & Sons - - 302.26 Mn 14.72 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 14.72 Mn
Oct 31, 2025 13.12 Mn
Jul 31, 2025 6.01 Mn
Apr 30, 2025 -15.83 Mn
Jan 31, 2025 41.63 Mn
Oct 31, 2024 8.48 Mn
Jul 31, 2024 24.44 Mn
Apr 30, 2024 28.74 Mn
Jan 31, 2024 1.58 Mn
Oct 31, 2023 -2.59 Mn
Apr 30, 2023 17.26 Mn
Jan 31, 2023 -5.98 Mn
Oct 31, 2022 10.14 Mn
Jul 31, 2022 -5.55 Mn
Apr 30, 2022 8.68 Mn
Jan 31, 2022 7.85 Mn
Oct 31, 2021 14.65 Mn
Jul 31, 2021 30.17 Mn
Apr 30, 2021 8.94 Mn
Jan 31, 2021 5.23 Mn