John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLYB) Shares Gap Up – Should You Buy?

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:WLYB)’s stock price gapped up before the market opened on Wednesday . The stock had previously closed at $39.90, but opened at $41.82. John Wiley & Sons shares last traded at $42.42, with a volume of 567 shares changing hands.

John Wiley & Sons Stock Up 0.3 %

The company has a quick ratio of 0.61, a current ratio of 0.66 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.26. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $44.44 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $46.81. The company has a market capitalization of $2.27 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -46.10 and a beta of 0.70.

John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLYB) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, December 5th. The company reported $0.97 EPS for the quarter. John Wiley & Sons had a positive return on equity of 24.14% and a negative net margin of 2.82%.

John Wiley & Sons Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, January 9th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 26th were issued a dividend of $0.3525 per share. This is an increase from John Wiley & Sons’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.35. This represents a $1.41 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.36%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, December 26th. John Wiley & Sons’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently -154.95%.

John Wiley & Sons Company Profile

John Wiley & Sons, Inc engages in the provision of research and learning materials. It operates through the following segments: Research, Learning, and Held for Sale or Sold. The Research segment consists of research publishing and research solutions. The Learning segment includes academic and professional reporting lines and consists of publishing and related knowledge solutions.