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John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Class B (WLYB) Ratios
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Class B Ratios
WLYB's free cash flow for Q1 2027 was $-66.47M. For the 2027 fiscal year, WLYB's free cash flow was decreased by $-11.20M and operating cash flow was $-55.27M. See a summary of the company’s cash flow.
| Ratios | Apr 26 | Apr 25 | Apr 24 | Apr 23 | Apr 22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liquidity Ratios | |||||
| Current Ratio | 0.54 | 0.54 | 0.52 | 0.60 | 0.57 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.51 | 0.51 | 0.49 | 0.57 | 0.53 |
| Cash Ratio | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.10 |
| Solvency Ratio | 0.21 | 0.12 | -0.01 | 0.11 | 0.16 |
| Operating Cash Flow Ratio | 0.33 | 0.25 | 0.24 | 0.31 | 0.35 |
| Short-Term Operating Cash Flow Coverage | 20.84 | 20.26 | 27.69 | 55.41 | 8.62 |
| Net Current Asset Value | $ -1.32B | $ -1.50B | $ -1.53B | $ -1.52B | $ -1.67B |
| Leverage Ratios | |||||
| Debt-to-Assets Ratio | 0.30 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.28 | 0.28 |
| Debt-to-Equity Ratio | 0.91 | 1.20 | 1.20 | 0.85 | 0.82 |
| Debt-to-Capital Ratio | 0.48 | 0.54 | 0.55 | 0.46 | 0.45 |
| Long-Term Debt-to-Capital Ratio | 0.44 | 0.51 | 0.51 | 0.42 | 0.44 |
| Financial Leverage Ratio | 3.06 | 3.58 | 3.68 | 2.97 | 2.94 |
| Debt Service Coverage Ratio | 7.31 | 4.56 | 0.45 | 6.41 | 6.41 |
| Interest Coverage Ratio | 6.75 | 4.21 | 1.07 | 5.54 | 11.07 |
| Debt to Market Cap | 0.32 | 0.34 | 0.37 | 0.35 | 0.32 |
| Interest Debt Per Share | 15.49 | 17.61 | 17.04 | 16.58 | 17.22 |
| Net Debt to EBITDA | 1.71 | 2.37 | 20.65 | 2.68 | 1.91 |
| Profitability Margins | |||||
| Gross Profit Margin | 71.10% | 74.29% | 69.05% | 65.71% | 66.36% |
| EBIT Margin | 15.44% | 11.65% | -7.37% | 3.75% | 10.81% |
| EBITDA Margin | 24.17% | 20.48% | 2.08% | 14.35% | 21.14% |
| Operating Profit Margin | 17.66% | 13.20% | 2.79% | 10.35% | 10.53% |
| Pretax Profit Margin | 12.83% | 8.52% | -9.99% | 1.64% | 10.07% |
| Net Profit Margin | 13.22% | 5.02% | -10.70% | 0.85% | 7.12% |
| Continuous Operations Profit Margin | 13.22% | 5.02% | -10.70% | 0.85% | 7.12% |
| Net Income Per EBT | 103.04% | 58.90% | 107.10% | 52.06% | 70.74% |
| EBT Per EBIT | 72.65% | 64.53% | -357.91% | 15.84% | 95.62% |
| Return on Assets (ROA) | 8.55% | 3.13% | -7.35% | 0.55% | 4.41% |
| Return on Equity (ROE) | 26.13% | 11.19% | -27.08% | 1.65% | 12.98% |
| Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) | 16.33% | 11.84% | 2.82% | 9.44% | 9.17% |
| Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) | 16.08% | 6.87% | 2.78% | 4.86% | 6.33% |
| Return on Tangible Assets | 25.17% | 8.63% | -19.67% | 1.64% | 13.15% |
| Earnings Yield | 10.25% | 3.58% | -9.59% | 0.80% | 5.04% |
| Efficiency Ratios | |||||
| Receivables Turnover | 6.87 | 7.34 | 8.35 | 6.51 | 6.27 |
| Payables Turnover | 7.21 | 7.08 | 10.42 | 8.21 | 9.05 |
| Inventory Turnover | 25.15 | 18.86 | 22.11 | 22.53 | 19.15 |
| Fixed Asset Turnover | 8.67 | 7.35 | 7.16 | 5.97 | 5.43 |
| Asset Turnover | 0.65 | 0.62 | 0.69 | 0.65 | 0.62 |
| Working Capital Turnover Ratio | -4.53 | -4.19 | -4.84 | -5.23 | -4.73 |
| Cash Conversion Cycle | 17.05 | 17.48 | 25.16 | 27.79 | 36.89 |
| Days of Sales Outstanding | 53.16 | 49.70 | 43.69 | 56.04 | 58.17 |
| Days of Inventory Outstanding | 14.51 | 19.36 | 16.51 | 16.20 | 19.06 |
| Days of Payables Outstanding | 50.62 | 51.57 | 35.04 | 44.44 | 40.34 |
| Operating Cycle | 67.67 | 69.05 | 60.20 | 72.24 | 77.23 |
| Cash Flow Ratios | |||||
| Operating Cash Flow Per Share | 4.97 | 3.75 | 3.78 | 4.99 | 6.08 |
| Free Cash Flow Per Share | 3.37 | 2.22 | 1.93 | 3.07 | 3.90 |
| Dividend Paid and CapEx Coverage Ratio | 1.65 | 1.28 | 1.16 | 1.51 | 1.70 |
| Capital Expenditure Coverage Ratio | 3.11 | 2.45 | 2.04 | 2.60 | 2.79 |
| Operating Cash Flow Coverage Ratio | 0.34 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.31 | 0.36 |
| Operating Cash Flow to Sales Ratio | 0.16 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.16 |
| Free Cash Flow Yield | 8.17% | 5.10% | 5.07% | 7.92% | 7.39% |
| Valuation Ratios | |||||
| Price-to-Earnings (P/E) Ratio | 9.76 | 27.85 | -10.41 | 124.97 | 19.83 |
| Price-to-Sales (P/S) Ratio | 1.29 | 1.40 | 1.11 | 1.07 | 1.41 |
| Price-to-Book (P/B) Ratio | 2.55 | 3.12 | 2.82 | 2.06 | 2.57 |
| Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) Ratio | 12.24 | 19.60 | 19.72 | 12.63 | 13.53 |
| Price-to-Operating Cash Flow Ratio | 8.30 | 11.59 | 10.06 | 7.77 | 8.67 |
| Price-to-Earnings Growth (PEG) Ratio | 0.06 | -0.20 | 0.01 | -1.41 | 52.55 |
| Enterprise Value Multiple | 7.05 | 9.20 | 74.26 | 10.10 | 8.58 |
| Enterprise Value | 2.85B | 3.16B | 2.89B | 2.93B | 3.78B |
| EV to EBITDA | 7.05 | 9.20 | 74.26 | 10.10 | 8.58 |
| EV to Sales | 1.70 | 1.88 | 1.54 | 1.45 | 1.82 |
| EV to Free Cash Flow | 16.16 | 26.39 | 27.31 | 17.19 | 17.39 |
| EV to Operating Cash Flow | 10.96 | 15.61 | 13.93 | 10.57 | 11.15 |
| Tangible Book Value Per Share | -16.45 | -17.84 | -17.61 | -18.25 | -19.57 |
| Shareholders’ Equity Per Share | 16.17 | 13.92 | 13.46 | 18.81 | 20.49 |
| Tax and Other Ratios | |||||
| Effective Tax Rate | -0.03 | 0.41 | -0.07 | 0.48 | 0.29 |
| Revenue Per Share | 31.95 | 31.04 | 34.09 | 36.36 | 37.36 |
| Net Income Per Share | 4.22 | 1.56 | -3.65 | 0.31 | 2.66 |
| Tax Burden | 1.03 | 0.59 | 1.07 | 0.52 | 0.71 |
| Interest Burden | 0.83 | 0.73 | 1.35 | 0.44 | 0.93 |
| Research & Development to Revenue | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| SG&A to Revenue | 0.00 | 0.56 | 0.54 | 0.54 | 0.54 |
| Stock-Based Compensation to Revenue | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Income Quality | 1.18 | 2.41 | -1.04 | 16.08 | 2.29 |
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