John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLYB) Reaches New 12-Month High – Still a Buy?

Shares of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:WLYB) hit a new 52-week high on Monday . The stock traded as high as $52.90 and last traded at $52.90, with a volume of 18 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $52.90.

John Wiley & Sons Price Performance

The company has a 50 day moving average of $50.20 and a two-hundred day moving average of $45.52. The company has a current ratio of 0.57, a quick ratio of 0.53 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.27.

John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLYB) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, September 5th. The company reported $0.47 earnings per share for the quarter. John Wiley & Sons had a positive return on equity of 21.59% and a negative net margin of 6.00%. The business had revenue of $403.81 million during the quarter.

John Wiley & Sons Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 24th. Investors of record on Tuesday, October 8th were given a $0.352 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, October 8th. This represents a $1.41 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.66%. John Wiley & Sons’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is -70.50%.

John Wiley & Sons Company Profile

John Wiley & Sons, Inc operates as a research and education company worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Research, Academic, and Talent. The company offers scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly journals, as well as related content and services to learned societies, individual researchers, other professionals, and academic, corporate, and government libraries.