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What WLYB's price assumes
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. trades at 11.8× earnings against 20.0× for the median Communication Services name, cheaper than its own group.
11.8
Trailing P/E · Communication Services median 20.0 · cheaper than the typical name in its group
- Price / sales
- 1.00
Price / sales · as of 2026-Q1
- Free cash flow yield
- 9.2%
Free cash flow yield · Communication Services median 6.3%
- Growth the price implies
- −2.5%
Growth the price implies · The price pays for −2.5% free cash flow growth a year for a decade; the business has delivered +2.2% a year over the last three.
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- Price / book2026-Q1
- 2.24
- EV / EBIT2026-Q1
- 9.83
- EV / sales2026-Q1
- 1.43
- Communication Services median P/E102 names
- 20.0
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $209M
- Market capitalisation
- $2.28B
- 3-year revenue growth
- −6.0%
- 3-year free cash flow growth
- +2.2%
| Method | Per share |
|---|---|
| Its own P/E history, lower quartile | $59.28 |
| Its own P/E history, median | $75.95 |
| Its own P/E history, upper quartile | $81.69 |
| 52-week range | $29.35 – $54.30 |
| Today | $48.93 |
Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.
Communication Services
Ranks #33 of 95 by Smart Score