As of Jul 31, 2026, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. had total assets of $3.1 billion and total liabilities of $2.3 billion. Total assets were up 24.1% from a year earlier. Stockholders' equity was $797.0 million. It held $106.4 million in cash and investments against $1.4 billion of total debt, net debt of $1.3 billion. The current ratio, current assets divided by current liabilities, was 0.64.
USD in millions, except ratios and per-share amounts. The percent under a figure is the change from the year before.
| Line |
FY 2027
Jul 31, 2026
|
FY 2026
Apr 30, 2026
|
FY 2025
Apr 30, 2025
|
FY 2024
Apr 30, 2024
|
FY 2023
Apr 30, 2023
|
FY 2022
Apr 30, 2022
|
FY 2021
Apr 30, 2021
|
FY 2020
Apr 30, 2020
|
FY 2019
Apr 30, 2019
|
FY 2018
Apr 30, 2018
|
FY 2017
Apr 30, 2017
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assets | |||||||||||
| Cash |
106
+30.0%
|
76
-11.9%
|
86
+3.2%
|
83
-22.0%
|
107
+6.3%
|
100
+7.0%
|
94
-53.7%
|
202
+118.0%
|
93
-45.3%
|
170
+190.1%
|
59
-83.9%
|
| Cash and investments |
106
+30.0%
|
76
-11.9%
|
86
+3.2%
|
83
-22.0%
|
107
+6.3%
|
100
+7.0%
|
94
-53.7%
|
202
+118.0%
|
93
-45.3%
|
170
+190.1%
|
59
-83.9%
|
| Receivables |
211
-4.4%
|
244
+6.9%
|
228
+1.9%
|
224
-27.7%
|
310
-6.6%
|
332
+6.5%
|
312
+0.7%
|
309
+0.9%
|
307
+44.4%
|
212
+12.6%
|
189
+12.6%
|
| Inventory |
18
-15.8%
|
19
-15.8%
|
23
-12.8%
|
26
-14.7%
|
31
-16.0%
|
37
-14.0%
|
43
-2.5%
|
44
+22.6%
|
36
-9.9%
|
39
-17.5%
|
48
-17.2%
|
| Total current assets |
438
+4.3%
|
420
-4.6%
|
440
-3.1%
|
454
-16.1%
|
541
-1.7%
|
551
+4.7%
|
526
-14.4%
|
615
+22.4%
|
503
+4.7%
|
480
+33.4%
|
360
-46.4%
|
| Property and equipment, net |
132
-13.7%
|
136
-16.0%
|
162
-15.8%
|
192
-22.1%
|
247
-9.0%
|
272
-3.8%
|
282
-5.3%
|
298
+3.1%
|
289
-0.3%
|
290
+19.3%
|
243
+13.2%
|
| Goodwill |
1,391
+24.4%
|
1,132
+1.0%
|
1,122
+2.8%
|
1,091
-9.4%
|
1,204
-7.5%
|
1,302
-0.2%
|
1,304
+16.8%
|
1,117
+1.9%
|
1,096
+7.4%
|
1,020
+3.8%
|
982
+3.2%
|
| Total assets |
3,132
+24.1%
|
2,592
-3.7%
|
2,691
-1.2%
|
2,725
-12.3%
|
3,109
-7.5%
|
3,362
-2.5%
|
3,446
+8.8%
|
3,169
+7.5%
|
2,949
+3.8%
|
2,839
+8.9%
|
2,606
-10.8%
|
| Liabilities and equity | |||||||||||
| Accounts payable |
45
+23.5%
|
67
+10.3%
|
61
+9.5%
|
56
-34.0%
|
84
+8.9%
|
77
-19.2%
|
96
+2.2%
|
94
+3.0%
|
91
+1.0%
|
90
+18.0%
|
76
-54.1%
|
| Total current liabilities |
689
+6.2%
|
779
-5.1%
|
821
-6.0%
|
873
-2.5%
|
896
-7.6%
|
969
-2.0%
|
989
+6.7%
|
927
+5.1%
|
882
+0.9%
|
874
+11.0%
|
788
+0.8%
|
| Total liabilities |
2,335
+30.4%
|
1,744
-10.1%
|
1,939
-2.3%
|
1,986
-3.8%
|
2,064
-7.0%
|
2,219
-5.8%
|
2,355
+5.4%
|
2,235
+26.5%
|
1,767
+7.2%
|
1,649
|
—
|
| Stockholders' equity |
797
+8.7%
|
848
+12.8%
|
752
+1.7%
|
740
-29.2%
|
1,045
-8.5%
|
1,142
+4.7%
|
1,091
+16.9%
|
934
-21.0%
|
1,181
-0.8%
|
1,191
+18.7%
|
1,003
-3.3%
|
| Debt | |||||||||||
| Debt due within a year |
14
+37.5%
|
12
+25.0%
|
10
+33.3%
|
8
+50.0%
|
5
-73.3%
|
19
+50.0%
|
12
+33.3%
|
9
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
| Long-term debt |
1,278
+56.1%
|
671
-15.0%
|
789
+2.9%
|
767
+3.2%
|
743
-3.3%
|
768
-5.0%
|
809
+5.7%
|
766
+59.9%
|
479
+33.0%
|
360
-1.4%
|
365
-39.7%
|
| Lease liabilities |
84
-12.7%
|
85
-14.3%
|
100
-11.5%
|
113
-16.7%
|
135
-11.7%
|
153
-9.0%
|
168
-7.3%
|
182
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
| Total debt |
1,375
+48.8%
|
769
-14.5%
|
899
+1.3%
|
887
+0.4%
|
884
-6.0%
|
940
-5.0%
|
990
+3.5%
|
957
+99.8%
|
479
+33.0%
|
360
-1.4%
|
365
-39.7%
|
| Net cash |
-1,268
-50.6%
|
-693
+14.8%
|
-813
-1.2%
|
-804
-3.5%
|
-777
+7.5%
|
-840
+6.3%
|
-896
-18.8%
|
-754
-95.4%
|
-386
-102.9%
|
-190
+37.9%
|
-306
-27.1%
|
| Ratios | |||||||||||
| Current ratio |
0.64x
|
0.54x
|
0.54x
|
0.52x
|
0.60x
|
0.57x
|
0.53x
|
0.66x
|
0.57x
|
0.55x
|
0.46x
|
| Debt to equity |
1.72x
|
0.91x
|
1.20x
|
1.20x
|
0.85x
|
0.82x
|
0.91x
|
1.02x
|
0.41x
|
0.30x
|
0.36x
|
| Debt to EBITDA |
3.50x
|
1.83x
|
2.44x
|
3.87x
|
3.28x
|
2.16x
|
2.57x
|
7.92x
|
1.24x
|
0.93x
|
0.99x
|
| Return on equity |
24.87%
|
26.13%
|
11.19%
|
-27.08%
|
1.65%
|
12.98%
|
13.59%
|
-7.96%
|
14.24%
|
16.14%
|
11.33%
|
| Return on assets |
6.33%
|
8.55%
|
3.13%
|
-7.35%
|
0.55%
|
4.41%
|
4.30%
|
-2.34%
|
5.71%
|
6.77%
|
4.36%
|
How these figures are calculated
Annual columns are full-year amounts from the annual report (Form 10-K, 20-F, or 40-F). If a company restates a year, the latest filed number is shown. USD in millions, except ratios and per-share amounts. Cash and investments adds short-term and long-term marketable securities to cash. Debt due within a year is the borrowings that are not already in long-term debt. Total debt is those borrowings plus lease liabilities. Net cash is cash and investments minus total debt. Return on equity and return on assets divide the trailing twelve months of net income by the balance on that date. Debt to EBITDA uses the trailing twelve months of EBITDA. The first column is the latest balance sheet when it is newer than the latest fiscal year. More on our methodology.
Company profile
- Industry
- Books: Publishing or Publishing & Printing (SIC 2731)
- Listed as
- WLY (NYSE), WLYB (NYSE)
- Fiscal year ends
- April 30
- Incorporated in
- NY
- Headquarters
- Hoboken, NJ
- SEC filer status
- Large accelerated filer
- SEC CIK
- 107140
- Former names
- WILEY JOHN & SONS, INC. (until Jul 25, 2019); WILEY JOHN & SONS INC (until Aug 8, 2007)
Other Books: Publishing or Publishing & Printing companies
- Pearson PLC PSO
- Scholastic Corp SCHL
Source: SEC EDGAR filings. This is company-reported data, not investment advice.