Swiss National Bank Has $2.75 Million Stake in John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:WLY)

Swiss National Bank decreased its holdings in John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:WLY) by 10.5% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 86,500 shares of the company’s stock after selling 10,100 shares during the period. Swiss National Bank owned about 0.16% of John Wiley & Sons worth $2,746,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Ceredex Value Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of John Wiley & Sons in the 4th quarter valued at about $6,779,000. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of John Wiley & Sons by 2.3% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 5,466,223 shares of the company’s stock valued at $203,180,000 after purchasing an additional 123,637 shares during the period. Louisiana State Employees Retirement System acquired a new position in shares of John Wiley & Sons in the 4th quarter valued at about $676,000. Nordea Investment Management AB increased its holdings in shares of John Wiley & Sons by 72.6% in the 3rd quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 152,659 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,781,000 after purchasing an additional 64,193 shares during the period. Finally, GSA Capital Partners LLP acquired a new position in John Wiley & Sons in the third quarter worth approximately $1,619,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 73.94% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other John Wiley & Sons news, EVP Jay Flynn sold 6,114 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, April 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $38.82, for a total transaction of $237,345.48. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 8,069 shares in the company, valued at $313,238.58. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. 0.79% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

John Wiley & Sons Trading Down 1.0 %

NYSE:WLY opened at $37.60 on Thursday. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $37.93 and its 200 day moving average price is $34.41. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has a 52 week low of $28.83 and a 52 week high of $40.23. The company has a market capitalization of $2.06 billion, a P/E ratio of -13.06 and a beta of 0.89. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.20, a quick ratio of 0.50 and a current ratio of 0.54.

John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, March 7th. The company reported $0.59 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.45 by $0.14. John Wiley & Sons had a positive return on equity of 18.83% and a negative net margin of 8.14%. The firm had revenue of $460.70 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $392.60 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.85 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was down 6.2% on a year-over-year basis. On average, research analysts forecast that John Wiley & Sons, Inc. will post 2.55 EPS for the current fiscal year.

John Wiley & Sons Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 25th. Investors of record on Tuesday, April 9th were issued a $0.35 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, April 8th. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.72%. John Wiley & Sons’s dividend payout ratio is currently -48.61%.

John Wiley & Sons 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.