John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLYB) Hits New 12-Month High – Time to Buy?

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:WLYB)’s share price hit a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Thursday . The stock traded as high as $52.58 and last traded at $52.58, with a volume of 100 shares. The stock had previously closed at $51.93.

John Wiley & Sons Stock Performance

The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $48.36 and its 200 day simple moving average is $44.29. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.27, a current ratio of 0.57 and a quick ratio of 0.53.

John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLYB) last announced its quarterly 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 company had revenue of $403.81 million during the quarter.

John Wiley & Sons Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 24th. Investors of record on Tuesday, October 8th were paid a $0.352 dividend. This represents a $1.41 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.68%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, October 8th. John Wiley & Sons’s dividend payout ratio is currently -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.