John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLYB) Stock Price Down 4.1% – Should You Sell?

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:WLYB) shares were down 4.1% on Friday . The stock traded as low as $43.70 and last traded at $42.01. Approximately 1,039 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 134% from the average daily volume of 444 shares. The stock had previously closed at $43.82.

John Wiley & Sons Stock Down 4.1 %

The company has a current ratio of 0.66, a quick ratio of 0.61 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.26. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $46.52 and its 200-day moving average price is $47.12. The company has a market cap of $2.27 billion, a P/E ratio of -46.16 and a beta of 0.72.

John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLYB) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, December 5th. The company reported $0.97 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. John Wiley & Sons had a positive return on equity of 24.14% and a negative net margin of 2.82%.

John Wiley & Sons Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, January 9th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 26th were paid a $0.3525 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, December 26th. This is a positive change from John Wiley & Sons’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.35. This represents a $1.41 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.36%. John Wiley & Sons’s payout ratio is presently -154.95%.

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.