HIGHBuilt-inProduct / Revenue mix
64%
Research segment
“10-K Item 1: 'Research revenue accounted for approximately 64% of our consolidated revenue in the year ended April 30, 2025'”
WLY · Concentration risk · 10-K extracted
John Wiley & Sons (WLY) concentration risks
Updated
The most significant concentration John Wiley & Sons discloses is Research segment at 64%, classified HIGH by disclosed size. Below: the full set from the latest 10-K — verbatim quotes, filing references, and a synthesis of what these exposures mean together.
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Source: John Wiley & Sons’s SEC Form 10-K filed — view the filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
At a glance
Disclosed-size breakdown · 3 disclosed concentrations
HIGH1
MEDIUM2
LOW0
Disclosed concentrations
Each card carries a disclosed-size chip (HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW — how large the exposure is as a share of revenue, not how dangerous it is) and a nature tag: Built-in(the company’s own model, geography, or products) or Outside party (an external customer, supplier, or distributor it relies on).
MEDIUMBuilt-inGeographic
49%
outside the US
“10-K Item 1: 'approximately 49% of our consolidated revenue was from outside the US'”
MEDIUMOutside partyCounterparty
46%
professional societies and other publishing partners
“10-K Item 1: 'Approximately 46% of Journal Subscriptions revenue is derived from publication rights that are owned by professional societies and other publishing partners'”
TrendMatrix Research · concentration synthesis
What these concentrations mean together
updated 2026-06-24The company's concentration profile combines a high-share product tilt, two moderate geographic and counterparty exposures, and a meaningful dependency on third-party content rights. Research revenue accounted for approximately 64% of consolidated revenue in the year ended April 30, 2025 — a large, high-share structural concentration that reflects the deliberate focus on academic and scientific publishing, where recurring subscription revenue is the dominant economic engine. This concentration is structural in character: it flows from the business model rather than reliance on any single buyer. Geographic revenue is more balanced but still leans international: approximately 49% of consolidated revenue was from outside the US, a moderate, medium-share structural exposure that introduces currency translation risk and sensitivity to overseas institutional budgets and open-access mandates. Neither end drives undue single-country risk, but the broad international mix means macro divergence between markets can affect revenue mix year to year. Within the Research segment, approximately 46% of Journal Subscriptions revenue is derived from publication rights owned by professional societies and other publishing partners — a medium-share dependency by disclosed size. If those partners chose to internalize publishing or shift to competing platforms, a meaningful slice of subscription revenue would be at risk. This counterparty dependency deserves monitoring alongside the structural product tilt, as the two together define the core risk profile.
For the engine’s reasoning on WLY’s current verdict — including which dimensions drove the score — see the per-dimension breakdown.
Industry peers · Publishing
Peer concentration profile
| Symbol | Name | HIGH | MEDIUM | LOW | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WLY● | John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| WLYB | John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| NYT | New York Times Company (The) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Concentration counts reflect items disclosed in each peer’s most recent 10-K; disclosed-size classification uses TrendMatrix’s internal 10-K extraction taxonomy.