John Wiley & Sons (WLY) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Reported EPS
- $0.44
- Estimate
- $0.40
- Surprise
- +10.0%
- Score today
- 6.3/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
John Wiley & Sons (WLY) beat the $0.40 estimate with diluted EPS of $0.44 — a large 10.0% upside surprise.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates WLY Sell at 6.3/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +10.0% surprise compares with a +9.3% four-quarter average.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (4/4)
- Attractive valuation
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Product: Research segment (64.0%)
- Sector modifier (Communication Services): -0.8
- Momentum score 4.1/10 — below 4.5 minimum
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $47.84
- Price target
- $57.80
- Stop
- $45.11
- Upside to target
- +20.8%
- Reward-to-risk
- 2.2:1
The stock trades at 12.3× trailing but 9.6× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: trading volume is running 1.7× its average — elevated turnover around the report window.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-09-04 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
WLY at TrendMatrix's latest read
Communication and media names are subscriber-economics stories; engagement and ARPU trends behind the print drive the reaction.
- Industry
- Publishing
- Market cap
- $2.57B
- P/E (fwd)
- 9.6
- P/E (ttm)
- 12.3
- 52-week range
- $28.38–$57.45
- Off 52-week high
- 16.7%
- RSI (14)
- 38
- Volume vs avg
- 1.67×
- Score today
- 6.3/10