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'”
WLYB · Concentration risk · 10-K extracted
John Wiley & Sons (WLYB) 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 · 1 disclosed concentration
HIGH1
MEDIUM0
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).
TrendMatrix Research · concentration synthesis
What these concentrations mean together
updated 2026-08-23Wiley's concentration profile, as disclosed, comes down to a single dominant segment: Research generated approximately 64% of consolidated revenue for the year ended April 30, 2025, easily the largest contributor to the top line. That share is described as a high-share exposure, and its character is structural — a function of how the company's business is organized rather than dependence on any one customer, supplier, or geography. No other concentration is disclosed among these source claims, so Research's dominance is effectively the whole story for evaluating how exposed Wiley's results are to a single part of the business. A structural concentration of this kind tends to move with the segment's underlying industry dynamics rather than with a single counterparty's decisions, which is a different — generally steadier — kind of risk than a customer or supplier dependency. Even so, with roughly two-thirds of revenue running through one segment, shareholders should expect consolidated results to track Research's trajectory closely, and any structural shift affecting that segment — pricing, access models, or research funding cycles — would have an outsized effect on Wiley as a whole rather than being absorbed by a diversified mix of businesses.
For the engine’s reasoning on WLYB’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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDAY | USA TODAY Co., Inc. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| WLY | John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| WLYB● | John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| NYT | New York Times Company (The) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| SCHL | Scholastic Corporation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Concentration counts reflect items disclosed in each peer’s most recent 10-K; disclosed-size classification uses TrendMatrix’s internal 10-K extraction taxonomy.