John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

WLY stock score: 64/100

$52.04 · -0.46% · Scored Oct 21, 2026

Technical
67
Fundamental
61
News
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The reading

John Wiley & Sons (WLY) scores 64 out of 100, which reads neutral, higher than 89% of Communication Services stocks and 85% of the 4,166 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 67, fundamentals 61.

Among the fundamentals, Fair Value at 100 and Analyst Consensus at 100 score highest, while PEG Ratio at 0 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 69 and contrarian oscillators 35 — a split worth reading before trusting the technical total.

Since Jul 25, 2026 the composite has ranged from 58 to 79, and it is down 1 point over the period.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward WLY’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

61

Pulling it up

  • Fair Value100

    Fair value score synthesizes multiple valuation methods (DCF, P/E, P/B, P/S) to estimate intrinsic worth.

  • Analyst Consensus100

    Analyst consensus score synthesizes Wall Street analyst opinions, rating trends, and consensus ratings into a single metric.

  • Earnings Growth (Annual)100

    Annual earnings growth tracks year-over-year profit expansion.

Holding it back

  • PEG Ratio0

    PEG ratio divides the P/E ratio by earnings growth rate.

  • Earnings Growth (Quarterly)2

    Quarterly earnings growth measures profit increase versus the prior-year quarter.

  • Revenue Growth (5-Year)13

    5-year revenue growth analyzes long-term sales trajectory and consistency.

40 weighted scorers; 1 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

Technical · daily

65

Pulling it up

  • Parabolic SAR (PSAR)100

    Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.

  • VWAP100

    Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) shows the average price weighted by volume.

  • SMA 20095

    Simple Moving Average (200-period) is the most widely followed long-term trend indicator.

Holding it back

  • Stoch RSI (14)19

    Stochastic RSI combines Stochastic and RSI indicators for enhanced sensitivity to overbought/oversold conditions.

  • Money Flow Index (14)19

    Money Flow Index (14-period) is a volume-weighted RSI that identifies overbought and oversold conditions.

  • Bollinger Bands (20)22

    Bollinger Bands (20-period) plot standard deviations above and below a moving average.

62 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly501
Daily653
Weekly692
Monthly722
Quarterly692

Composite score, last 90 days

05010064Jul 25, 2026Oct 21, 2026Jul 25, 2026: 65Jul 26, 2026: 77Jul 27, 2026: 78Jul 28, 2026: 79Jul 29, 2026: 79Jul 30, 2026: 78Jul 31, 2026: 75Aug 2, 2026: 61Aug 3, 2026: 62Aug 5, 2026: 62Aug 6, 2026: 61Aug 7, 2026: 65Aug 8, 2026: 65Aug 9, 2026: 65Aug 10, 2026: 64Aug 11, 2026: 64Aug 12, 2026: 63Aug 13, 2026: 65Aug 14, 2026: 65Aug 15, 2026: 65Aug 16, 2026: 65Aug 17, 2026: 63Aug 18, 2026: 64Aug 19, 2026: 65Aug 20, 2026: 65Aug 22, 2026: 66Aug 23, 2026: 66Aug 24, 2026: 67Aug 25, 2026: 67Aug 26, 2026: 67Aug 27, 2026: 67Aug 28, 2026: 67Aug 29, 2026: 67Aug 30, 2026: 67Aug 31, 2026: 66Sep 1, 2026: 65Sep 2, 2026: 65Sep 3, 2026: 63Sep 4, 2026: 61Sep 5, 2026: 61Sep 6, 2026: 59Sep 7, 2026: 59Sep 8, 2026: 59Sep 9, 2026: 59Sep 10, 2026: 58Sep 11, 2026: 58Sep 12, 2026: 58Sep 13, 2026: 58Sep 14, 2026: 60Sep 15, 2026: 60Sep 16, 2026: 61Sep 17, 2026: 61Sep 18, 2026: 59Sep 19, 2026: 59Sep 20, 2026: 59Sep 21, 2026: 58Sep 22, 2026: 58Sep 23, 2026: 59Sep 24, 2026: 61Sep 25, 2026: 59Sep 26, 2026: 59Sep 27, 2026: 59Sep 28, 2026: 59Sep 29, 2026: 60Sep 30, 2026: 60Oct 1, 2026: 62Oct 2, 2026: 60Oct 3, 2026: 60Oct 4, 2026: 60Oct 5, 2026: 62Oct 6, 2026: 62Oct 7, 2026: 62Oct 8, 2026: 63Oct 9, 2026: 63Oct 10, 2026: 63Oct 11, 2026: 63Oct 12, 2026: 64Oct 13, 2026: 65Oct 14, 2026: 64Oct 15, 2026: 64Oct 16, 2026: 65Oct 17, 2026: 64Oct 18, 2026: 65Oct 19, 2026: 63Oct 20, 2026: 64Oct 21, 2026: 64
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Key facts

Market cap
$2.6B
Sector
Communication Services
Industry
Publishing
Beta
0.75
Risk grade (1–10)
9
Next earnings
Dec 3, 2026

Publishing peers

CompanyMarket capScore
NYT The New York Times Company$11.1B61
PSO Pearson$10.9B57

Questions

What is WLY's stock score today?

WLY scores 64/100 (Neutral) as of Oct 21, 2026: technical 67, fundamental 61. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is WLY a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 64 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean neutral today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the WLY score calculated?

102 weighted scorers feed it today: 40 fundamental, scored against Communication Services ranges, and 62 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.