John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLYB) Shares Gap Up to $42.69

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:WLYB) gapped up before the market opened on Friday . The stock had previously closed at $42.69, but opened at $44.30. John Wiley & Sons shares last traded at $44.30, with a volume of 200 shares.

John Wiley & Sons Stock Up 8.3 %

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.27, a quick ratio of 0.53 and a current ratio of 0.57. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $45.92 and its 200 day simple moving average is $40.68. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.52 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -12.71 and a beta of 0.68.

John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLYB) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, June 13th. The company reported $1.21 EPS for the quarter. The business had revenue of $468.46 million for the quarter. John Wiley & Sons had a negative net margin of 6.00% and a positive return on equity of 21.59%.

John Wiley & Sons Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, July 25th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, July 9th were issued a $0.352 dividend. This represents a $1.41 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.04%. This is a positive change from John Wiley & Sons’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.35. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, July 9th. John Wiley & Sons’s payout ratio is -38.74%.

About John Wiley & Sons

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.