John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLYB) Sees Unusually-High Trading Volume – Time to Buy?

Shares of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:WLYB) saw unusually-strong trading volume on Wednesday . Approximately 548 shares traded hands during trading, an increase of 39% from the previous session’s volume of 393 shares.The stock last traded at $40.21 and had previously closed at $40.69.

John Wiley & Sons Stock Performance

The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $43.02 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $46.39. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.26, a quick ratio of 0.61 and a current ratio of 0.66. The stock has a market cap of $2.17 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -44.19 and a beta of 0.70.

John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLYB) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, December 5th. The company reported $0.97 EPS for the quarter. John Wiley & Sons had a negative net margin of 2.82% and a positive return on equity of 24.14%.

John Wiley & Sons Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, January 9th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 26th were paid a dividend of $0.3525 per share. This represents a $1.41 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.51%. This is a positive change from John Wiley & Sons’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.35. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, December 26th. John Wiley & Sons’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -154.95%.

John Wiley & Sons Company Profile

John Wiley & Sons, Inc engages in the provision of research and learning materials. It operates through the following segments: Research, Learning, and Held for Sale or Sold. The Research segment consists of research publishing and research solutions. The Learning segment includes academic and professional reporting lines and consists of publishing and related knowledge solutions.