John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLYB) Sees Strong Trading Volume – What’s Next?

Shares of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:WLYB) saw unusually-strong trading volume on Wednesday . Approximately 421 shares were traded during mid-day trading, an increase of 10% from the previous session’s volume of 382 shares.The stock last traded at $44.81 and had previously closed at $43.70.

John Wiley & Sons Price Performance

The business has a 50 day moving average of $46.52 and a two-hundred day moving average of $47.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.26, a quick ratio of 0.61 and a current ratio of 0.66.

John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLYB) last released its quarterly 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 announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, January 9th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 26th were paid a $0.3525 dividend. This represents a $1.41 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.37%. This is an increase 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 -154.95%.

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.