Daily Stock Analysis: John Wiley & Sons

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John Wiley & Sons Inc has the ticker symbol JW-A and is a member of the Communication Services sector as a publishing company. This is my third report on John Wiley & Sons Inc for my Vista Portfolio. My most recent past report was on December 16th.

John Wiley & Sons is one of the foremost global providers of academic journals, books, pre-and post-hire assessments and training, test preparation materials, and online education program management solutions. 

Wiley derived nearly 80% of its total fiscal 2020 revenue from digital products and tech-enabled services, with just over half of the total top line coming from its research publishing and platforms segment, 36% from its academic and professional learning effort, and 13% from its education services unit. 

Of fiscal 2020 revenue, 52% was derived in the United States, 10% in the United Kingdom, and 6% in Germany, with no other country accounting for more than 5% of sales.

The company was founded in 1807 and is headquartered in Hoboken, New Jersey.

Three key data points gauge dividend equities or funds like John Wiley & Sons Inc:

(1) Price

(2) Dividends

(3) Returns

Those three basic keys best tell whether a company has made, is making, and will make money. 

JW-A Price

John Wiley & Sons Inc's price per share closed at $52.22 yesterday. One year ago its price was $36.03. Price per share has increased nearly 45% from the midst of the Covid market slump. 

Should John Wiley & Sons Inc stock trade in the range of $32 to $56 this year, its recent $52.22 price might rise by $2.10 to reach $54.32 by March 24, 2022. My estimate is in line with that of three analysts tracking JW-A.

JW-A Dividends

John Wiley & Sons Inc's most recently declared quarterly dividend was $0.3425 paid on January 13th. Dividends are estimated to total $1.37 per share annually and yield 2.62% at yesterday's $52.22 closing price. JW-A has paid annually increasing dividends for twenty-seven years.

JW-A Returns

Adding the $1.37 annual JW-A anticipated dividend to my $2.10 price gain shows a $3.47 potential gross gain, per share, to be reduced by any costs to trade the shares.  

Put little under $1,000.00 today in John Wiley & Sons Inc at $52.22 per share and we'd buy 19 shares of JW-A stock.

A $10 broker fee (if charged) would be paid half at purchase and half at a sale and might cost us about $0.53 per share.

Subtract that maybe $0.53 brokerage cost from my estimated $3.47 gross gain per share results in a net gain of $2.94 X 19 shares = $55.86 for a 5.6% net gain on a $992.18 investment.

John Wiley & Sons Inc shows a possible 5.6% net gain including a 2.62% dividend yield. 

Over the next year at this time, a $1000 investment in JW-A could generate $26.20 in cash dividends. And a single share bought at yesterday's closing price was about $52! So, if JW-A is your kind of communication services investment, their price is double the annual dividend income from $1,000 invested. This suggests that you wait for the JW-A price to drop below $40 before adding these shares to your portfolio.

All of the estimates above are speculation based on the past history of John Wiley & Sons Inc. Only time and money invested in this stock will determine its worth.