Earnings To Watch: Wiley (WLY) Reports Q4 Results Tomorrow

Academic publishing company John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) will be announcing earnings results this Thursday morning. Here’s what to expect.

Wiley beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $421.8 million, down 1.1% year on year. It was an exceptional quarter for the company, with a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and an impressive beat of analysts’ full-year EPS guidance estimates.

Is Wiley a buy or sell going into earnings? Read our full analysis here, it’s free for active Edge members.

This quarter, the market is expecting Wiley’s revenue to decline 3.4% year on year, improving from the 12.2% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year.

Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Wiley has a history of exceeding Wall Street’s expectations.

Looking at Wiley’s peers in the traditional media & publishing segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. IMAX delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 35.1%, beating analysts’ expectations by 3.8%, and EchoStar reported a revenue decline of 4.3%, topping estimates by 1.3%. IMAX traded up 14.4% following the results while EchoStar was also up 2.3%.

Read our full analysis of IMAX’s results here and EchoStar’s results here.

Debates around the economy’s health and the impact of potential tariffs and corporate tax cuts have caused much uncertainty in 2025. While some of the traditional media & publishing stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 5.2% on average over the last month. Wiley is down 2.3% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $60 (compared to the current share price of $30.67).

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