---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000107140-23-000083"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WLY"
cik: "0000107140"
company_name: "JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC."
filed_at: "2023-06-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T23:39:50.831917+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Wiley Q4 adj EPS $1.45; to divest non-core education units; FY24 guidance lower

## Summary
- Q4 GAAP EPS $1.22, Adjusted EPS $1.45 (+32% constant currency); full year GAAP EPS $0.31 (incl. $100M goodwill impairment).
- Full year adjusted revenue $2,020M (flat constant currency); adjusted EBITDA $422M (-2%); adjusted EPS $3.84 (-8%).
- Plans to divest University Services, Wiley Edge, CrossKnowledge; collectively $393M revenue, $43M adj EBITDA in FY23.
- FY2024 outlook (ex-divestitures): revenue $1,580-1,630M, adj EBITDA $305-330M, adj EPS $2.05-2.40.
- Hindawi disruption: suspended special issues, closed 4 journals, retracted over 1,700 articles.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000107140-23-000083
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WLY
- cik: 0000107140
- company_name: JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-06-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107140/000010714023000083/0000107140-23-000083-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107140/000010714023000083/jwa-20230615.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000107140-23-000083.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. reported the fourth quarter ended April 30, 2023 results: revenue $526 million, EPS $1.22.
  - Period: the fourth quarter ended April 30, 2023
  - Revenue: $526 million
  - EPS: $1.22
  - Result: reported results
  source text: GAAP Results : Revenue of $526 million (-4%), Operating income of $82 million (+41%), and EPS of $1.22 (+$0.46).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107140/000010714023000083/0000107140-23-000083-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. reported the fiscal year ended April 30, 2023 results: revenue $2,020 million, EPS $0.31.
  - Period: the fiscal year ended April 30, 2023
  - Revenue: $2,020 million
  - EPS: $0.31
  - Result: reported results
  source text: GAAP Results : Revenue of $2,020 million (-3%), Operating income of $56 million (-$163 million), and EPS of $0.31 (-$2.31).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107140/000010714023000083/0000107140-23-000083-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.