---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000107140-23-000165"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WLY"
cik: "0000107140"
company_name: "JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC."
filed_at: "2023-09-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T22:32:16.649024+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Wiley Q1 GAAP loss $1.67/share; revenue down 7% to $451M; reaffirms FY2024 outlook

## Summary
- GAAP EPS loss of $1.67 vs loss of $0.32 prior year; non-cash impairment charges of $103M.
- Adjusted revenue (ex-divestitures) $367M, down 8%; adjusted EPS $0.27, down 37%.
- Research revenue $258M, down 6% due to Hindawi publishing pause; ex-Hindawi flat.
- Learning revenue $109M, down 9%; adjusted EBITDA margin improved to 19.4%.
- Reaffirms FY2024 adj. revenue $1.58-$1.63B, adj. EPS $2.05-$2.40; expects margin improvement in FY2025-26.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000107140-23-000165
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WLY
- cik: 0000107140
- company_name: JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-09-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107140/000010714023000165/0000107140-23-000165-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107140/000010714023000165/jwa-20230907.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. reported the first quarter ended July 31, 2023 results: revenue $451 million, EPS -$1.67. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: the first quarter ended July 31, 2023
  - Revenue: $451 million
  - EPS: -$1.67
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Wiley Reports First Quarter 2024 Results September 7, 2023 - Hoboken, NJ – Wiley (NYSE: WLY and WLYB), a global knowledge company and a leader in research, publishing, and knowledge solutions today reported results for the first quarter ended July 31, 2023. • GAAP Results : Revenue of $451 million (-7%), Operating loss of -$16 million (+4%), and EPS loss of -$1.67 (-$1.35).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107140/000010714023000165/0000107140-23-000165-index.htm

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