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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000107140-24-000186"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WLY"
cik: "0000107140"
company_name: "JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC."
filed_at: "2024-09-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T06:10:40.878373+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Wiley Q1 FY2025 adj EPS $0.47 (+74%), adj revenue $390M (+6%); reaffirms outlook

## Summary
- Adj EPS $0.47 vs $0.27 prior year (+74% at constant currency); GAAP EPS loss ($0.03) vs ($1.67) loss.
- Adj revenue up 6% cc to $390M; Research $265M (+3%), Learning $124M (+14%) including $21M GenAI content rights project.
- Adj EBITDA $73M (+22% cc); Research margin 29.3% (prior 29.8%), Learning margin 27.2% (prior 19.4%).
- FY2025 outlook reaffirmed: adj revenue $1.65-1.69B, adj EBITDA $385-410M, adj EPS $3.25-3.60, FCF ~$125M.
- Closed third and final divestiture (CrossKnowledge, Wiley Edge India); $130M cost savings program actioned; dividend raised for 31st consecutive year.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000107140-24-000186
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WLY
- cik: 0000107140
- company_name: JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-09-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- 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/107140/000010714024000186/0000107140-24-000186-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107140/000010714024000186/jwa-20240905.htm

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