---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000107140-25-000194"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WLY"
cik: "0000107140"
company_name: "JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC."
filed_at: "2025-12-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T14:29:33.824557+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Wiley Q2 FY2026 adj EPS $1.10, up 12%; Research revenue up 5% cc; Learning down 11%

## Summary
- GAAP revenue $422M down 1% YoY; GAAP EPS $0.84 up 14% (from $0.74).
- Adjusted operating income $79M up 14%; margin 18.8% up 250 bps.
- Research revenue $279M up 5% cc; AI content licensing $6M in Q2, $35M YTD.
- Learning revenue $143M down 11% cc due to retail inventory drop and consumer slowdown.
- FY2026 outlook: revenue narrowed to low-single-digit growth; adj EBITDA margin 25.5-26.5%, adj EPS $3.90-$4.35, FCF ~$200M reaffirmed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000107140-25-000194
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WLY
- cik: 0000107140
- company_name: JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-12-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107140/000010714025000194/0000107140-25-000194-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107140/000010714025000194/jwa-20251204.htm

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