John Wiley & Sons, Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F
WLY · Communication Services
Major red flags
Screening Summary
Management Signals
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 50 days, change +6 days YoY
AR growth 1.9% vs revenue growth -10.4%
Revenue -10.4%, CFFO -2.4%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
Inventory -12.8% vs COGS -25.6%. Normal
CapEx growth -18.7% vs revenue -10.4%. Normal
Insufficient data
Gross margin swung +5.2pp (69.0% → 74.3%)
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = 2.41. Profits backed by cash
FCF $0.1B, FCF/NI = 1.42
Accruals ratio = -4.4%. Low accruals
Cash $0.1B covers only 10% of debt $0.9B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $1.7B = 228% of equity. Over 50%
Debt/EBITDA = 2.6x. Healthy
Other assets 1.3% vs revenue -10.4%. Normal
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
Goodwill+Intangibles change 1% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
Insufficient data
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Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25