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Free Cash Flow for John Wiley & Sons (WLY)

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Metric

Latest period

$190.44M

YoY change

+33.3%

5Y CAGR

-6.5%

Peak year (2011)

$321.23M

Free Cash Flow history chart for John Wiley & Sons (WLY) from 1990 to 2025

Latest: $141.12M

Free Cash Flow growth chart for John Wiley & Sons (WLY) from 1990 to 2025

Latest: +33.3%

Free Cash Flow history table for John Wiley & Sons (WLY) from 1990 to 2025

  • 2025$141.12M+33.3%
  • 2024$105.88M-37.9%
  • 2023$170.38M-21.6%
  • 2022$217.40M-4.1%
  • 2021$226.71M+14.5%
  • 2020$198.00M+20.6%
  • 2019$164.17M-29.5%
  • 2018$232.87M+14.3%
  • 2017$203.80M-20.5%
  • 2016$256.25M-10.4%
  • 2015$286.00M-1.6%
  • 2014$290.66M+4.4%
  • 2013$278.33M-10.9%
  • 2012$312.27M-2.8%
  • 2011$321.23M+49.2%
  • 2010$215.31M-27.1%
  • 2009$295.25M+152.9%
  • 2008$116.75M+3.4%
  • 2007$112.92M-40.5%
  • 2006$189.93M-12.3%
  • 2005$216.66M+18.4%
  • 2004$182.99M+72.8%
  • 2003$105.91M-0.8%
  • 2002$106.72M+4.3%
  • 2001$102.36M-11.8%
  • 2000$116.03M+19.7%
  • 1999$96.90M+207.6%
  • 1998$31.50M-142.3%
  • 1997−$74.40M-362.9%
  • 1996$28.30M+133.9%
  • 1995$12.10M+49.4%
  • 1994$8.10M-35.7%
  • 1993$12.60M-43.0%
  • 1992$22.10M-52.7%
  • 1991$46.70M+130.0%
  • 1990$20.30M—

Free Cash Flow values are taken from John Wiley & Sons's reported cash flow statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.

About Free Cash Flow at John Wiley & Sons (WLY)

Free Cash Flow for John Wiley & Sons (WLY): headline value $190.44M · YoY +33.3%. Annual and quarterly series, chart, and tables are below.

Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .

The 2025 reading of John Wiley & Sons (WLY) free cash flow is $141.12M – surged 33.3% year-over-year.

John Wiley & Sons free cash flow compound annual growth for the 2020–2025 (5 years) window is -6.5%, with a net decline across the window.

Between 2011 and 2025, John Wiley & Sons free cash flow plunged 56.1%, falling from $321.23M to $141.12M.

The record annual free cash flow stands at $321.23M, reached in 2011; the historical low of −$74.40M was recorded in 1997.

John Wiley & Sons Free Cash Flow by Year

John Wiley & Sons Free Cash Flow 2025: $141.12M

John Wiley & Sons posted free cash flow of $141.12M in 2025, surged 33.3% from 2024.

John Wiley & Sons Free Cash Flow 2024: $105.88M

In 2024, John Wiley & Sons reported free cash flow of $105.88M, plunged 37.9% below 2023.

John Wiley & Sons Free Cash Flow 2023: $170.38M

John Wiley & Sons free cash flow in 2023 was $170.38M, declined 21.6% below 2022.

John Wiley & Sons Free Cash Flow 2022: $217.40M

2022's free cash flow for John Wiley & Sons came in at $217.40M, edged down 4.1% below 2021.

John Wiley & Sons Free Cash Flow 2021: $226.71M

John Wiley & Sons free cash flow in 2021 was $226.71M.

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