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Operating Margin for John Wiley & Sons (WLY)

As of · Reported

Metric

TTM

16.3%

YoY change

+2.78pp

Trough year (1991)

2.4%

Peak year (2012)

15.7%

Operating Margin history chart for John Wiley & Sons (WLY) from 1986 to 2025

Latest: 14.7%

Operating Margin change chart for John Wiley & Sons (WLY) from 1986 to 2025

Latest: +2.78pp

Operating Margin history table for John Wiley & Sons (WLY) from 1986 to 2025

  • 202514.7%+2.78pp
  • 202411.9%+1.79pp
  • 202310.2%-0.31pp
  • 202210.5%-0.81pp
  • 202111.3%+1.34pp
  • 20209.9%-2.68pp
  • 201912.6%-2.06pp
  • 201814.7%+1.90pp
  • 201712.8%+0.22pp
  • 201612.5%-2.08pp
  • 201514.6%+0.31pp
  • 201414.3%-0.07pp
  • 201314.4%-1.34pp
  • 201215.7%+1.00pp
  • 201114.7%-0.44pp
  • 201015.2%+1.61pp
  • 200913.6%+0.07pp
  • 200813.5%+0.41pp
  • 200713.1%-1.55pp
  • 200614.6%+0.29pp
  • 200514.3%+0.31pp
  • 200414.0%-0.06pp
  • 200314.1%+2.13pp
  • 200212.0%-3.60pp
  • 200115.5%+0.58pp
  • 200015.0%+2.45pp
  • 199912.5%+3.75pp
  • 19988.8%+0.70pp
  • 19978.1%-1.04pp
  • 19969.1%-0.26pp
  • 19959.4%+2.94pp
  • 19946.4%+1.66pp
  • 19934.8%+2.10pp
  • 19922.7%+0.25pp
  • 19912.4%-0.68pp
  • 19903.1%-1.86pp
  • 19894.9%-1.11pp
  • 19886.1%-2.30pp
  • 19878.4%+1.19pp
  • 19867.2%—

Operating Margin values are taken from John Wiley & Sons's reported income 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 Operating Margin at John Wiley & Sons (WLY)

According to John Wiley & Sons's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 16.3%. Operating margin is operating income divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar left after cost of goods sold and operating expenses (SG&A, R&D), but before interest and taxes. It isolates how profitable the core business is before financing and tax decisions, so it is comparable across companies with different capital structures.

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

As of the 2025 fiscal year, John Wiley & Sons (WLY) reported operating margin of 14.72% – expanded 2.8 percentage points year-over-year.

The highest annual operating margin of 15.73% was reported in 2012. The lowest in the available history was 2.41% in 1991.

John Wiley & Sons Operating Margin by Year

John Wiley & Sons Operating Margin 2025: 14.7%

In 2025, John Wiley & Sons reported operating margin of 14.72%, expanded 2.8 percentage points from 2024.

John Wiley & Sons Operating Margin 2024: 11.9%

John Wiley & Sons operating margin in 2024 was 11.95%, expanded 1.8 percentage points from 2023.

John Wiley & Sons Operating Margin 2023: 10.2%

2023's operating margin for John Wiley & Sons came in at 10.15%, contracted 0.3 percentage points from 2022.

John Wiley & Sons Operating Margin 2022: 10.5%

John Wiley & Sons posted operating margin of 10.46% in 2022, contracted 0.8 percentage points from 2021.

John Wiley & Sons Operating Margin 2021: 11.3%

John Wiley & Sons operating margin in 2021 was 11.27%.

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