John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (WLY) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:WLY ) Q1 2026 Earnings Call September 4, 2025 10:00 AM EDT Company Participants Brian Campbell - Vice President, Investor Relations Matthew Kissner - President, CEO & Employee Director Craig Albright - Executive VP & CFO James Flynn - Executive VP and GM of Research & Learning Conference Call Participants Dan Moore - CJS Securities, Inc. Presentation Operator Good morning, and welcome to Wiley's First Quarter Fiscal 2026 Earnings Call. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded [Operator Instructions] At this time, I'd like to introduce Wiley's Vice President of Investor Relations, Brian Campbell.
While the company will be dealing with some revenue pressures in Q1, including from the high margin AI-licensing revenues, the multiples are compressed. The business has important recurring characteristics and decent leading indicators in the ex-AI businesses. We also like the company's capital allocation and return policies that could lever decent returns for shareholders from these sold-off levels.
| - Industry | - Sector | Matthew S. Kissner CEO | XBER Exchange | US9682232064 ISIN |
| US Country | 6,400 Employees | 7 Oct 2025 Last Dividend | 1 Jun 1999 Last Split | 1 Apr 2022 IPO Date |
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