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WLY · Concentration risk · 10-K extracted

John Wiley & Sons (WLY) concentration risks

Updated

The most significant concentration John Wiley & Sons discloses is Research segment at 64%, classified HIGH by disclosed size. Below: the full set from the latest 10-K — verbatim quotes, filing references, and a synthesis of what these exposures mean together.

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Source: John Wiley & Sons’s SEC Form 10-K filed view the filing on SEC EDGAR ↗

At a glance

Disclosed-size breakdown · 3 disclosed concentrations

HIGH1
MEDIUM2
LOW0
Disclosed concentrations

Each card carries a disclosed-size chip (HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW — how large the exposure is as a share of revenue, not how dangerous it is) and a nature tag: Built-in(the company’s own model, geography, or products) or Outside party (an external customer, supplier, or distributor it relies on).

HIGHBuilt-inProduct / Revenue mix
64%

Research segment

10-K Item 1: 'Research revenue accounted for approximately 64% of our consolidated revenue in the year ended April 30, 2025, with a 32.1% Adjusted EBITDA margin.'
SEC 10-K · filed Jun 2025
MEDIUMBuilt-inGeographic
49%

outside the US

10-K Item 1: 'approximately 49% of our consolidated revenue was from outside the US'
SEC 10-K · filed Jun 2025
MEDIUMOutside partyCounterparty
46%

professional societies and other publishing partners

10-K Item 1: 'Approximately 46% of Journal Subscriptions revenue is derived from publication rights that are owned by professional societies and other publishing partners'
SEC 10-K · filed Jun 2025
TrendMatrix Research · concentration synthesis

What these concentrations mean together

updated 2026-08-09

John Wiley & Sons' revenue is concentrated in one segment above all else. Research revenue accounted for approximately 64% of consolidated revenue in the year ended April 30, 2025 — a high-share structural exposure that makes Research the dominant driver of results. Geographically, approximately 49% of consolidated revenue was generated from outside the U.S., a medium-share structural exposure reflecting a business that is substantially but not majority international. Within the Research segment specifically, approximately 46% of Journal Subscriptions revenue is derived from publication rights owned by professional societies and other publishing partners, a medium-share dependency — a counterparty-specific risk since the loss of, or unfavorable renegotiation with, these partners could directly affect journal content and subscription revenue. Netting these out, the Research segment's high share of total revenue is the dominant structural fact, with the international revenue mix a secondary structural feature of comparable but smaller scale, and the publishing-partner dependency the one exposure where a specific counterparty relationship, rather than macro or segment trends, could move results.

For the engine’s reasoning on WLY’s current verdict — including which dimensions drove the score — see the per-dimension breakdown.

Industry peers · Publishing

Peer concentration profile

SymbolNameHIGHMEDIUMLOWTotal
WLYBJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc.1304
WLYJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc.1203
TDAYUSA TODAY Co., Inc.1102
NYTNew York Times Company (The)0101
SCHLScholastic Corporation0000

Concentration counts reflect items disclosed in each peer’s most recent 10-K; disclosed-size classification uses TrendMatrix’s internal 10-K extraction taxonomy.

Concentration disclosures are extracted verbatim from SEC 10-K filings; the disclosed-size classification and the synthesis above are engine-derived. Size reflects how large each exposure is against fixed share thresholds (HIGH >50%, MEDIUM 25–50%, LOW <25% or an explicit diversification statement), not a judgment of how dangerous it is, and is not a buy/sell rating, a price target, or a view on the stock. Not a complete list of risk factors — see the full filing.

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