John Wiley & Sons Inc. (NYSE: WLY) Now -9.23% Off Its High ($49.20), Does Analysts See Headwinds And Risks?

John Wiley & Sons Inc. (NYSE:WLY) currently has a daily average trading volume of 312.49K but it saw 1293341 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 2.42B USD, the company’s current market price of $44.66 came falling about -6.27 while comparing to the previous closing price of $47.65. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $49.20 and as low as $28.83. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $41.415 while lowest mark touched by it was $45.18.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of John Wiley & Sons Inc. (WLY) gives us an average price of $46.16, while its current price level is -9.23% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 54.88% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $45.58 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $37.78. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 3.57% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 2.19%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 41.72 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Over the week, WLY’s stock price is moving -4.63% down while it is 0.95% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 40.71% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 26.59%.

Currently, John Wiley & Sons Inc.’s total number of outstanding shares is 45.43M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at -12.51% and return on equity (ROE) at -22.45%. It has a 12.07 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.86. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 3.29 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 1.29. Its return on asset (ROA) is -6.87% on average.