John Wiley & Sons, Inc. balance sheet

At the end of fiscal 2026, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. had total assets of $2.59bn, total liabilities of $1.74bn and shareholders' equity of $848m. It held $75.6m in cash against $684m of debt: net debt of $608m.

Balance sheet

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: balance sheet, annual
Fiscal year	2010Apr 2010	2011Apr 2011	2012Apr 2012	2013Apr 2013	2014Apr 2014	2015Apr 2015	2016Apr 2016	2017Apr 2017	2018Apr 2018	2019Apr 2019	2020Apr 2020	2021Apr 2021	2022Apr 2022	2023Apr 2023	2024Apr 2024	2025Apr 2025	2026Apr 2026	LTMJul 2026
Cash and equivalents	154	202	260	334	486	457	364	59	170	93	202	94	100	107	83	86	76	106
Receivables	165	168	172	162	150	147	168	189	212	307	309	312	332	310	224	228	244	211
Inventory	108	106	101	82	75	64	58	48	39	36	44	43	37	31	26	23	19	18
Total current assets	478	527	575	635	790	741	671	360	480	503	615	526	551	541	454	440	420	438
Goodwill	615	643	691	836	904	962	952	982	1,020	1,096	1,117	1,304	1,302	1,204	1,091	1,122	1,132	1,391
Total assets	2,309	2,430	2,533	2,806	3,077	3,004	2,921	2,606	2,839	2,949	3,169	3,446	3,362	3,109	2,725	2,691	2,592	3,132
Accounts payable	153	155	151	143	143	161	166	76	90	91	94	96	77	84	56	61	67	45
Deferred revenue (current)	276	321	342	363	386	372	426	436	486	519	520	545	538	505	484	463	451	384
Total current liabilities	667	756	641	667	730	804	782	788	874	882	927	989	969	896	873	821	779	689
Short-term debt	90	124	0	—	0	100	0	—	—	0	9	13	19	5	8	10	13	14
Long-term debt	559	331	475	673	700	650	605	365	360	479	766	809	768	743	767	789	671	1,278
Total debt	649	454	475	673	700	750	605	365	360	479	775	822	787	749	775	800	684	1,291
Total liabilities	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1,603	1,649	1,767	2,235	2,355	2,219	2,064	1,986	1,939	1,744	2,335
Shareholders' equity	722	978	1,018	988	1,182	1,055	1,037	1,003	1,191	1,181	934	1,091	1,142	1,045	740	752	848	797
Net debt (negative = net cash)	495	252	215	339	214	293	241	306	190	386	573	728	687	642	692	714	608	1,185

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: balance sheet, quarterly
Quarter	2025 Q2Oct 2024	2025 Q3Jan 2025	2025 Q4Apr 2025	2026 Q1Jul 2025	2026 Q2Oct 2025	2026 Q3Jan 2026	2026 Q4Apr 2026	2027 Q1Jul 2026
Receivables	183	185	228	220	210	200	244	211
Inventory	27	25	23	22	21	19	19	18
Total current assets	370	395	440	420	381	411	420	438
Goodwill	1,102	1,079	1,122	1,118	1,116	1,139	1,132	1,391
Total assets	2,609	2,600	2,691	2,524	2,467	2,561	2,592	3,132
Accounts payable	40	53	61	36	48	50	67	45
Deferred revenue (current)	241	313	463	362	219	293	451	384
Total current liabilities	561	717	821	649	540	692	779	689
Short-term debt	10	10	10	10	10	11	13	14
Long-term debt	951	877	789	818	862	796	671	1,278
Total debt	961	887	799	828	872	808	683	1,291
Total liabilities	1,854	1,915	1,939	1,791	1,727	1,811	1,744	2,335
Shareholders' equity	755	685	752	733	740	750	848	797

Balances at each fiscal year end (quarter end in the quarterly view). Total debt is short- plus long-term borrowings, including lease debt where the company reports it within debt. Where assets do not equal liabilities plus shareholders' equity, the difference (non-controlling interests, redeemable preferred shares) is shown on its own line.

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Figures from John Wiley & Sons, Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 26, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to John Wiley & Sons, Inc.