Wiley (NYSE: WLY) is a global leader in authoritative content and research intelligence for the advancement of scientific discovery, innovation, and learning. Our strategic priorities include (1) Shaping the Future of Research Publishing through brand expansion and AI integration; (2) Accelerating New Engines of Growth by scaling corporate-focused solutions in AI, data services, and other targeted adjacencies; and (3) and Advancing Operational Excellence by streamlining how we work using AI, continously improving our cost structure, modernizing our core infrastructure, and focusing resources where they create strong returns of invested capital (ROIC). Why invest in us?
- Wiley is an information and intelligence leader behind seismic trends driving the global economy, including artificial intelligence (AI) across corporate verticals, rising energy use and clean energy, evidence-based medicine and drug discovery, data science, food and agricultural science, and cybersecurity.
- Our research core is essential with a strong, defensible moat, proven resilience across all economic cycles, and steady growth over time. Long-term growth prospects are tightly correlated with ever-increasing investment in global R&D and AI. Wiley’s unique network of research universities, societies, corporations, and researchers is a competitive advantage.
- Our authoritative content and data is foundational for AI and other machine learning applications. Wiley is already a leader in AI licensing with agreements in place with some of the largest developers in the world and pilots with multinational corporations. Increasingly, we are leveraging our first mover advantage and expertise to aggregate and deliver on behalf of other publishers.
- Wiley's strong financial position and profile includes strong recurring and defensible revenue, robust and continously improving profit margins and ROIC, and strong cash generation and balance sheet. Wiley has ample capacity to reinvest in high-quality growth initiatives and return cash to shareholders.
Wiley consistently rewards its shareholders with dividends (30+ years of consecutive dividend raises) and share repurchases (multiple years of year-over-year increases).