WILEY JOHN & SONS INC WLY
CL A · Common Stock · CUSIP 968223206
American multinational publishing company
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($158.6k this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $31.76. Options: 6 managers hold calls ($12.9m notional), 5 hold puts ($1.6m).
Trends to Q4 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 228 |
| Q4 2022 | 222 |
| Q1 2023 | 231 |
| Q2 2023 | 222 |
| Q3 2023 | 240 |
| Q4 2023 | 237 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 92 | 111 |
| Q1 2023 | 130 | 87 |
| Q2 2023 | 108 | 128 |
| Q3 2023 | 128 | 108 |
| Q4 2023 | 103 | 144 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2023 | $119.3k | $580.8k | 4.87 |
| Q2 2023 | $1.1m | $1.3m | 1.26 |
| Q3 2023 | $1.5m | $2.4m | 1.56 |
| Q4 2023 | $12.9m | $1.6m | 0.12 |
Biggest buyers
| Clarkston Capital Partners, LLC | Added | +1.4m |
| Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. | New | +950.8k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | +763.2k |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +550.8k |
| Man Group plc | New | +451.1k |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP | Added | +302.5k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Added | +280.9k |
| Ceredex Value Advisors LLC | New | +211.3k |
| J. Goldman & Co LP | Added | +142.6k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | Added | +141.3k |
Biggest sellers
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC | Sold out | -2.0m |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Reduced | -620.4k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. | Sold out | -480.0k |
| CARDINAL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC /CT | Reduced | -473.5k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | Reduced | -221.8k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -210.0k |
| VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP | Sold out | -166.3k |
| GRANDFIELD & DODD, LLC | Reduced | -140.5k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -105.4k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP | Reduced | -89.4k |
Biggest calls
| J. Goldman & Co LP | New | $11.1m350.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $1.0m32.2k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | New | $749.1k23.6k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $15.9k500 shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | New | $3.0k100 shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Added | $1.1m34.6k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $241.2k7.6k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $215.8k6.8k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $44.0k1.4k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2025-07-18 | 6.4% |
WILEY DEBORAH E
13D · may seek influence
filed 2025-05-13
Stated purposeItem 4 is hereby amended and restated as follows: As previously reported in Amendment No. 6, the Reporting Persons seek to maintain the ability to elect a majority of the Board of Directors of the Issuer. As described above, the holders of Class B Common Stock are currently entitled to elect seven directors to the Issuer's ten-person Board of Directors. The Reporting Persons collectively have the power to vote in excess of 90% of the outstanding Class B Common Stock and, as a result, are entitled to elect seven directors. However, each of the directors elected by the Class B Common Stock other than Matthew Kissner, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and Jesse C. Wiley, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, are considered independent directors under NYSE and applicable SEC rules… Full filing |
6.1% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 6.1% |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP 13G · institution new · filed 2026-05-14 | 5.6% |
| STATE STREET CORP 13G · institution new · filed 2026-05-12 | 5.1% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: Clarkston Capital Partners, LLC (2.2%, 2026-05-14), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q4 2023
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2022 | 0 | — | 1 | $53.7k | — |
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 2 | $232.3k | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 1 | $67.7k | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 2 | $665.9k | — |
| Q2 2023 | 1 | $95.0k | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2023 | 1 | $2.8k | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2023 | 2 | $651.6k | 1 | $181.9k | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-19 | KISSNER MATTHEW S Interim President and CEO | Bought | $502.0k16.6k shares |
| 2023-10-16 | Dobson David C Director | Bought | $149.6k5.0k shares |
| 2023-10-13 | KISSNER MATTHEW S Interim President and CEO, director · By Spouse's Revocable Trust | Sold | $181.9k6.2k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q4 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 6.8m $215.3m | Added +26.5k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 5.5m $173.5m | Reduced -12 |
| Clarkston Capital Partners, LLC 2.49% of their portfolio | 4.2m $134.4m | Added +1.4m |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.5m $79.3m | Added +53.9k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.8m $56.2m | Reduced -10.5k |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.4m $44.5m | Added +302.5k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.2m $37.8m | Added +763.2k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.1m $33.3m | Added +550.8k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 997.8k $31.7m | Added +113.8k |
| PALISADE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP 0.82% of their portfolio | 978.9k $31.1m | Reduced -69.2k |
| Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. 0.33% of their portfolio | 950.8k $30.2m | New |
| WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 872.4k $27.7m | Added +130.0k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 835.6k $26.5m | Reduced -39.3k |
| J. Goldman & Co LP 1.33% of their portfolio | 748.5k $23.8m | Added +142.6k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 630.7k $20.0m | Added +15.0k |
| Man Group plc 0.04% of their portfolio | 451.1k $14.3m | New |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 412.2k $13.1m | Reduced -4.6k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 411.6k $13.1m | Reduced -42.7k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 403.5k $12.8m | Reduced -210.0k |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.01% of their portfolio | 361.4k $11.5m | Reduced -10.3k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.02% of their portfolio | 360.4k $11.4m | Added +141.3k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.02% of their portfolio | 325.3k $10.3m | Added +280.9k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.01% of their portfolio | 282.3k $9.0m | Added +11.4k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 281.1k $8.9m | Reduced -28.7k |
| ProShare Advisors LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 248.0k $7.9m | Added +27.6k |
| CARDINAL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC /CT 0.36% of their portfolio | 244.2k $7.8m | Reduced -473.5k |
| NORGES BANK 0.00% of their portfolio | 236.3k $7.5m | Reduced -74.0k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 232.3k $7.4m | Reduced -5.4k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 225.2k $7.1m | Added +20.3k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 220.4k $7.0m | Added +24.5k |
| LOOMIS SAYLES & CO L P 0.01% of their portfolio | 213.1k $6.8m | Reduced -20.2k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 212.5k $6.7m | Reduced -1.4k |
| Ceredex Value Advisors LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 211.3k $6.8m | New |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 192.3k $6.1m | Added +71.6k |
| Advisors Asset Management, Inc. 0.11% of their portfolio | 176.9k $5.6m | Added +64.0k |
| EAGLE ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 153.7k $4.9m | Reduced -1.3k |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB 0.01% of their portfolio | 150.6k $4.8m | Reduced -2.1k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 143.2k $4.5m | Reduced -620.4k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 134.3k $4.3m | Reduced -8.1k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.06% of their portfolio | 128.8k $4.1m | Added +51.8k |
| JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 125.1k $4.0m | Added +76.0k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 117.7k $3.7m | Reduced -1.3k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 111.8k $3.5m | New |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 107.9k $3.4m | Added +101.7k |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.10% of their portfolio | 105.1k $3.3m | Added +93.7k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 103.2k $3.3m | Reduced -105.4k |
| Walleye Trading LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 101.4k $3.2m | Added +97.9k |
| SEIZERT CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 96.7k $3.1m | Added +9.2k |
| Cannell & Co. 0.10% of their portfolio | 95.1k $3.0m | Reduced -9.4k |
| SYCOMORE ASSET MANAGEMENT 0.63% of their portfolio | 92.1k $2.9m | Reduced -11.6k |
| CLARK ESTATES INC/NY 0.48% of their portfolio | 90.0k $2.9m | Unchanged |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 88.5k $2.8m | Added +53.2k |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.02% of their portfolio | 88.2k $2.8m | Added +35.6k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 86.5k $2.7m | Reduced -10.1k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.00% of their portfolio | 86.3k $2.7m | Added +63.6k |
| Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. 0.12% of their portfolio | 84.2k $2.7m | Added +11.0k |
| State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D 0.01% of their portfolio | 83.2k $2.6m | Added +16.6k |
| State of Alaska, Department of Revenue 0.03% of their portfolio | 75.3k $2.4m | Reduced -354 |
| SCALAR GAUGE MANAGEMENT, LLC 2.24% of their portfolio | 74.4k $2.4m | First filing |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 68.4k $2.2m | Reduced -1.7k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 63.2k $2.0m | Added +5.5k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 62.5k $2.0m | Added +12.1k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 60.7k $1.9m | Reduced -452 |
| GRANDFIELD & DODD, LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 57.7k $1.8m | Reduced -140.5k |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 57.6k $1.8m | New |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 55.2k $1.8m | Added +290 |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 55.0k $1.7m | Reduced -50.4k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 51.7k $1.6m | Reduced -3.6k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 51.3k $1.6m | Added +14.3k |
| BONNESS ENTERPRISES INC 0.64% of their portfolio | 48.4k $1.5m | Unchanged |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 48.4k $1.5m | Reduced -1.4k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 48.3k $1.5m | Reduced -5.9k |
| Petrus Trust Company, LTA 0.14% of their portfolio | 48.0k $1.5m | Added +40.8k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.00% of their portfolio | 45.5k $1.4m | Added +2.8k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 45.1k $1.4m | Reduced -3.2k |
| Summit Global Investments 0.09% of their portfolio | 44.5k $1.4m | New |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.00% of their portfolio | 44.1k $1.4m | Reduced -14.4k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 43.8k $1.4m | Reduced -4.0k |
| Access Investment Management LLC 0.52% of their portfolio | 43.7k $1.4m | First filing |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 42.8k $1.4m | Added +16.3k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 42.0k $1.3m | Added +22.7k |
| CALDWELL SUTTER CAPITAL, INC. 0.64% of their portfolio | 39.5k $1.3m | Unchanged |
| MARTIN & CO INC /TN/ 0.31% of their portfolio | 39.4k $1.3m | Reduced -1.1k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.00% of their portfolio | 37.9k $1.2m | Reduced -1.1k |
| Uncommon Cents Investing LLC 0.40% of their portfolio | 37.9k $1.2m | Reduced -2.1k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 37.1k $1.2m | Reduced -41.6k |
| TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 36.7k $1.2m | Added +565 |
| Kendall Capital Management 0.43% of their portfolio | 35.0k $1.1m | Added +9.0k |
| State of Tennessee, Department of Treasury 0.00% of their portfolio | 32.0k $1.0m | Unchanged |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 31.5k $998.0k | Added +29.1k |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 0.00% of their portfolio | 31.3k $993.0k | Reduced -55.6k |
| CORNERCAP INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC 0.16% of their portfolio | 30.6k $971.6k | Added +5.1k |
| HARBOR CAPITAL ADVISORS, INC. 0.19% of their portfolio | 30.3k $962.9k | Added +7.8k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 30.3k $961.6k | Added +8.3k |
| Vident Advisory, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 28.3k $898.0k | Reduced -5.2k |
| DUALITY ADVISERS, LP 0.09% of their portfolio | 28.1k $890.7k | Added +11.7k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 27.4k $869.7k | Added +18.9k |
| CWM, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 26.7k $849.0k | Reduced -1.6k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 26.4k $836.0k | Reduced -89.4k |
| Jump Financial, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 26.3k $834.8k | New |