John Wiley & Sons Ownership | Who Owns John Wiley & Sons?

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John Wiley & Sons Ownership Summary

John Wiley & Sons is owned by 58.68% institutional investors, 9.31% insiders, and 32.01% retail investors. Blackrock is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 11.56% of WLY shares. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF is the top mutual fund, with 4.58% of its assets in John Wiley & Sons shares.

WLY Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	John Wiley & Sons	58.68%	9.31%	32.01%
Sector	Communication Services Stocks	31.39%	16.65%	51.96%
Industry	Publishing Stocks	17.61%	22.85%	59.53%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Blackrock	6.31M	11.56%	$256.96M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	5.98M	11.21%	$242.17M
Vanguard group	4.82M	9.02%	$194.88M
Neuberger berman group	3.27M	6.13%	$132.44M
Clarkston capital partners	2.21M	4.14%	$89.35M
State street	1.67M	3.13%	$67.67M
Schroder investment management group	1.57M	2.95%	$63.67B
Dimensional fund advisors lp	1.56M	2.92%	$63.04M
Sg capital management	1.47M	2.76%	$59.68M
Morgan stanley	1.37M	2.56%	$55.37M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Tradelink capital	23.70K	6.89%	$959.00K
Sg capital management	1.47M	5.32%	$59.68M
Madison avenue partners, lp	1.17M	2.83%	$47.38M
Intrinsic edge capital management	445.62K	2.51%	$18.03M
Ophir asset management pty	494.26K	2.47%	$20.00M
Clarkston capital partners	2.21M	1.92%	$89.35M
Access investment management	155.94K	1.70%	$6.31M
Bastion asset management	71.86K	1.67%	$2.90M
River & mercantile asset management llp	164.00K	1.39%	$7.17M
Neumeier poma investment counsel	395.64K	1.31%	$16.01M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Neuberger berman group	3.27M	0.10%	414.81K
Neumeier poma investment counsel	395.64K	1.31%	395.64K
Sg capital management	1.47M	5.32%	362.87K
Clarkston capital partners	2.21M	1.92%	315.33K
Intrinsic edge capital management	445.62K	2.51%	295.62K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Burgundy asset management	-	-	-1.03M
Madison avenue partners, lp	1.17M	2.83%	-882.07K
Alta fox capital management	-	-	-347.05K
J. goldman & co lp	-	-	-329.06K
Blackrock	6.31M	0.01%	-326.56K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Neumeier poma investment counsel	395.64K	1.31%	395.64K	$16.01M
River & mercantile asset management llp	164.00K	1.39%	164.00K	$7.17M
Lsv asset management	99.50K	0.01%	99.50K	$4.03M
Norges bank	73.24K	0.00%	73.24K	$3.20M
Toronto dominion bank	34.20K	0.00%	34.20K	$1.49M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Innealta capital	-1.00
Claris advisors, llc / mo /	-3.00
Manchester capital management	-4.00
Larson financial group	-5.00
Global financial private client	-9.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Sep 30, 2025	170	-36.09%	31,321,915	-22.14%	58	1.05%	73	-42.97%	65	-31.58%
Jun 30, 2025	272	6.25%	41,814,890	1.22%	77	1.33%	129	2.38%	99	2.06%
Mar 31, 2025	255	0.79%	41,398,154	-0.64%	76	1.30%	125	-	97	18.29%
Dec 31, 2024	133	-43.88%	20,832,917	-48.53%	38	0.69%	64	-41.82%	41	-54.44%
Sep 30, 2024	236	-3.28%	40,472,181	3.38%	74	1.45%	109	-12.10%	90	3.45%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF	2.44M	4.58%	-
Clarkston Capital SMID Composite	1.81M	3.40%	-1.06M
Neuberger Berman Genesis Inv	1.74M	3.25%	898.24K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	1.30M	2.42%	1.50K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	1.19M	2.24%	-25.41K
iShares Russell 2000 ETF	993.65K	1.87%	-
Vanguard Small Cap Index	927.46K	1.74%	-6.16K
Clarkston Partners Founders	700.00K	1.31%	-300.00K
Brown Advisory Small-Cap Fdmtl Val Inv	607.60K	1.14%	-3.91K
Vanguard Small Cap Value Index Inv	596.81K	1.12%	1.87K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Jul 02, 2025	Flynn Jay	EVP & GM, Research & Learning	Sell	$229.51K
Jul 02, 2025	Flynn Jay	EVP & GM, Research & Learning	Sell	$229.51K
Jun 30, 2025	Monaco Kevin	SVP, Treasurer & Tax	Sell	$135.29K
Jun 30, 2025	Monaco Kevin	SVP, Treasurer & Tax	Sell	$135.29K
Jul 01, 2025	Caridi Christopher	SVP, Chief Accounting Officer	Sell	$250.06K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q4	-	-
2025 Q3	-	4
2025 Q2	-	2
2025 Q1	-	2
2024 Q4	-	1

WLY Ownership FAQ

Who Owns John Wiley & Sons?

John Wiley & Sons shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 58.68%, followed by 9.31% insiders and 32.01% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in John Wiley & Sons's industry, Publishing Stocks , is 17.61%, which John Wiley & Sons exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of John Wiley & Sons?

John Wiley & Sons’s largest shareholders are Blackrock (6.31M shares, 11.56%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (5.98M shares, 11.21%), and Vanguard group (4.82M shares, 9.02%). Together, they hold 31.80% of John Wiley & Sons’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own John Wiley & Sons?

Yes, BlackRock owns 11.56% of John Wiley & Sons, totaling 6.31M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.01% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 256.96M$. In the last quarter, BlackRock decreased its holdings by -327K shares, a -4.92% change.

Who is John Wiley & Sons’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Tradelink capital is John Wiley & Sons’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 6.89% of its assets in 23.7K John Wiley & Sons shares, valued at 959K$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of John Wiley & Sons shares?

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF is the top mutual fund holder of John Wiley & Sons shares, with 4.58% of its total shares outstanding invested in 2.44M John Wiley & Sons shares.

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