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John Wiley & Sons

  • How to Read the Publishing Industry

    By MihirMehta - January 3, 2013 | Tickers: JW-A, MHFI, PSO, SCHL

    This particular company’s name has been ringing across millions of households and brining smiles on the faces of billions of children across the globe. Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL) is a global publishing company known for publishing quality material for schools, teachers and children. Harry Potter and The Hunger Games are a couple of big success stories associated to Scholastic.

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    The second quarter results for Scholastic came on more »

  • Insiders Are Bullish About This Publishing Company

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - December 20, 2012 | Tickers: JW-A, MHFI, PSO, SCHL, TRI

    According to a filing with the SEC, Bradford Wiley II, who serves on the Board of Directors at John Wiley & Sons (NYSE: JW-A), bought 12,000 shares of stock on December 18th at an average price of $37.15 per share. We like to track insider purchases because the benefits of diversification suggest that insiders should avoid buying their company’s stock; if they are buying anyway, it is more »

  • Royce & Associates Goes Back To School With Scholastic

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - November 6, 2012 | Tickers: JW-A, LRN, MHFI, PSO, SCHL

    According to a 13G filed with the SEC, as of October 31 Royce & Associates, a fund managed by Chuck Royce which tends to invest in smaller-cap value stocks (see stocks that Royce & Associates owned at the end of June), owned 3.1 million shares of Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL). This gives the fund ownership of just over 10% of the outstanding shares, and represents an increase from the end of June more »

  • A Supreme Court Case that Could Put Retailers at the Mercy of Manufacturers

    By David Delony - October 9, 2012 | Tickers: AMZN, COST, EBAY, JW-A

    As much as we like to imagine business happening in a free market, commerce is only possible because of the law. One of the most important laws to protect business is copyright. I can't take the articles off this site and republish them as "The Botley Bool," something the Gardner brothers are no doubt very thankful for.

    One important piece of copyright law is the doctrine of first sale more »

  • Would You Invest in this Knowledge Company?

    By riddhi kharkia - September 20, 2012 | Tickers: JW-A, JW-B, MHFI, PSO, SCHL

           “An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.” Benjamin Franklin.

    According to published industry data, the U.S. higher education market has declined by 2.7% since January and grown only slightly by 1.2% for the 12 months ending July. Keeping in mind this continuing trend; Wiley has outperformed the market, with revenues flat for the calendar year-to-date and growth of 2.5% for the rolling 12-month period more »

  • Pearson Started a College; Is It a Good Investment?

    By Soroush Pour - August 24, 2012 | Tickers: GCI, JW-A, MHFI, PSO, RUK

    Chances are, we’ve all read a book printed by Pearson (NYSE: PSO), one of the world’s largest educational, business, and consumer publishing companies.  Headquartered in London since its creation in 1844, the company also runs the Financial Times newspaper.  Since the recession, shares of PSO have returned more than 60%, outpacing the publishing industry’s average (14.2%), and in between competitors like John Wiley & Sons (NYSE: JW-Amore »)

  • Google Going Great Guns!

    By Rita Chattaraj - August 15, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, GOOG, JW-A, TRIP, YELP

    The world’s largest online search provider, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is becoming one of the most active companies in terms of innovation and self-improvement. The web giant tops the charts when it comes to online advertisements, smartphone and tablet OS, online maps and many more areas; this has been possible thanks to years of innovation and improvement. Better internet experience, better TV viewing experience, better smartphone experience – the company is more »