Insider Sale: EVP, Chief People Officer Danielle Mcmahan Sells Shares of John Wiley & Sons Inc (WLY)

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Oct 10, 2024
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Danielle Mcmahan, the Executive Vice President, Chief People Officer of John Wiley & Sons Inc (WLY, Financial), sold 2,318 shares of the company on October 8, 2024. The transaction was reported in a recent SEC Filing. Following this transaction, the insider now owns 8,978 shares of the company.

Over the past year, Danielle Mcmahan has sold a total of 5,777 shares and has not purchased any shares. This recent sale is part of a broader trend observed at John Wiley & Sons Inc, where there have been 7 insider sells and 3 insider buys over the past year.

John Wiley & Sons Inc is a global leader in research and education, providing scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly journals, as well as a range of related content and services, to academic, corporate, and government clients.

On the date of the sale, shares of John Wiley & Sons Inc were priced at $49.41. This pricing gives the company a market cap of approximately $2.66 billion.

According to the GF Value, an intrinsic value estimate by GuruFocus, John Wiley & Sons Inc has a GF Value of $38.30. With the current share price of $49.41, the stock has a price-to-GF-Value ratio of 1.29, indicating that it is Modestly Overvalued.

The GF Value is calculated based on historical multiples such as price-earnings ratio, price-sales ratio, price-book ratio, and price-to-free cash flow, along with a GuruFocus adjustment factor based on past returns and growth, and future business performance estimates from Morningstar analysts.

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This insider sale might be of interest to investors tracking insider behaviors and evaluating the stock’s valuation metrics in relation to its market performance.

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