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DCF Valuation
Base-case fair value
$37.08
Intrinsic $49.45 · 25% MOS
Base-case summary
Our base-case DCF for John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (WLY) projects 10 years of free cash flow growth at 2.0% for years 1–5 and 1.0% for years 6–10, anchored to a default 8% growth assumption, then applies a 2.5% perpetual growth rate and a 8.0% discount rate. Starting from $197M in trailing free cash flow, this produces an intrinsic value of $49.45 per share. A 25% safety margin gives a fair value of $37.08.
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Conservative, Base, and Optimistic fair values, plus the sensitivity matrix and FCF history. Free account.
Model inputs
TTM Free Cash Flow
$197M
Cash & equivalents
$95M
Total debt
$897M
Shares outstanding
53M