Margins Up At Wiley

Although total sales for the fiscal year ended April 30 rose only 2%, to $1.79 billion, at John Wiley, operating income increased 13%, to $280.4 million, boosting the company’s operating margin to 15.7%. Wiley said 40% of its revenue came from digital products and the company will continue to focus on publishing “must have” information. That focus led to the purchase earlier in the fiscal year of Inscape Holdings and the decision to put up for sale some consumer assets (travel, culinary, general interest, nautical, pets, crafts, Webster’s New World, and Cliff’s Notes), which had sales in fiscal 2012 of $80 million and a $6 million contribution to profit. Wiley had little updated information on the possible divestiture, with CEO Stephen Smith telling analysts only that “we are fully engaged in the process of finding a right buyer and situation for our consumer assets.” Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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