JW.A Price Forecast Based on Dividend Discount Model

For dividend yielding stocks, the Dividend Discount Model (DDM) is a common valuation tool; it attempts to extrapolate a fair share price based primarily on the dividend the stock provides relative to a number of other quantiative aspects of its business. Regarding John Wiley & Sons Inc, the DDM model, as implemented by StockNews, implies a negative return of 5.75% relative to its current price. Some interesting points we thought investors may wish to consider regarding the dividend discount model forecast for John Wiley & Sons Inc are:

• In comparison to other US listed dividend yielding stocks in the Consumer Cyclical sector, the expected return of -5.75%, based on the stock's current share price and target price based on a dividend discount model, is greater than 84.67% of the DDM-forecasted return of its its sector peers.
• In comparison to other stocks in the small-sized revenue class, its discount rate is lower than that of 12.2% of dividend stocks in the same revenue class (a low discount rate is associated with lower risk).
• Compared to all dividend issuing stocks in our set, John Wiley & Sons Inc bears a discount rate, according to our calculations, lower than 84.67% of them (lower discount rates are generally perceived as positive, and a sign of lower risk).
• Beta, which compares volatilty of an individual stock to that of the S&P 500, is lower for JW.A than it is for 86.67% of other equities in the Consumer Cyclical sector that also issue dividends.

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