WILEY (JOHN) & SONS-CL B (WLYB) Stock Technical Analysis
NYSE:WLYB - New York Stock Exchange, Inc. - US9682233054 - Common Stock - Currency: USD
We assign a technical rating of 4 out of 10 to WLYB. In the past year, WLYB was a below average performing stock in the market. The medium term picture is also negative, but we see some improvement happening in recent action.
When comparing the yearly performance of all stocks, WLYB is a bad performer in the overall market: 62% of all stocks are doing better.
Warning: WLYB has an average volume of 1588 traded shares per day. This is quite low and it might be dangerous to invest in illiquid stocks.
The long term trend is still neutral, but the short term trend is positive, so the stock is getting more and more appreciated by traders and investors.
WLYB is part of the Media industry. There are 97 other stocks in this industry, WLYB did better than 50% of them.
WLYB is currently trading in the middle of its 52 week range. The S&P500 Index however is currently trading near new highs, so WLYB is lagging the market.
In the last month WLYB has a been trading in the 37.27 - 45.41 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading in the middle of this range, so some resistance may be found above.
Considerably lower volume is observed in the last couple of days.
WLYB has an average technical rating and it also does not offer a high quality setup at the moment. Price movement has been a little bit too volatile to find a nice entry and exit point. It is probably a good idea to wait for a consolidation first.
More info and screens
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47.29
When analyzing the support we can see 2 important areas.
- Support @39.17 from a trend line in the weekly time frame.
- A support zone ranging from 37.26 to 37.91. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
When analyzing the resistance we notice 2 important areas.
- A resistance zone ranging from 44.47 to 45.42. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
- A resistance zone ranging from 46.81 to 46.82. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in the daily time frame.
The Technical Rating and Setup analysis above combine different indicators and trends in different timeframes. Individual signals from indicators may give more contradictive signals and should always be interpreted in the more global context.
| Indicator | Value | Signal | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChartMill Long Term Trend Indicator | NEUTRAL | NEUTRAL | The long term trend for WLYB is neutral. |
| ChartMill Short Term Trend Indicator | UP | POSITIVE | The short term trend for WLYB is up. |
| ChartMill Relative Strength | 38.42 | NEUTRAL | WLYB is not amongst the best or worst performers on the market. |
| Simple Moving Average/SMA (20) | DOWN | MIXED | The current price of WLYB is above a declining SMA(20). |
| Simple Moving Average/SMA (50) | UP | POSITIVE | The current price of WLYB is above the rising SMA(50). |
| Simple Moving Average/SMA (200) | UP | POSITIVE | The current price of WLYB is above the rising SMA(200). |
| Relative Strength Index/RSI (14) | 50.65 | NEUTRAL | The RSI value for WLYB is a neutral value. |
| Moving Average Convergence Divergence/MACD (12, 26, 9) | 0.48 | POSITIVE | The MACD value suggests WLYB has a positive trend, although the MACD value is declining. |
| Stochastics (14,3) | 81.74 | OVERBOUGHT | The high Stochastics value suggests WLYB may be overbought. |
| Average True Range in percent/ATR (20) | 3.36 | MEDIUM VOLATILITY | The ATR as a percentage value for WLYB suggests some volalility. |
| Average Directional Index/ADX (14) | 19.69 | NEGATIVE | The low ADX value for WLYB suggests a weak or negative trend. |
Daily CandleStick Patterns
Bullish Engulfing (D)
Bullish Hammer (D)
Bearish Inverted Hammer (D)
Hanging Man (D)
Bullish Harami (D)
Doji (D)
Gravestone Doji (D)
DragonFly Doji (D)
Bearish Engulfing (D)
Bearish Shooting Star (D)
Bearish Harami (D)
Inside Bar (D)
Red Dog Reversal Down (D)
Red Dog Reversal Up (D)
Dark Cloud Cover (D)
Weekly CandleStick Patterns
Bullish Engulfing (W)
Bullish Hammer (W)
Bearish Inverted Hammer (W)
Hanging Man (W)
Bullish Harami (W)
Doji (W)
Gravestone Doji (W)
DragonFly Doji (W)
Bearish Engulfing (W)
Bearish Shooting Star (W)
Bearish Harami (W)
Inside Bar (W)
Dark Cloud Cover (W)
Daily Chart Patterns
Bull Flag
Bear Flag
Ascending Triangle (D)
Descending Triangle (D)
Symmetrical Triangle (D)
Squeeze
Channel (D)
Channel Up (D)
Channel Down (D)
Rising Wedge (D)
Falling Wedge (D)
Double Bottom (D)
Multiple Bottom (D)
Double Top (D)
Multiple Top (D)
Weekly Chart Patterns
Weekly Bull Flag
Weekly Bear Flag
Squeeze Week
Channel (W)
Double Bottom (W)
Multiple Bottom (W)
Double Top (W)
Multiple Top (W)
NYSE:WLYB (7/8/2025, 8:04:00 PM)
42.47
-1.69 (-3.83%)
Chartmill TA Rating
Chartmill Setup Rating
Sector
GICS SectorCommunication Services
GICS IndustryMedia
Performance
% Chg-3.83%
1 Week-3.52%
2 Weeks8.51%
1 Month-3.48%
3 Month-4.88%
6 Month-19.23%
12 Month10.05%
2 Year25.47%
3 Year-12.05%
5 YearN/A
10 YearN/A
15 YearN/A
Volatility
ATR(14)1.51
ATR(20)%3.36%
ATR Inc-6.79%
Range Today0
ADR(20)0.61
ADR(20)%1.43%
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS38.42
Mansfield-1.1
10 Day High45.41
10 Day Low37.27
20 Day High45.41
20 Day Low37.27
52 Week High52.9
52 Week Low35.68
CS1 End39.17
CR1 Start44.47
Volume & EV
DER(3)0%
DER(5)-7.14%
Volume500
Volume Incr-70.73%
Vol(5)540
Vol(50)1.59K