Wolters Kluwer N.V.

€90.08As of Sun 8 Nov 2026, 12:00 UTC

AMS:WKLIndustrials

Country Netherlands

PE (Fwd) •••

TSR 10Y CAGR 12.03%

Div yield 2.80%

ROE 146.14%

Specialty Business Services

Beta (5Y) 0.20

PE TTM 15.36

TSR TTM (11.75%)

Mkt cap €20.08B

ROIC 24.79%

SE Grade™

Value

Quality

Moat

Consensus

Reference

€87

(3.77%)

9.30%

Buy 5|1|1|0|7

TTM

FYE 31 Dec EUR

FY2016

FY2017

FY2018

FY2019

FY2020

FY2021

FY2022

FY2023

FY2024

FY2025

FY2026E

Trend

10Y

Peers

2.754

Revenue€B

6.635

6.869

7.153

7.544

8.029

8.469

8.746

9.019

9.512

10.17

2.972

4.84%

5.12%

8.85

Revenue growth%

20.53

19.30

20.28

20.21

19.00

17.63

18.01

20.81

21.60

20.50

9.69

20.50

20.25

4.50

Gross margin%

23.51

23.48

25.99

23.44

21.92

20.56

20.87

20.25

21.21

20.94

15.51

20.87

21.57

9.05

Operating margin%

28.34

25.67

28.22

25.57

24.47

22.88

21.11

21.73

24.04

23.90

17.01

22.88

24.25

5.22

Net margin%

8.55

5.88

7.05

5.28

6.07

5.91

3.39

1.55

3.46

4.64

24.01

3.46

5.58

25.98

P/E ratio (avg)x

32.96

35.23

36.30

42.30

47.38

46.85

50.88

58.50

63.27

74.72

15.12

58.50

47.12

17.75

EV/EBITx

26.57

25.35

28.57

26.91

30.07

29.38

32.47

37.77

38.33

40.61

30.06

37.77

29.72

25.54

FCF yield (avg)%

16.07

14.31

11.80

12.18

12.34

12.90

13.75

12.17

11.01

10.92

23.20

12.17

12.26

6.89

FCF margin%

4.08

4.31

7.21

8.43

7.90

9.58

12.40

11.17

9.32

9.26

18.81

9.58

8.85

0.180

FCF / Net incomex

0.436

0.468

0.514

0.587

0.600

0.652

0.717

0.796

0.742

0.735

0.380

0.735

0.626

4.79

ROIC%

18.12

19.36

17.92

15.73

14.98

13.34

16.30

17.15

16.64

18.31

28.24

16.64

16.90

21.79

Return on equity%

17.20

17.48

15.11

15.72

16.34

16.16

13.28

11.02

8.52

10.01

19.81

11.02

15.41

5.80

Return on assets%

17.20

20.06

20.61

19.66

18.53

16.02

15.13

15.90

14.29

14.26

13.31

15.13

16.61

8.45

EPS€

3.14

2.80

3.02

3.03

2.72

2.92

3.09

3.31

2.92

9.25

(0.74%)

(2.18%)

—

10.41

EPS growth%

14.82

16.95

15.41

13.96

11.28

9.17

10.92

9.88

9.14

9.21

13.87

9.21

11.10

5.77

Bookvalue per sh€

11.77

12.36

13.38

13.12

13.76

15.09

14.14

12.83

14.05

14.29

9.67

0.77%

0.85%

—

7.61

FCF per share€

14.36

14.77

14.68

15.78

17.24

19.25

21.11

23.28

24.90

24.87

4.82

7.60%

6.57%

—

6.21

Dividend per sh€

6.62

6.82

6.77

6.97

7.85

8.46

9.53

9.42

10.09

11.49

4.25

7.90%

6.31%

—

14.18

Div yield (avg)%

14.67

13.48

14.44

12.45

13.60

11.75

11.23

12.96

12.55

14.56

15.88

12.55

13.22

28.18

Payout ratio%

9.01

8.92

10.09

7.47

5.03

2.96

0.40

2.86

0.40

0.99

26.95

0.99

4.00

227.9

Shares (diluted)M

192.8

204.3

227.5

215.7

217.0

242.8

227.9

248.3

261.9

229.1

3.83%

3.77%

17.98

Buyback yield%

19.03

16.29

15.24

12.50

14.02

15.48

13.86

14.16

15.33

14.81

23.41

14.81

15.03

1.232

D/E ratiox

1.339

1.383

1.423

1.438

1.477

1.542

1.395

1.263

1.241

1.146

0.312

1.263

1.389

2.258

Enterprise value€B

4.186

4.234

4.379

3.976

4.362

4.896

4.779

5.349

5.875

5.453

2.904

4.56%

3.46%

2.963

LT debt€B

6.085

5.498

5.782

4.962

4.917

4.382

3.691

3.457

3.089

3.285

3.483

(7.75%)

(5.42%)

Peers (US$22.55B)

Cap (US$)

Randstad N.V.

8.124B

21.27x

Havas N.V.

1.956B

8.868x

Pluxee N.V.

1.884B

9.860x

Brambles Limited

20.24B

21.97x

Capital

TTM

10Y

Leveragex

0.351

0.256

0.180

EBIT/Intx

0.288

0.310

0.296

Own earn%

214.82

(45.25)

(38.87)

Sh yield%

32.16

27.24

27.75

Owners

Insiders/Inst%

8.45

35.81

Short interest%

5.18

SBC / revenue%

2.71

Record

10Y

Profitable years

10/10

Revenue growth years

10/10

EPS growth years

10/10

Dividend streakyrs

Op margin range%

21–28

$1 testx

—

Incr. ROIC%

Wolters Kluwer N.V. provides information, software solutions, and services for professionals in the Netherlands, rest of Europe, the United States, Canada, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company operates through Health; Tax & Accounting; Financial & Corporate Compliance; Legal & Regulatory; and Corporate Performance & ESG segments.

Growth vs revenue

Latest

Trend

10Y CAGR

Rel growth

Revenue

€10.17B

5.12%

1.00×

Cost of revenue

€6.782B

4.98%

0.99×

Operating expenses

€1.355B

4.96%

0.98×