The Goodheart-Willcox Company, Inc. (GWOX): fair value, margin of safety and Wheel Score

Is GWOX undervalued?

The Goodheart-Willcox Company, Inc. (GWOX) closed at 371.00 on 5 Nov 2026, close to the GLS average fair value of 348.25 (6.5% above fair value). 4 of the 9 models that produced a number sit above the price, 5 below - the market and our models roughly agree. With little margin of safety either way, the case for or against the stock rests on the quality numbers and the option premium rather than on price.

There is a wide gap between Lynch (86.34) and DCF (625.13). When the models are this far apart the "fair value" is really a range, and the margin of safety above should be read with that range in mind.

Ranked against every other company we cover, GWOX is clearly cheaper than it is fast-growing, so the nightly engine files it under Value (value score 41, growth score 16, out of 100). It also carries the Income tag (Income = a dividend yield of 4% or more).

Nine valuation models for GWOX

Each model turns the latest filed numbers into a value per share; the GLS fair value is the simple average of the ones that produce a positive number. The last two rows are shown for reference and never enter the average. The Quote page lets you switch any model off and add your own margin of safety.

Quality and financial health

The Goodheart-Willcox Company, Inc. scores 5 of 9 on the Piotroski F-score: a middling result that falls one point short of the "Piotroski 6 or more" Wheel Trade Filter. Some of the nine tests on profitability, leverage and efficiency are failed, so the accounts are worth a look before selling a put on the name. A GLS Moat score of 7.7/10 puts GWOX among the more durable businesses we track: over up to ten years its returns on capital have stayed high, its margins steady and its balance sheet sound.

Returns on capital are high - ROIC 36.7%, ROE 36.7%, ROA 10.7% - with debt at 0.00 times equity and negative free cash flow.

The dividend yield is high at 5.59% (payout ratio 0%). A yield this size is often the market's way of pricing a risk to the payout, so the health score and cash flow matter more than usual.

Institutional ownership scores 5/10, insider activity 5/10 and Congressional trading 5/10 on the GLS smart-money scales.

Wheel Score 21: No options

No options are listed on The Goodheart-Willcox Company, Inc. in our nightly snapshot, so it fails the first Wheel Trade Filter (options that actually trade) (it reads 21, under 70) and is left out of every options scan; the fair value and health figures above are still useful for a plain stock position.

Volume runs at 0k shares a day on a market cap of $173M, with a beta of 0.53 - a low beta, so day-to-day moves are smaller than the market's; the Stability part of the Wheel Score rates that fair.

The Wheel Score ranks ~7,400 US stocks for selling cash-secured puts and covered calls: a stock must pass all 9 Wheel Trade Filters to score 70, and the score then ranks the ones that pass; the Sunday Scan is the top 10. It is updated nightly and is not a recommendation. How the Wheel Score works · the walkthrough lesson shows how it fits into a trade, start to finish.

Upcoming events

No upcoming earnings date is recorded for GWOX in the nightly calendar.

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