McGraw Hill (NYSE:MH) Stock Rating Lowered by Wall Street Zen

McGraw Hill (NYSE:MH) was downgraded by analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a note issued to investors on Saturday, Wall Street Zen reports.

A number of other research analysts have also weighed in on the company. UBS Group upped their price objective on McGraw Hill from $14.00 to $15.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, August 14th. Needham & Company LLC restated a “buy” rating and set a $19.00 target price on shares of McGraw Hill in a research report on Thursday, August 13th. BTIG Research restated a “buy” rating and set a $17.00 target price on shares of McGraw Hill in a research report on Tuesday, September 22nd. Weiss Ratings raised shares of McGraw Hill from a “sell (d)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research note on Friday, October 23rd. Finally, Morgan Stanley cut their price target on shares of McGraw Hill from $18.00 to $16.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Friday, August 14th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eight have issued a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $17.20.

McGraw Hill Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:MH opened at $10.86 on Friday. McGraw Hill has a 52 week low of $8.94 and a 52 week high of $18.00. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $13.20 and a 200 day moving average price of $12.60. The company has a market cap of $2.08 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.58 and a beta of -0.82. The company has a quick ratio of 0.74, a current ratio of 0.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.87.

McGraw Hill (NYSE:MH) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November 5th. The company reported $0.75 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.70 by $0.05. The business had revenue of $632.21 million during the quarter. McGraw Hill had a return on equity of 46.05% and a net margin of 3.55%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was down 5.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.40 earnings per share. Research analysts predict that McGraw Hill will post 1.91 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On McGraw Hill

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Legal & General Group Plc purchased a new position in McGraw Hill during the second quarter worth $25,000. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of McGraw Hill in the first quarter valued at $68,000. NewEdge Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of McGraw Hill in the first quarter valued at $84,000. Susquehanna International Group LLP purchased a new stake in McGraw Hill during the 2nd quarter worth about $147,000. Finally, State of Wyoming acquired a new position in McGraw Hill in the 2nd quarter valued at about $154,000.

McGraw Hill News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting McGraw Hill this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Adjusted EPS of $0.75 beat estimates of about $0.70–$0.73, while revenue of $632.2 million exceeded forecasts by roughly $2.9 million. Management also highlighted higher-education market-share gains and more than 100 million active curriculum licenses. McGraw Hill Q2 results
• Positive Sentiment: McGraw Hill is making its licensed K–12 curriculum available to school-district customers through Anthropic’s Claude for Teachers. The partnership could broaden access to its content, though the company did not quantify an expected financial contribution. McGraw Hill and Anthropic collaboration
• Neutral Sentiment: Fiscal 2027 revenue guidance is $2.12 billion–$2.18 billion, a range that brackets the roughly $2.15 billion analyst estimate. Fiscal 2027 revenue outlook
• Negative Sentiment: Revenue fell 5.5% from a year earlier, and adjusted EPS declined from $1.40 in the year-ago quarter. Separately, GAAP EPS was $0.45, missing the $0.48 estimate. These declines and the GAAP miss temper the headline adjusted-EPS beat. Q2 GAAP earnings and revenue

McGraw Hill Company Profile

McGraw Hill was a diversified information and publishing company that operated across education, financial information and media. Its education business published textbooks, digital learning programs, assessment products and instructional resources for schools, colleges, universities and professional learners.

The company also owned Standard & Poor’s, which provided credit ratings, investment research, financial data and market indexes, including the S&P 500. Through these businesses, McGraw Hill served customers in the United States and international markets.

Founded in 1888 through the combination of publishing ventures established by James H.