McGraw Hill (NYSE:MH) Stock Rating Cut to “Buy” at Wall Street Zen

Wall Street Zen lowered shares of McGraw Hill (NYSE:MH) from a strong-buy rating to a buy rating in a report published on Saturday morning,Wall Street Zen reports.

Several other analysts have also recently weighed in on MH. BMO Capital Markets raised their price objective on shares of McGraw Hill from $16.00 to $17.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, August 14th. Weiss Ratings raised shares of McGraw Hill from a “sell (d)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a report on Friday, October 23rd. BTIG Research reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $17.00 target price on shares of McGraw Hill in a research report on Tuesday, September 22nd. UBS Group increased their target price on McGraw Hill from $14.00 to $15.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, August 14th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC restated a “buy” rating and set a $19.00 price target on shares of McGraw Hill in a research report on Thursday, August 13th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eight have assigned a Buy rating, two have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $17.20.

McGraw Hill Stock Down 3.3%

MH stock opened at $10.86 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 0.78, a quick ratio of 0.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.25. The company’s 50 day moving average is $13.20 and its 200 day moving average is $12.60. The stock has a market cap of $2.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.58 and a beta of -0.82. McGraw Hill has a 1-year low of $8.94 and a 1-year high of $18.00.

McGraw Hill (NYSE:MH) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, November 5th. The company reported $0.75 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.70 by $0.05. McGraw Hill had a net margin of 3.55% and a return on equity of 47.76%. The business had revenue of $632.21 million for the quarter. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.40 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was down 5.5% compared to the same quarter last year. Sell-side analysts predict that McGraw Hill will post 1.91 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of MH. Platinum Equity Advisors LLC DE purchased a new stake in shares of McGraw Hill in the 2nd quarter valued at $1,304,765,706,000. BlackRock Inc. purchased a new position in McGraw Hill in the 2nd quarter worth $16,488,000. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership raised its position in McGraw Hill by 110.3% in the 1st quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 469,499 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,432,000 after purchasing an additional 246,233 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its stake in McGraw Hill by 178.4% in the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 388,255 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,319,000 after purchasing an additional 248,773 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sei Investments Co. lifted its stake in McGraw Hill by 18.1% in the first quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 185,116 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,536,000 after purchasing an additional 28,318 shares during the last quarter.

Key Headlines Impacting McGraw Hill

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.