McGraw Hill (NYSE:MH) Downgraded by Wall Street Zen to "Buy"

Key Points

• Wall Street Zen lowered McGraw Hill from “Strong Buy” to “Buy.” Across analysts, the stock has a “Moderate Buy” consensus and an average price target of $17.20.
• McGraw Hill reported adjusted quarterly EPS of $0.75, above the $0.70 consensus, and revenue of $632.2 million. However, revenue declined 5.5% year over year, and GAAP EPS of $0.45 missed estimates.
• The company’s fiscal 2027 revenue guidance is $2.12 billion to $2.18 billion, broadly bracketing analyst expectations of about $2.15 billion.

McGraw Hill (NYSE:MH - Get Free Report) was downgraded by investment analysts at Wall Street Zen from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a report issued on Saturday, Wall Street Zen reports.

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

McGraw Hill Price Performance

Shares of NYSE MH opened at $10.86 on Friday. McGraw Hill has a twelve month low of $8.94 and a twelve month high of $18.00. The company has a market capitalization of $2.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 4.99 and a beta of -0.82. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $13.20 and a two-hundred day moving average of $12.60. The company has a current ratio of 0.78, a quick ratio of 0.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.25.

McGraw Hill (NYSE:MH - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November 5th. The company reported $0.75 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.70 by $0.05. McGraw Hill had a net margin of 4.38% and a return on equity of 62.57%. The firm had revenue of $632.21 million during the quarter. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.40 EPS. McGraw Hill's revenue was down 5.5% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, analysts expect that McGraw Hill will post 1.91 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On McGraw Hill

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Platinum Equity Advisors LLC DE bought a new position in shares of McGraw Hill in the 2nd quarter worth about $1,304,765,706,000. Militia Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in McGraw Hill during the first quarter worth approximately $1,907,000. Man Group plc purchased a new stake in McGraw Hill during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $1,054,000. Renaissance Technologies LLC increased its stake in McGraw Hill by 195.2% during the first quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 169,100 shares of the company's stock worth $2,317,000 after acquiring an additional 111,812 shares during the last quarter. Finally, BlackRock Inc. bought a new stake in McGraw Hill during the second quarter worth approximately $16,488,000.

Key Stories 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

About McGraw Hill

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.

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