HMH (HMH) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) is an education and learning company that produces curricular content, instructional materials, assessment tools and digital learning platforms primarily for the K–12 market. The company develops and licenses print and digital resources designed to support classroom instruction, remote and blended learning, and student assessment across a range of subjects and grade levels.

HMH’s offerings include core and supplemental curricula, adaptive and online learning technologies, formative and summative assessments, and professional development services for educators. The company distributes materials through direct relationships with school districts, state education agencies and education partners, and its product set spans traditional textbooks, digital courseware, learning management integrations and teacher support resources intended to help districts implement standards-aligned instruction and measure student outcomes.

Formed from long-established publishing lines, HMH operates from its headquarters in the United States and serves predominantly U.S. K–12 customers while maintaining a presence in international markets through distribution and licensing arrangements. The company focuses on blending content expertise with technology to support district- and school-level priorities in curriculum adoption, intervention and assessment.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $20.86 to $21.64
• 50-Day Range: N/A
• 52-Week Range: $16.32 to $22.73
• Volume: 226,058 shs
• Average Volume: 359,703 shs
• Market Capitalization: $914.95 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $28.40
• Consensus Rating: Buy

HMH Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

HMH scored higher than 97% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 5th out of 79 stocks in the manufacturing sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

HMH has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 5 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

HMH has a consensus price target of $28.40, representing about 33.8% upside from its current price of $21.23.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

HMH has been the subject of 7 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: N/A
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.69% of the float of HMH has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

HMH has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.04, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in HMH has recently increased by 21.38%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

HMH does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

HMH does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.78

News Sentiment

HMH has a news sentiment score of 0.78. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 1.00 average news sentiment score of Manufacturing companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for HMH this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

8 people have searched for HMH on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 33% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

3 people have added HMH to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.6 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Cluster Insider Buying

5 insiders have purchased shares of HMH in the last three months. Multiple insiders buying is a strong bullish signal.

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net $1,480,000.00 in company stock, which represents 0.1618% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, HMH insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $1,480,000.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

HMH has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/06/2026
• Today: 5/14/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Manufacturing
• Industry: Oil & Gas Field Machinery & Equipment
• Sub-Industry: Machinery
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:HMH
• CIK: 2021880
• Web: N/A
• Phone: (281) 449-2000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 2,019
• Year Founded: 1832

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for HMH: $28.40
• High Price Target: $32.00
• Low Price Target: $26.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +33.8%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 7 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: N/A
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: N/A

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: N/A
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $794.65 million
• Price / Sales: 1.15
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: N/A
• Price / Book: N/A

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 43,097,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $914.95 million
• Optionable: N/A
• Beta: N/A