NASDAQ:HMHC - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Stock Price, News & Analysis

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "HMHC."

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co (NASDAQ:HMHC) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 8th. The business services provider reported $0.01 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.01. The business services provider had revenue of $388.90 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $399.91 million. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt had a negative return on equity of 16.39% and a negative net margin of 9.46%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 8.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned ($0.19) EPS. View Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's Earnings History.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 14th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

2 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's shares. Their forecasts range from $8.00 to $11.00. On average, they expect Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's share price to reach $9.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 67.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in the last year. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

News coverage about HMHC stock has been trending positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt earned a media sentiment score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the business services provider a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt saw a increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,633,200 shares, an increase of 6.5% from the June 30th total of 3,411,300 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 743,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.9 days. Approximately 3.0% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt include Pearson (PSO), JOHN WILEY & SONS -CL A (JW.A), John Wiley & Sons (JW.B), Scholastic (SCHL) and Lingo Media (LMDCF).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Houghton Mifflin Harcourt investors own include Pearson (PSO), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Ford Motor (F), Government Properties Income Trust (GOV), CBL & Associates Properties (CBL), Centurylink (CTL), IBM (IBM), Cornerstone Total Return Fund (CRF), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and General Electric (GE).

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (7.42%), BlackRock Inc. (5.65%), WS Management Lllp (5.50%), Invesco Ltd. (2.55%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (2.51%) and Jennison Associates LLC (1.95%). Company insiders that own Houghton Mifflin Harcourt stock include Anchorage Capital Group, LLC, John J Lynch Jr, John R Mckernan Jr and Lawrence K Fish. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

HMHC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including WS Management Lllp, Cramer Rosenthal Mcglynn LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Keeley Teton Advisors LLC, Vanguard Group Inc., Jennison Associates LLC, Jennison Associates LLC and Bogle Investment Management L P DE. View Insider Buying and Selling for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

HMHC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Invesco Ltd., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., Intrinsic Edge Capital Management LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Gratia Capital LLC, First Trust Advisors LP and Panagora Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Houghton Mifflin Harcourt stock in the last two years include John J Lynch Jr, John R Mckernan Jr and Lawrence K Fish. View Insider Buying and Selling for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Shares of HMHC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of HMHC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $5.66.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has a market capitalization of $703.65 million and generates $1.32 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $-94,150,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($1.06) on an earnings per share basis. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt employs 3,600 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

The official website for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is http://www.hmhco.com/.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's mailing address is 125 HIGH STREET, BOSTON MA, 02110. The business services provider can be reached via phone at 617-351-5000 or via email at [email protected]