Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Company, a learning company, provides content, services, and technology solutions for educational institutions and consumers worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Education and Trade Publishing. The Education segment provides educational products, technology platforms, and services, including print and digital content in the form of textbooks, digital courseware, instructional aids, educational assessment, and intervention solutions for students. The Trade Publishing segment primarily develops, markets, and sells consumer books in print and digital formats, as well as licenses book rights to other publishers and electronic businesses; and trade and reference materials, such as adult and children's fiction and non-fiction books to schools, colleges, libraries, office supply distributors, and other businesses. This segment distributes products through retail stores comprising physical and online, and wholesalers. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Company has strategic partnership with VIPKid to develop learning programs. The company was formerly known as HMH Holdings (Delaware), Inc. and changed its name to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Company in October 2013. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Company was founded in 1832 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
Industry, Sector and Symbol
Industry Book publishing
Sub-IndustryN/A
SectorBusiness Services
Phone617-351-5000
Debt
Price-To-Earnings
Sales & Book Value
Annual Sales$1.41 billion
Profitability
Miscellaneous
Employees3,800
OptionableOptionable
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (NASDAQ:HMHC) Frequently Asked Questions
What is Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's stock symbol?
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "HMHC."
How were Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's earnings last quarter?
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co (NASDAQ:HMHC) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 2nd. The business services provider reported ($0.19) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.05) by $0.14. The business services provider had revenue of $375.58 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $386.20 million. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt had a negative return on equity of 15.66% and a negative net margin of 4.69%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 4.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted ($0.38) earnings per share. View Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's Earnings History.
When is Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's next earnings date?
What price target have analysts set for HMHC?
5 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's shares. Their predictions range from $6.50 to $13.00. On average, they anticipate Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's share price to reach $8.40 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.7%. View Analyst Price Targets for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
What is the consensus analysts' recommendation for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt?
5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Has Houghton Mifflin Harcourt been receiving favorable news coverage?
Press coverage about HMHC stock has trended somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded 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 -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the business services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.
Are investors shorting Houghton Mifflin Harcourt?
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,328,313 shares, an increase of 61.9% from the January 15th total of 2,055,580 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 484,684 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 6.9 days. Currently, 2.7% of the company's shares are short sold. View Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's Current Options Chain.
Who are some of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's key competitors?
Who are Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's key executives?
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's management team includes the folowing people:
- Mr. John J. Lynch Jr., Pres, CEO & Director (Age 60)
- Mr. Joseph P. Abbott Jr., Exec. VP & CFO (Age 42)
- Mr. William F. Bayers, Exec. VP, Gen. Counsel & Sec. (Age 64)
- Mr. Lee R. Ramsayer, Exec. VP of Global Sales (Age 54)
- Ms. Rosemund Else-Mitchell, Exec. VP & Chief Learning Officer (Age 49)
Who are Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's major shareholders?
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include WS Management Lllp (6.95%), BlackRock Inc. (5.80%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.43%), Jennison Associates LLC (2.18%), Peregrine Capital Management LLC (1.28%) and Keeley Teton Advisors LLC (1.10%). Company insiders that own Houghton Mifflin Harcourt stock include John J Lynch Jr, John R Mckernan Jr and Lawrence K Fish. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Which institutional investors are selling Houghton Mifflin Harcourt stock?
HMHC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including WS Management Lllp, Royce & Associates LP, Keeley Teton Advisors LLC, Jennison Associates LLC, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Barclays PLC, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC and MetLife Investment Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Which institutional investors are buying Houghton Mifflin Harcourt stock?
HMHC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Geode Capital Management LLC, Bank of America Corp DE, Gotham Asset Management LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Garnet Equity Capital Holdings Inc. and Rhumbline Advisers. 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.
How do I buy shares of 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.
What is Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's stock price today?
One share of HMHC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $8.81.
How big of a company is Houghton Mifflin Harcourt?
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has a market capitalization of $1.09 billion and generates $1.41 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $-103,180,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($1.25) on an earnings per share basis. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt employs 3,800 workers across the globe.
What is Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's official website?
How can I contact Houghton Mifflin Harcourt?
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]
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