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

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

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co (NASDAQ:HMHC) posted its earnings results on Thursday, October, 31st. The business services provider reported $0.55 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.62 by $0.07. The business services provider had revenue of $565.67 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $581.22 million. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt had a negative net margin of 10.34% and a negative return on equity of 19.29%. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's revenue was up 9.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.68 earnings per share. View Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's Earnings History.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 27th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

3 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's stock. Their forecasts range from $6.50 to $8.00. On average, they anticipate Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's stock price to reach $7.17 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 21.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Media coverage about HMHC stock has trended somewhat negative on Monday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt earned a daily sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

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

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Houghton Mifflin Harcourt investors own include Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Ford Motor (F), IBM (IBM), Pearson (PSO), Centurylink (CTL), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), CBL & Associates Properties (CBL), General Electric (GE), Cypress Semiconductor (CY) and AVX (AVX).

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Peregrine Capital Management LLC (1.26%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.13%) and Alpha Windward LLC (0.07%). 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 Peregrine Capital Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

HMHC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including California Public Employees Retirement System and Alpha Windward LLC. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of HMHC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $5.88.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has a market capitalization of $731.07 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]