McGraw Hill (MH) Competitors

Pearson (NYSE:PSO) and McGraw Hill (NYSE:MH) are both mid-cap printing and publishing companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, PSO or MH?

Pearson has higher revenue and earnings than McGraw Hill.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pearson	$3.52B	2.74	$554.61M	$0.94	15.82
McGraw Hill	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals believe in PSO or MH?

2.1% of Pearson shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Pearson shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is PSO or MH more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pearson	N/A	N/A	N/A
McGraw Hill	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts recommend PSO or MH?

Pearson presently has a consensus price target of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.06%. McGraw Hill has a consensus price target of $20.88, indicating a potential upside of 43.23%. Given McGraw Hill's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe McGraw Hill is more favorable than Pearson.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pearson	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
McGraw Hill	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.93

Does the media refer more to PSO or MH?

In the previous week, McGraw Hill had 37 more articles in the media than Pearson. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for McGraw Hill and 4 mentions for Pearson. Pearson's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat McGraw Hill's score of 0.54 indicating that Pearson is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pearson	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
McGraw Hill	3 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	19 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Pearson beats McGraw Hill on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.