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HMH Holding Inc. Class A Common Stock HMH

$18.31 +5.47% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $818.2M

Inexpensive vs sector

Next earnings report: Dec 2, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Revenue over the last four quarters was $762.0M, down 9.7% from a year earlier.
  2. Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.88, down 6.6% year over year.
  3. The stock is 25% below its highest close of the past year.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Energy sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.

Growth61Neutral

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 14%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 41%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 8%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 34%
Quality52Neutral

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalBottom 39%
  • Gross marginTop 50%
  • Operating marginBottom 47%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 14%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 41%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 37%
  • Interest coverBottom 37%
Value86Strong

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldTop 48%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldTop 14%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 32%
  • Sales / enterprise valueTop 24%
Momentum—Not enough data

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 6-month returnTop 41%
Revisions29Very weak

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 22%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 20%
  • Upside to consensus price targetTop 19%
Stability66Positive

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 32%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 17%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 37%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Gross margin27.7%33.2%↑
Operating margin12.3%11.9%↓
FCF margin2.1%13.4%↑

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)-9.7%—Bottom 14%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)-6.6%—Bottom 41%
Gross margin33.2%27.7%↑Top 50%
Operating margin11.9%12.3%↓Bottom 47%
Net margin5.1%4.9%↑—
Free-cash-flow margin13.4%2.1%↑—
Return on invested capital4.9%—Bottom 39%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR6.7%—Top 34%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
3.00×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-6.0%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
0.0%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
-6.1 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
0.95×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
2.5×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
0.00%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
0.00%
Shareholder yield
0.00%
Share count change, 1 year
-0.1%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jun 30, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
0
Beats in the last 8 reports
0 of 3
Average EPS surprise, last 4
-40.4%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
-1.2%
Positive 20 days after report
1 of 2

Analysts

Consensus price target
$28.00
Target vs current price
+52.9%

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Aug 5, 2026-1.9%+2.0%-1.5%-5.1%—
May 6, 2026-74.2%-4.5%-4.8%+1.5%-5.9%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Aug 5, 2026$0.26$0.27-1.9%$170.8M
May 6, 2026$0.08$0.31-74.2%$171.3M
Mar 5, 2026$0.17$0.31-45.2%$202.7M
Nov 10, 2025$0.37——$217.2M

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)20.8×——Top 48%
P/E (forward)12.0×———
EV / EBITDA7.2×——Top 32%
EV / Sales1.24×——Top 24%
Free-cash-flow yield12.46%——Top 14%
Earnings yield4.80%——Top 48%

P/E over the past five years

Range 18.7× – 22.2× since Jun 30, 2025. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✗ Price above 20-day average
  • ✗ Price above 50-day average
  • ✗ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
0
50-day average slope (20 days)
-0.8%
Distance from 50-day average
-6.6%
RSI (14)
44.3
Relative volume
1.40×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
50.0%
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-24.5%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-28.4%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
May 22, 2026Oct 1, 2026-28.4%90 daysNot yet recovered
Apr 1, 2026Apr 8, 2026-12.4%4 days9 days (Apr 21, 2026)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$818.2M
P/E (TTM)
20.8
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$0.88
Revenue (TTM)
$762.0M
FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$677.2M$785.4M$843.4M$821.8M
Gross profit$221.5M$210.4M$272.2M$245.7M
Operating income$20.3M$78.0M$118.6M$112.5M
Net income-$26.6M$17.4M$51.2M$45.5M
EPS (diluted)-$0.60$0.40$1.16$1.03
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$213.5M$228.6M$198.4M$203.5M$217.2M$202.7M$171.3M$170.8M
Net income$19.4M$6.8M$6.1M$8.9M$16.2M$14.2M$3.4M$5.0M
EPS (diluted)$0.44$0.16$0.14$0.20$0.37$0.32$0.08$0.11
FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$974,000$25.6M$34.9M$88.3M
Capital expenditure-$15.0M-$24.7M-$18.5M-$17.0M
Free cash flow-$14.0M$917,000$16.3M$71.3M
Dividends paid$0$0$0$0
Net share buybacks$0$0$0$0

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$119.7M
Total assets
$1.36B
Total liabilities
$516.2M
Total debt
$245.0M
Net debt
$125.3M
Shareholders’ equity
$210.3M

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jun 30, 2026).

Short interest

Shares sold short
846,645
Days to cover
5.92
Change vs previous report
-7.2%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.