Stocks · Consumer Defensive · Education & Training Services
McGraw Hill, Inc. MH
$12.85 -1.61% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $2.46B
Next earnings report: Nov 11, 2026
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Three things to know
- The diluted share count rose 14.8% in a year.
- Net debt is 4.3× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Defensive sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 31%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 33%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 50%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 47%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 41%
- Gross marginTop 1%
- Operating marginTop 19%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 10%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 48%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 25%
- Interest coverBottom 28%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 47%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 10%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 19%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 21%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 35%
- 6-month returnTop 50%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 31%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 49%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 44%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 4%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 27%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 9%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 45%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 13%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 50%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 26%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 25%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 0.1% | 0.1% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 76.6% | 81.7% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 15.5% | 15.8% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 20.3% | 16.9% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 0.1% | 0.1% | ↑ | Bottom 31% |
| Gross margin | 81.7% | 76.6% | ↑ | Top 1% |
| Operating margin | 15.8% | 15.5% | ↑ | Top 19% |
| Net margin | 4.4% | -3.6% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 16.9% | 20.3% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 7.8% | — | Top 41% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 2.6% | — | Top 50% |
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.
- -6.2%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.8%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -15.2 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 4.29×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 2.2×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.06%
- Shareholder yield
- -0.06%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +14.8%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +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 Aug 13, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 4
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 5
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +5.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 5
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $16.14
- Target vs current price
- +25.6%
- Analysts with a rating
- 9
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 89%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2026 | +23.6% | +17.0% | +13.8% | +4.4% | — |
| Jun 11, 2026 | +92.9% | -3.4% | -21.1% | -23.3% | +4.0% |
| Feb 11, 2026 | +460.0% | -5.1% | +4.4% | +8.2% | -7.8% |
| Nov 12, 2025 | +300.0% | +23.9% | +42.8% | +48.8% | +11.8% |
| Aug 14, 2025 | -99.3% | -5.8% | +7.6% | +6.4% | -20.5% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2026 | $0.59 | $0.48 | +23.6% | $549.9M |
| Jun 11, 2026 | $0.32 | $0.17 | +92.9% | $463.7M |
| Feb 11, 2026 | $0.28 | $0.05 | +460.0% | $434.2M |
| Nov 12, 2025 | $1.40 | $0.35 | +300.0% | $669.2M |
| Aug 14, 2025 | $0.00 | $0.39 | -99.3% | $535.7M |
| Jun 27, 2025 | -$1.40 | — | — | $473.3M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 27.3× | — | — | Top 47% |
| P/E (forward) | 6.5× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.6× | — | — | Top 19% |
| EV / Sales | 2.32× | — | — | Bottom 21% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 14.59% | — | — | Top 10% |
| Earnings yield | 3.66% | — | — | Top 47% |
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 48
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +11.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.0%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +2.5%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -0.2%
- RSI (14)
- 49.7
- Relative volume
- 1.01×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 57.5%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.20
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.04
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -28.6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -49.4%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25, 2025 | Jul 22, 2026 | -49.4% | 162 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jul 24, 2025 | Oct 30, 2025 | -36.1% | 69 days | 18 days (Nov 25, 2025) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $2.46B
- P/E (TTM)
- 27.3
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.47
- Revenue (TTM)
- $2.12B
- 52-week range
- $8.95 – $18.00
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.79B | $1.95B | $1.96B | $2.10B | $2.10B |
| Gross profit | $1.37B | $1.48B | $1.54B | $1.68B | $1.70B |
| Operating income | -$435.9M | -$188.2M | $155.3M | $306.8M | $315.8M |
| Net income | -$674.3M | -$404.1M | -$193.0M | -$85.8M | $35.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$3.53 | -$2.12 | -$1.01 | -$0.45 | $0.19 |
| Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | Q1 2027 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $688.6M | $416.5M | $473.3M | $535.7M | $669.2M | $434.2M | $463.7M | $549.9M |
| Net income | $133.4M | -$52.9M | -$156.9M | $502,000 | $105.3M | -$20.2M | -$50.3M | $57.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.70 | -$0.28 | -$0.82 | $0.00 | $0.55 | -$0.11 | -$0.27 | $0.30 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $205.7M | $256.6M | $236.2M | $646.3M | $331.2M |
| Capital expenditure | -$30.7M | -$140.6M | -$156.6M | -$71.1M | -$84.9M |
| Free cash flow | $175.0M | $116.1M | $79.5M | $575.2M | $246.3M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $13.3M | $0 | $0 | $394.4M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $193.6M
- Total assets
- $5.38B
- Total liabilities
- $4.59B
- Total debt
- $2.65B
- Net debt
- $2.46B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $788.4M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 13, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 2,343,265
- Days to cover
- 5.18
- Change vs previous report
- +0.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.