McGraw Hill, Inc. (MH)
Consumer Defensive
- Fundamental
- 3
- Sentiment
- 3
- Technical
- 2
Do Nothing: technicalScore is 2, with MH still below EMA21/SMA20/SMA50/SMA200 and MACD below signal and zero despite a short-term oversold bounce.
Company overview
McGraw Hill, Inc. provides educational resources for students and professionals in K-12, higher education, and specialized professional sectors globally. The company operates through four divisions: K-12, Higher Education, Global Professional, and International, offering both digital and print materials. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, McGraw Hill was established in 1888 and adopted its current name in October 2022.
Fundamental
fairMcGraw Hill's high margins and cash flow are offset by leverage and low liquidity, resulting in a mixed fundamental outlook.
Score 3/5: Strong gross/EBITDA margins and high free-cash-flow yield make enterprise-value multiples look inexpensive, but leverage and working-capital structure (net debt/EBITDA ~3.72x, current ratio ~0.77, Altman Z-score ~0.42) plus ongoing legal/regulatory matters disclosed in recent SEC filings raise risk. Revenue growth is steady-to-low (FY2026 ~flat), so this is a value/deleveraging story rather than a clear growth compounder.
Sentiment
fairSentiment is unclear due to sparse media coverage and limited retail activity, with some positive signals from AI product expansion.
Near-term narrative is modestly constructive on an announced AI/ALEKS product-portfolio expansion (product; announced) plus a recent BTIG “Buy” note (sell_side; announced), but third-party media coverage in the last ~14d is extremely sparse so the sentiment delta vs the 30–90d baseline is effectively indeterminate. Legal discovery did not surface any court cases or regulator-confirmed investigations (though the investigation analyzer failed text extraction), keeping the Red-Flag Screen clear on available data.
Technical
weakThe stock remains below key moving averages, with MACD and ADX indicating a strong bearish trend.
MH earns a 2/5 technical score. The stock did stage a high-volume reflex rebound off the 9.01-9.15 support zone and its very short-term smoothing measures (DEMA14 9.38, TEMA14 9.11) now sit beneath price, but the broader tape remains damaged: the live quote is still below EMA9/EMA21 and far below SMA20/50/200, while MACD stays below both signal and zero and ADX above 32 confirms a still-strong bearish trend.
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