McGraw-Hill Companies Incorporated (MHP): Today's Featured Media Winner
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McGraw-Hill Companies Incorporated
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) pushed the Media industry higher today making it today's featured media winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.7%. By the end of trading, McGraw-Hill Companies Incorporated rose 61 cents (1.2%) to $52.85 on average volume. Throughout the day, 2.4 million shares of McGraw-Hill Companies Incorporated exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.8 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $51.40-$53.15 after having opened the day at $51.40 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $52.24. Other companies within the Media industry that increased today were:
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), up 9.1%,
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), up 6.2%, and
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), up 5.9%.
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The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. provides information services for the financial, commodities and commercial, and education markets worldwide. McGraw-Hill Companies Incorporated has a market cap of $15.25 billion and is part of the services sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 19.6, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 21% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are seven analysts that rate McGraw-Hill Companies Incorporated a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and one rates it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates McGraw-Hill Companies Incorporated as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, growth in earnings per share, notable return on equity, expanding profit margins and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow.
- You can view the full McGraw-Hill Companies Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
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), down 5%, were all laggards within the media industry with
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) being today's media industry laggard.
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