The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (MHP)

pstrohm (99.48) Submitted: 7/20/07 3:57 PM : Start Price: $61.30 MHP Score: 19.70

McGraw-Hill's S&P organization is culpable in the tarting up of junk mortgages and bonds to A thru AAA ratings through the tranche game. No more. S&P revs to fall sharply. Anger at wide spread defaults abd losses approaching or exceeding $1T, damagin...

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miksong (< 20) Submitted: 11/07/07 10:32 AM : Start Price: $45.16 MHP Score: 2.26

Stock as a whole is trading at around 15.5x NTM PE. This is at the low end of the publisher comps and in line with Moody's.Could be some upside to the publisher piece since we are at the beginning of the cycle of educational institutions to purchase ...

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NetscribeMedia (23.08) Submitted: 1/08/07 7:48 AM : Start Price: $64.96 MHP Score: -29.73

McGraw-Hill is a global information services provider that caters to the financial services, education and business information markets through information products and services with brands like Standard and Poor's, McGraw-Hill Education, BusinessWee...

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Fabuloso (< 20) Submitted: 4/22/08 11:47 AM : Start Price: $38.33 MHP Score: 9.91

This is a company to hold for life, MHP is the parent company of Standard and Poor’s, the rating agency, it holds some publications among then BusinessWeek and NewsWeek, and also produces education books for all grades.


The rating agency ...

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darkflame (99.08) Submitted: 4/17/07 7:26 PM : Start Price: $62.18 MHP Score: -23.50

Insiders don't buy agressively but show deep interest and commitment on the company.
Harold MCGRAW executes his options but always keeps part of them, increasing his share in the company, other insiders ocasionally buy it too.

The Mc...

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OneByOne (< 20) Submitted: 4/05/08 11:48 AM : Start Price: $38.68 MHP Score: 9.13

Solid long term company. Consistent in growing free cash flow. Nice share repurchase program. In sectors with high barriers to entry. Will outperform in long term (>5 years)

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krdorney (< 20) Submitted: 3/13/07 10:54 AM : Start Price: $61.82 MHP Score: -26.74

It's a well diversified company, with some very strong brands and growth drivers in it's portfolio.

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MMcCabeNMC (52.20) Submitted: 8/21/07 12:01 PM : Start Price: $46.65 MHP Score: -3.31

McGraw Hill has been so beaten down with the ratings problems in the S&P unit, it is hard to imagine that a company with such strong financials won't bounce back ... unless they are sued out of existence...

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TieCoon (< 20) Submitted: 1/19/07 2:18 AM : Start Price: $67.73 MHP Score: -31.09

Information is power and McGraw-Hill controls information, which is important in this new digital world where content is king.

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jawbox (< 20) Submitted: 8/23/07 12:37 PM : Start Price: $49.01 MHP Score: 6.90

Most publishers can't figure out how to monetize their content online and are losing ad revenue to the portals and search engines. MHP is more than publishing, but they will suffer the same fate.

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