The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (MHP)
The Company is a global information services provider serving the financial services, education and business information markets with a wide range of information products and services.
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alfretaddei
(91.18)
Submitted: 10/7/2009 1:34:37 PM :
Start Price:
$26.16
MHP Score:
+14.83
Screener result, I looked for stocks 1 to 3 stars with good percentage of All Stars Outperform picks
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dcrednek
(70.80)
Submitted: 9/24/2009 8:10:16 AM :
Start Price:
$25.95
MHP Score:
-16.58
McGraw-Hill, parent company of Standard & Poor's, is going to have their hands full getting to the bottom of the current ratings scandal. Looks like Moody's may have some problems and who would imagine that during the earlier part of this decade S&P could be competitive without adopting the same dumb (and possibly fraudulent) rating criteria in order to win business. With all of the uncertainty surrounding S&P I'll play it safe and give its parent a big, fat UNDERPERFORM until further notice.
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kong777
(< 20)
Submitted: 9/23/2009 2:04:36 AM :
Start Price:
$26.15
MHP Score:
+16.54
Super undervalue stock with the ROE more than 50% for many years
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SequoiaStocks
(< 20)
Submitted: 9/18/2009 10:22:05 AM :
Start Price:
$27.02
MHP Score:
+12.03
This account tracks the performance of the investment firm Ruane, Cunniff, and Goldfarb - the investment manager of Sequoia Fund.
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terpgrad
(90.41)
Submitted: 9/18/2009 7:55:17 AM :
Start Price:
$27.16
MHP Score:
-11.97
At last, the rating services will be held accountable for their extensive role in this economic meltdown.
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jaygatsby49
(99.22)
Submitted: 9/9/2009 3:42:11 PM :
Start Price:
$27.52
MHP Score:
-6.77
MHP does not have a lot of upside at the current price, but there is a MASSIVE downside if S&P are found liable for the AAA bond rating for SIVs and other asset backed securities.
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icanpickm
(96.05)
Submitted: 6/29/2009 11:53:06 PM :
Start Price:
$32.88
MHP Score:
+25.89
The California School Budget cuts alone are reason to expect negative sales growth, not to mention every other state in the union as well as a lagging Standard and Poors.
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gratamama
(84.48)
Submitted: 4/21/2009 9:01:08 AM :
Start Price:
$27.24
MHP Score:
-19.76
well run company
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TMFAgewone
(97.97)
Submitted: 3/3/2009 4:06:22 PM :
Start Price:
$18.48
MHP Score:
+11.56
Current price implies you're buying Financial Services division for free, and Education and Media at fair value. I'm not about to make value judgments, but there's certainly some value in S&P.
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notzia
(76.89)
Submitted: 1/23/2009 11:27:45 AM :
Start Price:
$19.50
MHP Score:
+21.24
Synergy from several sources suggest that this stock is a buy.
Return on equity and return on working capital has exceeded 20% for each of the last 6 years, with at least half of the years above 30%.
EPS has generally been growing since 1999.
With a share price of $20.79:
- A DCF approach suggests a 84% discount to share value
- A Grahamian approach suggests a 73% discount to share value
- A Buffett style approach based on historical EPS growth suggests a 19.9% projected compounded total return; a sustainable growth suggests a 20.9% projected compounded total return.
Magic Formula Investing included this stock in its top 100 (1/20/2009).
Cramer, on 1/28/2008 said “The stock is very inexpensive. If you think that structured product can come back at all, you've got a real winner. I want to wait. I think you get paid to wait.” Since then, the price is less than half what it was then. It has now become what Cramer refers to as an accidentally high dividend stock. The question still on the table, though, is whether a structured product can come back.
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FromTheRed
(< 20)
Submitted: 1/11/2009 4:42:20 AM :
Start Price:
$22.89
MHP Score:
+10.03
unemployed flood schools driving textbook demand
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lowellfield
(90.47)
Submitted: 12/23/2008 3:31:14 PM :
Start Price:
$22.03
MHP Score:
-11.33
Rating agency, magazine publishing and textbook publishing businesses are all in secular decline. The credit analytics business should be fine but it's not worth $7 billion.
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PebbledShore
(86.68)
Submitted: 12/15/2008 1:34:52 PM :
Start Price:
$22.60
MHP Score:
+8.84
Consistent dividend payers will outperform.
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waderjw
(< 20)
Submitted: 10/30/2008 12:01:10 PM :
Start Price:
$23.78
MHP Score:
+10.44
Knowledge is power.
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InvalidUserID
(75.36)
Submitted: 10/27/2008 1:28:59 AM :
Start Price:
$19.04
MHP Score:
+32.99
College students need books. Almost every year, a new "edition" is published requiring students to purchase them. As a college student, I used to curse MHP but now as an investor, keep it up!
With unemployment on the rise, people are going to flock back to improve their odds in the job market by going back to school.
Nice dividend pay while waiting for the rebound.
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MViscio1
(98.74)
Submitted: 10/23/2008 12:02:58 PM :
Start Price:
$21.52
MHP Score:
+20.00
S&P & BUSINESS WEEK
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rpeterson01
(94.57)
Submitted: 10/11/2008 9:05:39 PM :
Start Price:
$21.75
MHP Score:
-23.62
Once the Congressional hearings start, and although Fannie & Freddie are probably the key guilty parties, the credit rating agencies will not be able to avoid the clear symbiotic relationship with the complex and poor undersecured debt that came in the back door of the credit rating agencies and went out the front door with its approval. The credit rating acencies of Moody's and Standard and Poor's will be stripped of their competitive advantage, moat and come under future strict scrutiny of govenrment oversight.
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