McGraw-Hill Companies (MHP)

Add a New Bulls Reason Company: McGraw-Hill Companies (MHP) Current price: Headline: (100 character max) Analysis: Cancel 100% agree 1 votes   Financial Services benefit from macro trends buoying demand for information Created when NYSE:MHP was $68.83 | Edit | History The company's best performing unit--Financial Services--stands to benefit from strong trends of growing capital markets, enrollment rates, and general demand for information. (100 character max) Cancel 0% agree 0 votes   MHP Sells BusinessWeek, Focuses on other Segments Top Contributor: Alan Ibrahim | Created when NYSE:MHP was $28.78 | Edit | History After 80 years, McGraw-Hill Companies sold BusinessWeek magazine, which since the economic downturn was struggling severely. The company sold the magazine to Bloomberg for around $5 million. In 2008, the magazine was losing $800,000 a week due to lower demand. Now that the company has divested away from the magazine, it will now focus its resources on its other profitable segments. (100 character max) Cancel 0% agree 0 votes   Market dominance and significant barriers to entry Created when NYSE:MHP was $68.83 | Edit | History McGraw-Hill has market dominance and significant barriers to entry in its two largest segments, as well as trusted brand names in its Information & Media segment. (100 character max) Cancel 0% agree 0 votes   Financial Services helping to grow profits and market share Created when NYSE:MHP was $68.83 | Edit | History Particularly in its financial services segment, McGraw-Hill is poised for strong bottom line growth and expanded market share. (100 character max) Cancel

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