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The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

(MHP:NYSE)

LAST $30.99 USD
CHANGE TODAY -0.74 -2.33%
VOLUME 3.9M
As of 4:01 PM 11/20/09 All times are local (Market data by Reuters is delayed by at least 15 minutes).

Snapshot of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (MHP)

OPEN
$31.59
PREVIOUS CLOSE
$31.73
DAY HIGH
$31.83
DAY LOW
$30.76
52 WEEK HIGH
09/1/09 - $34.10
52 WEEK LOW
03/6/09 - $17.22
MARKET CAP
9.8B
AVERAGE VOLUME 3 mo
2.5M
DILUTED EPS TTM
$2.17
SHARES OUTSTANDING
314.9M
EX-DATE
11/23/09
P/E TTM
14.3x
DIVIDEND
$0.90
DIVIDEND YIELD
2.90%
K = Thousands  M = Millions  B = Billions
BUSINESS EXCHANGE RELATED TOPICMcgraw-Hill

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MHP Details

The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. provides information services and products to the financial services, education, and business information markets worldwide. The company operates in three segments: McGraw-Hill Education, Financial Services, and Information & Media. The McGraw-Hill Education segment consists of School Education Group, which provides educational and professional development materials to pre-kindergarten to 12th grade market, as well as assessment and reporting services; and Higher Education, Professional, and International Group that provides e-books, online tutoring, customized course Web sites, subscription services, and materials to the higher education market, as well as professional, reference, and trade publishing for medical, business, engineering, and other fields. The Financial Services segment operates under the Standard & Poor’s brand, which provides investment research, market indices, credit ratings, financial data, and fixed income research and analysis to investors, corporations, governments, financial institutions, investment managers, and advisors. The Information & Media segment provides information, insight, and analysis solutions. This segment includes Business-to-Business Group, which offers BusinessWeek, a business magazine; J.D. Power and Associates, a global marketing information firm that conducts surveys of customer satisfaction, product quality, and buyer behavior; Platts, a source for energy-industry information and services; McGraw-Hill Construction, which connects people, projects, and products in the design and construction industry; and Aviation Week that provides multimedia information to the aviation and aerospace industry. Its Broadcasting Group operates nine television stations, four ABC affiliated and five Azteca America affiliated stations, which provide news and analysis, as well as offers online content. The company was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

MHP Top Compensated Officers

Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Office...
Age: 60
Total Annual Compensation: $1.4M
Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice Pr...
Age: 63
Total Annual Compensation: $919.0K
President of McGraw-Hill Education
Age: 54
Total Annual Compensation: $563.4K
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Age: 59
Total Annual Compensation: $554.8K
Chief Information Officer and Executive Vice ...
Age: 60
Total Annual Compensation: $420.0K
Compensation as of Fiscal Year 2008.

Key developments for The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (MHP)

The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend, Payable on December 10, 2009

The board of directors of The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. approved a regular quarterly cash dividend on the corporation's common stock. The dividend of $0.225 is payable on December 10, 2009, to shareholders of record on November 25, 2009.

The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Reports Earnings Results for the Third Quarter and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009; Revised Earnings Guidance for the Full Year 2009

The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. reported earnings results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2009. For the quarter, the company reported net income attributable to the company of $336,111,000 or $1.07 per diluted common share on revenues of $1,875,903,000 against net income attributable to the company of $390,166,000 or $1.23 per diluted common share on revenues of $2,048,541,000 in the same period of last year. Income from operations was $555,965,000 against $652,916,000 in the same period of last year. Income before taxes on income was $538,138,000 against $630,914,000 in the same period of last year. For the nine months ended September 30, 2009, the company reported net income attributable to the company of $563,208,000 or $1.80 per diluted common share on revenues of $4,489,290,000 against net income attributable to the company of $683,570,000 or $2.13 per diluted common share on revenues of $4,939,637,000 in the same period of last year. Income from operations was $976,633,000 against $1,168,657,000 in the same period of last year. Income before taxes on income was $905,867,000 against $1,108,471,000 in the same period of last year. The company revised earnings guidance for the full year 2009. It now expects revenue for 2009 to decline by approximately 7%. It had previously forecasted a decrease of 5.5% to 6.5%. It now expects to achieve the top end of $2.20 to $2.25 earnings per share guidance for 2009. At the end of the second quarter, it had anticipated coming in at the low end of that range.

The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Reports Net Debt as on Third Quarter Ended September 2009 ; Revised Cash Flow Guidance for the Full Year of 2009

The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. reported net debt as on third quarter ended September 2009. Net debt decreased by $240.5 million down $491 million versus the second quarter and $556 million versus year end, reflecting the strong free cash flow generation in the third quarter. The company now expects free cash flow for the year to be in excess of $500 million, up from previous guidance of $430 to $450 million.

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