Company Profile: McGraw Hill


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Company Profile: McGraw Hill

McGraw Hill is generally associated with educational products but the company is much more diverse than that, as the following profile will show. The home office is located at 1221 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020. Their phone number is 212-512-2000 and their fax number is 212-512-3840. they are listed on the NYSE and their ticker symbol is MHP. Their webpage is http://www.mcgraw-hill.com. At last count they employed 16,761 people.

Business Summary: McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. operates around the world in serving business, professional and educational markets with information products and services of a wide, varied range. Their key markets include finance, business, education, construction, medical and health, aerospace and defense. For many years McGraw Hill has been known as a multimedia publishing and information giant employing a wide range of media including books, magazines, newsletters, software, on-line data services, CD-ROMs, facsimile and television broadcasting. The Company is primarily focused on three markets: Financial Services, Education and Business Information

Financial Summary: MHP is a multimedia publishing and information company marketing its services worldwide. It employs a broad range of media, including books, magazines, newsletters, software, on-line data services, CD-ROMs, fax and TV broadcasting. The company's revenues rose 11% to $2 billion for the six months ended 6/30/01. Net income before accounting change fell 7% to $140.4 million. These revenues reflect continued growth from the education sector of the business. Earnings were offset by costs associated with Web facilities and services.

Officers of the company: ...Harold McGraw III, 52, Chairman, Pres and CEO ...Robert Bahash, 55, CFO, Exec. VP ...Peter Watkins, 53, Exec. VP of Information Management, CTO ...Kenneth Vittor, 51, Exec. VP and Gen. Counsel ...Barbara Maddock, 60, Exec. VP, OrganizationaEffectiveness Recent Events: ...Sep 12 Dividend payment of $0.245 ...Oct 3 Price hit new 52-week low ($48.70)

Company Statistics: The following company statistics are good as of the first day of November 1, 2001. Note: Abbreviations are M=million, B=billion, ttm=twelve trailing months, mrq=most recent quarter, EBITDA=Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation Amortization.

Price and Volume of Shares: ...52 week low on 03 Oct 2001 of $48.70 ...52 week high on 17 May 2001 of $70.87 ...daily volume on 3 months basis was 892.5K ...daily volume on 10 day basis was 1.23M

Stock Performance: MHP's stock performance showed a 52-week change of -11.1%.

Share Related Information: MHP shows a market capitalization of $10.4B with a 192.8M share float.

Dividends and Splits: ...annual dividend is $0.98 (indicated) ...dividend yield is 1.83% ...last split was a factor 2 on 09 Mar 1999 Stock per Share Data: ...book value is $9.17 mrq ...earnings is $2.34 ttm

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