McGraw-Hill: Dividend Stock Analysis

The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (MHP) provides various information services for the financial, education, and business information markets worldwide. It operates in four segments: Standard & Poor’s, McGraw-Hill Financial, McGraw-Hill Education, and McGraw-Hill Information & Media . The company is a dividend champion which has increased distributions for 38 years in a row. The most recent dividend increase was in January, when the Board of Directors approved a 6.40% increase to 25 cents/share. The major competitors of McGraw-Hill include Pearson, Moody’s and Meredith Corp. Over the past decade this dividend stock has delivered an annualized total return of 4.20% to its loyal shareholders.(Click to enlarge) The company has managed to deliver an impressive increase in EPS of 7.50% per year since 2001. Analysts expect McGraw-Hill to earn $2.86 per share in 2011 and $3.12 per share in 2012. This would be a nice increase from the $2.65/share the company earned... Read more

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