Head to Head Survey: McGraw Hill Financial (MHFI) vs. RMG Networks Holding Corporation (RMGN)

McGraw Hill Financial (NASDAQ: MHFI) and RMG Networks Holding Corporation (NASDAQ:RMGN) are both services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitabiliy.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

9.6% of RMG Networks Holding Corporation shares are held by institutional investors. 24.5% of RMG Networks Holding Corporation shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares McGraw Hill Financial and RMG Networks Holding Corporation’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
McGraw Hill Financial	N/A	N/A	N/A
RMG Networks Holding Corporation	-12.50%	-53.60%	-17.83%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares McGraw Hill Financial and RMG Networks Holding Corporation’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	EBITDA	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
McGraw Hill Financial	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
RMG Networks Holding Corporation	$37.90 million	0.78	-$1.42 million	N/A	N/A

McGraw Hill Financial has higher revenue, but lower earnings than RMG Networks Holding Corporation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for McGraw Hill Financial and RMG Networks Holding Corporation, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
McGraw Hill Financial	0	0	0	0	N/A
RMG Networks Holding Corporation	0	0	1	0	3.00

RMG Networks Holding Corporation has a consensus target price of $1.00, indicating a potential upside of 51.52%. Given RMG Networks Holding Corporation’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe RMG Networks Holding Corporation is more favorable than McGraw Hill Financial.

Summary

RMG Networks Holding Corporation beats McGraw Hill Financial on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

McGraw Hill Financial Company Profile

McGraw Hill Financial, Inc. is a benchmarks and ratings, analytics, data and research provider serving the global capital, commodities and commercial markets. The Company operate in four business segments: S&P Ratings, which provides credit ratings, research and analytics, offering investors and market participants information, ratings and benchmarks; S&P Capital IQ, which provides multi-asset-class data, research and analytical capabilities, which integrate cross-asset analytics and desktop services; S&P Dow Jones Indices, which is a global index provider that maintains a range of valuation and index benchmarks for investment advisors, wealth managers and institutional investors, and Commodities & Commercial, which consists of business-to-business companies focused on commercial and commodities markets that deliver their customers access to information, data, analytic services, and pricing and quality benchmarks.