Graham Holdings Company

GHC Industrials Conglomerates

Graham Holdings Company’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $4.9 billion, up 2.52% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+3.69%
EPS
−36.9%
Free cash flow
−42.9%
Total debt
+16.6%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

1,212.54 29.24 −2.35%
Market cap
$5.1B
P/E
10.6×
Fwd P/E
15.5×
Dividend yield
0.62%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
3.01
Beneish M
−2.35
Dividend safety
55/100

Graham Holdings Company (GHC) Free cash flow margin

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Graham Holdings Company's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 3.42%, down 2.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (5.61%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −0.95% (fiscal 2015) to 12.7% (fiscal 2020); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is above the Conglomerates industry median of 0.00% and above the Industrials sector median of 2.06%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 5.61% (1.15)
FY2024 6.76% 2.99
FY2023 3.77% (0.26)
FY2022 4.03% 2.45
FY2021 1.58% (11.11)
FY2020 12.7% 8.39
FY2019 4.30% (2.32)
FY2018 6.62% (1.52)
FY2017 8.14% (1.29)
FY2016 9.43% 10.38

Against its own ten years

Low −0.95% High 12.7%
Ten-year median 5.61%
Current reading's percentile 55

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
DLX Deluxe Corporation compare 10.1%
VMI Valmont Industries, Inc. compare 7.20%
CODI Compass Diversified Holdings compare 4.44%
GHC Graham Holdings Company 3.42%
BBUC Brookfield Business Partners L.P. compare 1.68%
SEB Seaboard Corporation compare 0.28%
OTTR Otter Tail Corporation compare −4.41%
PAM Pampa Energia S.A. compare −33.0%
FBYD Falcon's Beyond Global, Inc. compare −83.5%
Conglomerates industry median 0.00%
Industrials sector median 2.06%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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