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

1,218.14 0.28 +0.02%
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) Return on assets

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Graham Holdings Company's return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 6.12%, up 2.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (3.64%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −2.00% (fiscal 2015) to 9.75% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is above the Conglomerates industry median of 0.06% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.20%.

Return on assets, annual

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Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 3.64% (6.11)
FY2024 9.75% 6.76
FY2023 2.99% 2.03
FY2022 0.96% (4.12)
FY2021 5.08% 0.23
FY2020 4.85% (1.28)
FY2019 6.13% 0.54
FY2018 5.59% (0.86)
FY2017 6.45% 2.61
FY2016 3.84% 5.84

Against its own ten years

Low −2.00% High 9.75%
Ten-year median 4.85%
Current reading's percentile 36

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
VMI Valmont Industries, Inc. compare 15.3%
PAM Pampa Energia S.A. compare 9.42%
SEB Seaboard Corporation compare 6.61%
GHC Graham Holdings Company 6.12%
OTTR Otter Tail Corporation compare 4.30%
DLX Deluxe Corporation compare 2.72%
BBUC Brookfield Business Partners L.P. compare −0.07%
FBYD Falcon's Beyond Global, Inc. compare −2.43%
CODI Compass Diversified Holdings compare −3.15%
Conglomerates industry median 0.06%
Industrials sector median 1.20%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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