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) Return on equity

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Graham Holdings Company's return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 10.6%, up 4.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (6.41%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −3.60% (fiscal 2015) to 17.5% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is above the Conglomerates industry median of 0.94% and above the Industrials sector median of 3.71%.

Return on equity, annual

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Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 6.41% (11.07)
FY2024 17.5% 12.19
FY2023 5.29% 3.65
FY2022 1.64% (6.97)
FY2021 8.61% 0.14
FY2020 8.47% (2.03)
FY2019 10.5% 1.20
FY2018 9.30% (1.95)
FY2017 11.3% 4.43
FY2016 6.82% 10.42

Against its own ten years

Low −3.60% High 17.5%
Ten-year median 8.47%
Current reading's percentile 36

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
VMI Valmont Industries, Inc. compare 31.5%
PAM Pampa Energia S.A. compare 17.9%
DLX Deluxe Corporation compare 11.6%
GHC Graham Holdings Company 10.6%
SEB Seaboard Corporation compare 10.5%
OTTR Otter Tail Corporation compare 9.41%
BBUC Brookfield Business Partners L.P. compare −0.38%
FBYD Falcon's Beyond Global, Inc. compare −12.1%
CODI Compass Diversified Holdings compare −304.9%
Conglomerates industry median 0.94%
Industrials sector median 3.71%
Market median 0.51%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

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

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