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Graham Holdings Co (GHC)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for Graham Holdings Co. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q2 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About Graham Holdings Co

Graham Holdings Company is a diversified holding company with operations in educational services, television broadcasting, manufacturing, healthcare, automotive dealerships, and other businesses. Its education segment, operated through Kaplan, Inc., provides a wide range of educational services including academic preparation, language programs, exam preparation, and professional training to students, schools, colleges, universities, and businesses worldwide. The company also owns television broadcast stations, healthcare service providers, manufacturing companies, automotive dealerships, and various other businesses such as restaurants, media publications, and software platforms.

Snapshot

Revenue
$4.91B
Revenue growth (YoY)
2.5%
Net income
$292.3M
Diluted EPS
$66.47
Gross margin
Operating margin
4.8%
Net margin
6.0%
FCF margin
5.6%
ROE
6.1%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
9.5×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$4.93B
Long-term debt / equity
0.15×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Graham Holdings

  • Revenue grew 2.5% to $4.9B in FY2025, slower than the 8.5% the year before.
  • Operating margin is 4.8% in FY2025, +2.4 pp against 2.4% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q2 FY2026: revenue $1.3B, up 7.1% from Q2 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $275M in FY2025, 5.6% of revenue.
  • Net income fell 59.7% to $292M in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Graham Holdings’s fundamentals sit among the 403 Consumer Discretionary companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Operating margin4.8%
55th percentile of 348
Net margin6.0%
68th percentile of 377
FCF margin5.6%
60th percentile of 351
Revenue growth (YoY)+2.5%
45th percentile of 394
ROE6.1%
48th percentile of 343
P/E9.5×
17th percentile of 249
Long-term debt / equity0.15×
22nd percentile of 234
Short interest5.79d
70th percentile of 401

No reported insider transactions (codes P/S) in the last 90 days. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 3 of the superinvestors we track (plus 6 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F; periods vary by investor (newest: Q2 2026).

Conviction investors
3
+6 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
1
0 new, 1 added
Reduced / exited
6
6 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$160.3M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$102.9M90.1KReduced
Southeastern Asset ManagementQ2 2026$33.3M29.2KReduced
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$10.6M9.3KReduced
Markel GroupQ2 2026$5.9M5.2KHeld
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$2.5M2.2KReduced
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$2.2M2.0KAdded
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$2.1M1.9KReduced
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$456,568400Held
Bridgewater AssociatesQ2 2026$244,264214Reduced

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
153.2K
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
+12.7%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
5.79
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
26.5K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-14153.2K+12.7%5.79
2026-07-31135.9K+6.1%6.51
2026-07-15128.1K+10.6%6.88
2026-06-30115.9K+6.6%4.45
2026-06-15108.7K+10.9%6.98
2026-05-2998.0K+2.8%5.79
2026-05-1595.4K+2.0%6.22
2026-04-3093.5K+19.5%5.01

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$4.91B$4.79B$4.41B$3.92B$3.19B
Gross profit
Operating income$234.9M$215.5M$69.4M$83.9M$77.4M
Net income$292.3M$724.6M$205.3M$67.1M$352.1M
Diluted EPS$66.47$163.40$43.82$13.79$70.45

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$347.2M$407.0M$259.9M$235.6M$202.4M
Capital expenditure$71.9M$82.9M$93.4M$82.7M$162.5M
Free cash flow$275.3M$324.1M$166.4M$152.9M$39.9M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q2 FY2026$1.30B7.1%$281.1M$64.86
Q1 FY2026$30.8M
Q4 FY2025$1.25B0.4%$108.7M$24.81
Q3 FY2025$1.28B5.9%$122.9M$27.91
Q2 FY2025$1.22B2.6%$36.7M$8.35
Q1 FY2025$1.17B1.1%$23.9M$5.45
Q4 FY2024$1.25B6.8%$548.8M$126.11
Q3 FY2024$1.21B8.6%$72.5M$16.42

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorConsumer Discretionary
SIC industryServices-Educational Services
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ2 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2003
SEC CIK104889

Selected SEC filings

10-K2026-02-25
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10-Q2026-07-30
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10-Q2026-04-30
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8-K2026-08-05
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8-K2026-07-30
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8-K2026-05-05
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8-K2026-05-01
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.