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Graham Holdings Company (GHC) 10-Year Financial Performance & Capital Metrics

GHC • • Industrial / General
Consumer DefensiveEducation & TrainingHigher Education & Professional TrainingProfessional Certification & Executive Education
AboutGraham Holdings Company, through its subsidiaries, operates as a diversified education and media company worldwide. It provides test preparation services and materials; data science and training services; professional training and exam preparation for professional certifications and licensures; and non-academic operations support services to the Purdue University Global. The company also offers training, test preparation, and degrees for accounting and financial services professionals; English-language training, academic preparation programs, and test preparation for English proficiency exams; and A-level examination preparation services, as well as operates three colleges, a business school, a higher education institution, and an online learning institution. In addition, it owns and operates seven television stations; and provides social media management tools to connect newsrooms with their users, as well as produces Foreign Policy magazine and ForeignPolicy.com website. Further, the company publishes Slate, an online magazine; and two French-language news magazine websites at slate.fr and slateafrique.com. Additionally, it provides social media marketing solutions; home health and hospice services; burners, igniters, dampers, and controls; screw jacks, linear actuators and related linear motion products, and lifting systems; pressure impregnated kiln-dried lumber and plywood products; cybersecurity training solutions; digital advertising services; and power charging and data systems, industrial and commercial indoor lighting solutions, and electrical components and assemblies. The company also owns and operates 11 restaurants and entertainment venues; and engages in automobile dealerships business. The company was formerly known as The Washington Post Company and changed its name to Graham Holdings Company in November 2013. Graham Holdings Company was founded in 1877 and is based in Arlington, Virginia.Show more
  • Revenue $4.79B +8.5%
  • EBITDA $453M +21.6%
  • Net Income $725M +253.0%
  • EPS (Diluted) 163.40 +272.9%
  • Gross Margin 30.61% +3.0%
  • EBITDA Margin 9.45% +12.1%
  • Operating Margin 4.5% +186.2%
  • Net Margin 15.13% +225.3%
  • ROE 17.26% +229.6%
  • ROIC 3.11% +197.3%
  • Debt/Equity 0.27 -12.3%
  • Interest Coverage 1.16 +5.6%
Technical Analysis

Key Insights

Based on financial data analysis

✓Strengths

  • ✓Strong 5Y profit CAGR of 17.2%
  • ✓Strong Piotroski F-Score: 8/9
  • ✓Strong 5Y sales CAGR of 10.3%
  • ✓Share count reduced 5.4% through buybacks
  • ✓Trading near 52-week high
  • ✓Trading at only 1.2x book value

✗Weaknesses

No significant weaknesses identified

* These insights are generated automatically based on available financial data. Please conduct your own research before making investment decisions.

Price & Volume

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Growth Metrics

Revenue CAGR

10Y5.76%
5Y10.32%
3Y14.57%
TTM4.13%

Profit (Net Income) CAGR

10Y-5.63%
5Y17.19%
3Y27.2%
TTM219.66%

EPS CAGR

10Y-1.75%
5Y21.7%
3Y32.36%
TTM224.05%

ROCE

10Y Avg2.66%
5Y Avg1.88%
3Y Avg2.04%
Latest3.47%

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NameMarket CapCurrent PriceP/E RatioRevenue Growth 1YNet MarginROEFCF YieldDebt/Equity
GHCGraham Holdings Company3.91B1149.307.038.52%14.93%16.13%8.3%0.27
STGSunlands Technology Group28.05M5.490.22-7.84%18.94%42.07%100%0.31
GNSGenius Group Limited52.16M0.62-0.27-65.69%-314.46%-31.33%0.18
EEIQElite Education Group International Limited6.69M0.29-0.6142.73%-65.06%-92.4%0.28

Profit & Loss

Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024
Sales/Revenue+2.59B2.48B2.59B2.7B2.93B2.89B3.19B3.92B4.41B4.79B
Revenue Growth %-0.06%-0.04%0.04%0.04%0.09%-0.01%0.1%0.23%0.12%0.09%
Cost of Goods Sold+1.21B1.27B1.45B1.59B1.95B1.91B2.11B2.66B3.1B3.32B
COGS % of Revenue0.47%0.51%0.56%0.59%0.66%0.66%0.66%0.68%0.7%0.69%
Gross Profit+1.38B1.21B1.14B1.11B983.85M977.01M1.07B1.27B1.31B1.47B
Gross Margin %0.53%0.49%0.44%0.41%0.34%0.34%0.34%0.32%0.3%0.31%
Gross Profit Growth %-0.06%-0.12%-0.06%-0.02%-0.11%-0.01%0.1%0.18%0.04%0.12%
Operating Expenses+1.46B988.99M1B863.17M839.31M876.61M994.08M1.18B1.24B1.25B
OpEx % of Revenue0.56%0.4%0.39%0.32%0.29%0.3%0.31%0.3%0.28%0.26%
Selling, General & Admin1.1B896.1M887.79M750.93M717.66M715.4M831.85M921.74M1.01B1.08B
SG&A % of Revenue0.43%0.36%0.34%0.28%0.24%0.25%0.26%0.23%0.23%0.22%
Research & Development0000000000
R&D % of Revenue----------
Other Operating Expenses356.62M92.89M113.31M112.25M121.65M161.21M162.22M261.14M235.17M173.99M
Operating Income+-80.83M222.87M136.4M246.16M144.55M100.41M77.38M83.9M69.39M215.5M
Operating Margin %-0.03%0.09%0.05%0.09%0.05%0.03%0.02%0.02%0.02%0.04%
Operating Income Growth %-1.35%3.76%-0.39%0.8%-0.41%-0.31%-0.23%0.08%-0.17%2.11%
EBITDA+347.61M315.76M249.71M358.41M350.38M351.57M313.35M412.6M372.3M452.74M
EBITDA Margin %0.13%0.13%0.1%0.13%0.12%0.12%0.1%0.11%0.08%0.09%
EBITDA Growth %-0.28%-0.09%-0.21%0.44%-0.02%0%-0.11%0.32%-0.1%0.22%
D&A (Non-Cash Add-back)428.44M92.89M113.31M112.25M205.83M251.16M235.98M328.71M302.9M237.24M
EBIT-88.24M286.05M216.68M361.41M456.26M445.58M483.57M176.14M362.31M1.21B
Net Interest Income+-30.75M-32.3M-27.3M-32.55M-23.63M-34.44M-30.53M-51.18M-56.18M-176.28M
Interest Income1.91M3.09M6.58M5.35M6.15M3.87M3.41M3.23M7.12M9.87M
Interest Expense32.65M35.39M33.89M37.9M29.78M38.31M33.94M54.4M63.3M186.15M
Other Income/Expense-40.06M27.79M46.39M77.35M281.93M306.86M372.25M37.84M229.61M809.21M
Pretax Income+-120.89M250.66M182.79M323.51M426.48M407.27M449.63M121.73M299M1.02B
Pretax Margin %-0.05%0.1%0.07%0.12%0.15%0.14%0.14%0.03%0.07%0.21%
Income Tax+20.5M81.2M-119.7M52.1M98.6M107.3M96.3M51.3M87.3M292.1M
Effective Tax Rate %0.83%0.67%1.65%0.84%0.77%0.74%0.78%0.55%0.69%0.71%
Net Income+-100.66M168.59M302.04M271.21M327.86M300.37M352.07M67.08M205.29M724.63M
Net Margin %-0.04%0.07%0.12%0.1%0.11%0.1%0.11%0.02%0.05%0.15%
Net Income Growth %-1.08%2.67%0.79%-0.1%0.21%-0.08%0.17%-0.81%2.06%2.53%
Net Income (Continuing)-141.39M169.46M302.49M271.41M327.88M299.97M353.33M70.43M211.7M732.61M
Discontinued Operations42.17M000000000
Minority Interest25.96M12.58M10.33M4.35M14.04M28.26M26.4M43.1M91.08M73.97M
EPS (Diluted)+-17.5829.8053.8950.5061.2158.1370.4613.7943.82163.40
EPS Growth %-1.09%2.7%0.81%-0.06%0.21%-0.05%0.21%-0.8%2.18%2.73%
EPS (Basic)-17.5829.9554.2450.8561.6958.3070.6613.8343.96164.62
Diluted Shares Outstanding5.73M5.59M5.55M5.37M5.33M5.14M4.96M4.84M4.65M4.41M
Basic Shares Outstanding5.73M5.56M5.52M5.33M5.29M5.12M4.95M4.82M4.64M4.37M
Dividend Payout Ratio-0.16%0.09%0.11%0.09%0.1%0.09%0.46%0.15%0.04%

Balance Sheet

Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024
Total Current Assets+1.86B1.87B1.74B1.53B1.66B1.77B1.85B1.68B1.85B2.1B
Cash & Short-Term Investments1.13B1.1B947.17M767.84M814.01M1.01B970.33M791.73M866.92M1.12B
Cash Only754.21M648.88M390.01M253.26M214.04M423.05M145.89M169.32M169.9M260.85M
Short-Term Investments379.44M448.24M557.15M514.58M599.97M587.58M824.45M622.41M697.03M858.74M
Accounts Receivable620.82M656.74M644.22M601.45M634.95M566.47M640.22M541.25M531.93M522.14M
Days Sales Outstanding87.6296.5890.7281.4379.0471.5773.3550.3443.9839.78
Inventory32.07M34.82M60.61M69.48M108.93M120.62M141.47M226.81M297.21M295.81M
Days Inventory Outstanding9.710.0115.2115.9820.4123.0324.4231.1534.9632.48
Other Current Assets74.18M82.67M83.81M93.58M13.29M942K13.42M22.01M33.29M44.61M
Total Non-Current Assets+2.49B2.56B3.2B3.23B4.27B4.67B5.58B4.87B5.34B5.58B
Property, Plant & Equipment231.12M233.66M259.36M293.08M911.09M840.85M906.1M932.4M969.5M937.78M
Fixed Asset Turnover11.19x10.62x9.99x9.20x3.22x3.44x3.52x4.21x4.55x5.11x
Goodwill1.02B1.12B1.3B1.3B1.39B1.48B1.65B1.56B1.53B1.5B
Intangible Assets129.08M173.97M340.17M362.31M373.68M325.08M389.3M340.36M300.06M221.02M
Long-Term Investments59.23M58.81M128.59M143.81M162.25M164.48M155.44M186.42M186.48M169.13M
Other Non-Current Assets651.97M954.69M1.16B1.12B1.42B1.85B2.47B1.85B2.35B2.74B
Total Assets+4.35B4.43B4.94B4.76B5.93B6.44B7.43B6.55B7.19B7.68B
Asset Turnover0.59x0.56x0.52x0.57x0.49x0.45x0.43x0.60x0.61x0.62x
Asset Growth %-0.24%0.02%0.11%-0.04%0.25%0.09%0.15%-0.12%0.1%0.07%
Total Current Liabilities+725.15M818.96M878.61M812.16M1.04B949.65M1.17B1.15B1.23B1.2B
Accounts Payable285.32M352.36M385.93M337.12M366.19M382.38M126.98M136.19M153.98M160.38M
Days Payables Outstanding86.34101.2796.8677.5568.6172.9921.9218.718.1117.61
Short-Term Debt06.13M6.73M6.36M175.39M95.35M141.75M155.81M66.75M26.58M
Deferred Revenue (Current)1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K
Other Current Liabilities0000273K259K179.31M149.82M303.38M172.91M
Current Ratio2.57x2.29x1.98x1.89x1.60x1.87x1.58x1.47x1.50x1.75x
Quick Ratio2.52x2.24x1.91x1.80x1.49x1.74x1.46x1.27x1.26x1.50x
Cash Conversion Cycle10.985.329.0819.8630.8421.675.8562.7960.8354.65
Total Non-Current Liabilities+1.14B1.16B1.14B1.04B1.56B1.71B1.83B1.63B1.89B2.15B
Long-Term Debt399.8M485.72M486.56M470.78M430.65M506.1M525.75M570.55M745.08M721.62M
Capital Lease Obligations0000477M428.85M405.2M393.63M376.68M362.88M
Deferred Tax Liabilities403.32M379.09M362.7M322.42M427.37M521.27M676.71M466.27M600.12M739.26M
Other Non-Current Liabilities333.99M295.96M294.8M237.55M221.06M250.69M225.55M203.27M169.35M323.01M
Total Liabilities1.86B1.98B2.02B1.85B2.6B2.66B3B2.78B3.12B3.35B
Total Debt+399.93M491.85M493.29M477.14M1.08B1.03B1.15B1.19B1.25B1.17B
Net Debt-354.28M-157.04M103.27M223.88M869M607.25M1B1.02B1.08B908.46M
Debt / Equity0.16x0.20x0.17x0.16x0.32x0.27x0.26x0.32x0.31x0.27x
Debt / EBITDA1.15x1.56x1.98x1.33x3.09x2.93x3.67x2.88x3.36x2.58x
Net Debt / EBITDA-1.02x-0.50x0.41x0.62x2.48x1.73x3.21x2.47x2.91x2.01x
Interest Coverage-2.48x6.30x4.03x6.49x4.85x2.62x2.28x1.54x1.10x1.16x
Total Equity+2.52B2.47B2.93B2.92B3.33B3.79B4.43B3.77B4.07B4.33B
Equity Growth %-0.2%-0.02%0.19%-0%0.14%0.14%0.17%-0.15%0.08%0.06%
Book Value per Share439.44441.14526.92543.97625.73737.02891.44780.50873.83983.12
Total Shareholders' Equity2.49B2.45B2.92B2.92B3.32B3.76B4.4B3.73B3.98B4.26B
Common Stock20M20M20M20M20M20M20M20M20M20M
Retained Earnings5.45B5.59B5.79B6.24B6.53B6.8B7.13B7.16B7.34B8.03B
Treasury Stock-3.65B-3.76B-3.8B-3.92B-3.92B-4.06B-4.11B-4.18B-4.37B-4.49B
Accumulated OCI314.68M236.49M535.55M203.83M303.3M603.31M971.39M336.15M614.34M334.8M
Minority Interest25.96M12.58M10.33M4.35M14.04M28.26M26.4M43.1M91.08M73.97M

Cash Flow

Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024
Cash from Operations+74.8M261.26M268.06M287.02M165.16M210.66M202.43M235.6M259.88M406.99M
Operating CF Margin %0.03%0.11%0.1%0.11%0.06%0.07%0.06%0.06%0.06%0.08%
Operating CF Growth %-0.8%2.49%0.03%0.07%-0.42%0.28%-0.04%0.16%0.1%0.57%
Net Income-99.22M169.46M302.49M271.41M327.88M299.97M353.33M70.43M211.7M732.61M
Depreciation & Amortization168.74M92.89M113.31M112.25M205.83M251.16M235.98M328.71M302.9M237.24M
Stock-Based Compensation48.03M13.42M10.17M6.41M6.28M6.35M5.66M6.12M6.71M6.33M
Deferred Taxes4.06M10.07M-146.45M-7.12M69.75M14.38M65.05M-3.84M43.77M227.4M
Other Non-Cash Items213.21M-41.82M-54.56M-100.76M-248.65M-291.43M-346.35M-38.66M-236.27M-907.93M
Working Capital Changes-260.01M17.23M43.1M4.84M-195.93M-69.76M-111.24M-127.16M-68.94M111.34M
Change in Receivables-87.17M-47.89M11.09M59.85M-53.6M61.33M-59.29M45.52M8.23M11.32M
Change in Inventory-1.78M-2.42M-541K-7.35M-5.32M3.79M4.55M-64.32M-62.87M8.3M
Change in Payables62.9M58.15M19.38M-44.89M-47.07M0-52.75M000
Cash from Investing+-425.57M-311.29M-442.02M-230.96M-236.74M199.37M-494.63M-184.07M-152.97M-62.33M
Capital Expenditures-136.86M-66.61M-60.36M-98.19M-93.5M-69.59M-162.54M-82.68M-93.45M-82.91M
CapEx % of Revenue0.05%0.03%0.02%0.04%0.03%0.02%0.05%0.02%0.02%0.02%
Acquisitions----------
Investments----------
Other Investing-1.3M-44.69M-6.77M-28.06M-3.5M2.07M557K1.04M-27.44M2.34M
Cash from Financing+342.15M-43.08M-100.11M-192.36M18.73M-204M31.03M-18.11M-99.83M-240.97M
Debt Issued (Net)----------
Equity Issued (Net)----------
Dividends Paid-53.72M-27.32M-28.33M-28.62M-29.55M-29.97M-30.14M-30.71M-30.95M-30.35M
Share Repurchases----------
Other Financing-87.43M-4.77M-3.79M-22.84M3.64M5.36M-27.83M20.27M61.69M-19.7M
Net Change in Cash----------
Free Cash Flow+-62.05M194.64M207.7M188.83M71.66M141.07M39.89M152.92M166.43M324.08M
FCF Margin %-0.02%0.08%0.08%0.07%0.02%0.05%0.01%0.04%0.04%0.07%
FCF Growth %-1.46%4.14%0.07%-0.09%-0.62%0.97%-0.72%2.83%0.09%0.95%
FCF per Share-10.8434.8337.4135.1613.4527.458.0331.6235.7673.57
FCF Conversion (FCF/Net Income)-0.74x1.55x0.89x1.06x0.50x0.70x0.57x3.51x1.27x0.56x
Interest Paid33M30M33M42M30M31M30M37M51M69M
Taxes Paid209M65M4M54M28M91M39M48M39M63M

Key Ratios

Metric2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Return on Equity (ROE)-3.55%6.77%11.21%9.28%10.48%8.44%8.57%1.64%5.24%17.26%
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)-2.43%7.48%3.83%5.98%2.95%1.75%1.18%1.23%1.05%3.11%
Gross Margin53.36%48.83%43.89%41.15%33.55%33.82%33.63%32.28%29.72%30.61%
Net Margin-3.89%6.79%11.65%10.06%11.18%10.4%11.05%1.71%4.65%15.13%
Debt / Equity0.16x0.20x0.17x0.16x0.32x0.27x0.26x0.32x0.31x0.27x
Interest Coverage-2.48x6.30x4.03x6.49x4.85x2.62x2.28x1.54x1.10x1.16x
FCF Conversion-0.74x1.55x0.89x1.06x0.50x0.70x0.57x3.51x1.27x0.56x
Revenue Growth-5.51%-4.03%4.43%4.02%8.76%-1.47%10.27%23.18%12.5%8.52%

Revenue by Segment

2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Service-----2.06B2.09B2.33B2.48B2.7B
Service Growth------1.63%11.44%6.68%8.57%
Product-----832.89M1.1B1.6B1.93B2.09B
Product Growth------31.61%45.56%20.99%8.45%
Television Broadcasting359.19M409.72M409.92M505.55M463.46M-----
Television Broadcasting Growth-14.07%0.05%23.33%-8.32%-----
Manufacturing---487.62M449.05M-----
Manufacturing Growth-----7.91%-----
Others-473.85M665.21M-344.09M-----
Others Growth--40.38%-------
Graham Healthcare Group----161.77M-----
Graham Healthcare Group Growth----------
SocialCode---58.73M62.75M-----
SocialCode Growth----6.86%-----
Education1.93B1.6B1.52B1.45B------
Education Growth--17.07%-5.11%-4.34%------
Kaplan International---719.98M------
Kaplan International Growth----------
Higher Education---342.08M------
Higher Education Growth----------
Test Preparation---256.1M------
Test Preparation Growth----------
Health Care---149.28M------
Health Care Growth----------
Professional (U.S.)---134.19M------
Professional (U.S.) Growth----------
Other Businesses299.52M--43.88M------
Other Businesses Growth----------
Kaplan Corporate and Other---1.14M------
Kaplan Corporate and Other Growth----------
Education Intersegment Eliminations----2.48M------
Education Intersegment Eliminations Growth----------
Corporate Office----------
Corporate Office Growth----------

Frequently Asked Questions

Valuation & Price

Graham Holdings Company (GHC) has a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 7.0x. This may indicate the stock is undervalued or faces growth challenges.

Growth & Financials

Graham Holdings Company (GHC) reported $4.91B in revenue for fiscal year 2024. This represents a 39% increase from $3.53B in 2011.

Graham Holdings Company (GHC) grew revenue by 8.5% over the past year. This is steady growth.

Yes, Graham Holdings Company (GHC) is profitable, generating $732.4M in net income for fiscal year 2024 (15.1% net margin).

Dividend & Returns

Yes, Graham Holdings Company (GHC) pays a dividend with a yield of 0.60%. This makes it attractive for income-focused investors.

Graham Holdings Company (GHC) has a return on equity (ROE) of 17.3%. This is reasonable for most industries.

Graham Holdings Company (GHC) generated $361.4M in free cash flow for fiscal year 2024. Positive FCF indicates the company can fund dividends, buybacks, or reinvestment.

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