Graham Holdings (GHC)

Consumer Defensive · Education & Training Services
$1,173.16 -0.97% on the day Market cap $5.0B 52-week range $929.76 to $1,262.35 Prices as of Oct 11, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
4% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $5.0B, Graham Holdings's free cash flow of $275M (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 4% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is close to what the company has delivered over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Graham Holdings's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price3.8% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years3.9% a year
Revenue, same period7.9% a year
Price to free cash flow18.2x

Fundamental grade

C

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from GHC's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation7
Profitability5
Growth7
Financial health5
Cash efficiency4

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Graham Holdings's 10-K filings. Ten years of the full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$3.2B$3.9B$4.4B$4.8B$4.9B
Net income$352M$67M$205M$725M$292M
Free cash flow$40M$153M$166M$324M$275M
EPS (diluted)$70.45$13.79$43.82$163.40$66.47
Operating margin2.4%2.1%1.6%4.5%4.8%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2025. Every breakdown, year by year.

Reportable Segment, Aggregation before Other Operating Segment$4.6B93%
Other Businesses and Corporate Office$360M7%

Superinvestors who own GHC

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 7 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Charles Brandes
Brandes Investment Partners, LP
Trimmed $134M0.94%Q2 2026
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Trimmed $104M0.04%Q2 2026
Mario Gabelli
GAMCO Investors
Trimmed $42M0.38%Q2 2026
Mason Hawkins
Southeastern Asset Management
Trimmed $33M1.7%Q2 2026
Jean-Marie Eveillard
First Eagle Investment Management
Trimmed $24M0.04%Q2 2026
Ric Dillon
Diamond Hill Capital Management
Trimmed $9M0.07%Q2 2026
Tom Gayner
Markel Group Inc.
Held $6M0.04%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Graham Holdings's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

No open-market insider purchases of GHC in the last 12 months. Most insider activity is selling and option exercises, which aren't shown here.

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In the full deep dive

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Questions

What growth does Graham Holdings's stock price imply?

At a market value of $5.0B, Graham Holdings would need its free cash flow to grow about 4% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew 4% a year.

Are Graham Holdings insiders buying the stock?

No open-market insider purchases of GHC in the last 12 months, according to SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Graham Holdings?

7 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold GHC in their latest 13F, including Charles Brandes, Cliff Asness, Mario Gabelli.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 11, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.