Growth Metrics

Graham Holdings (GHC) EBT Margin (2016 - 2026)

Quarterly results put EBT Margin at 3.29% for Q1 2026, up 41.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Mar 2026 was 9.17% (down 935.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 9.16%, down 1223.0%.

Graham Holdings has reported EBT Margin over the past 18 years, most recently at 3.29% for Q1 2026.

  • EBT Margin reached 3.29% in Q1 2026 per GHC's latest filing, down from 13.78% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBT Margin topped out at 60.81% in Q4 2024 and bottomed at 9.43% in Q2 2022.
  • Median EBT Margin over the past 5 years was 6.22% (2023), compared with a mean of 9.56%.
  • The largest annual shift saw EBT Margin soared 5459bps in 2024 before it crashed -4703bps in 2025.
  • Over 5 years, EBT Margin stood at 2.93% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 113bps to 6.22% in 2023, then surged by 877bps to 60.81% in 2024, then crashed by -77bps to 13.78% in 2025, then plummeted by -76bps to 3.29% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows EBT Margin for GHC at 3.29% in Q1 2026, 13.78% in Q4 2025, and 14.31% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBT Margin (Qtr)
1 51Talk Online Education 9.59 Bn 9.55 Bn 22.18 Mn -19.01%
2 Graham Holdings 4.73 Bn 3.72 Bn 841.00 Mn 3.29%
3 Laureate Education 4.69 Bn 4.53 Bn -16.39 Mn -10.02%
4 Grand Canyon Education 4.19 Bn 3.94 Bn 244.77 Mn 31.90%
5 Stride 3.77 Bn 2.96 Bn 231.57 Mn 19.17%
6 Perdoceo Education 2.11 Bn 1.43 Bn 174.68 Mn 30.72%
7 Universal Technical Institute 2.01 Bn 1.84 Bn 103.97 Mn 0.17%
8 Strategic Education 1.71 Bn 1.55 Bn - 13.82%
9 Lincoln Educational Services 1.46 Bn 1.44 Bn 120.06 Mn 3.89%
10 American Public Education 943.17 Mn 722.17 Mn 100.11 Mn 11.01%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 3.29%
Dec 31, 2025 13.78%
Sep 30, 2025 14.31%
Jun 30, 2025 4.99%
Mar 31, 2025 2.88%
Dec 31, 2024 60.81%
Sep 30, 2024 9.36%
Jun 30, 2024 -1.24%
Mar 31, 2024 14.65%
Dec 31, 2023 6.22%
Sep 30, 2023 -1.06%
Jun 30, 2023 15.02%
Mar 31, 2023 7.00%
Dec 31, 2022 2.93%
Sep 30, 2022 4.59%
Jun 30, 2022 -9.43%
Mar 31, 2022 14.45%
Dec 31, 2021 11.92%
Sep 30, 2021 4.17%
Jun 30, 2021 19.84%
Mar 31, 2021 21.62%
Dec 31, 2020 40.37%
Sep 30, 2020 15.07%
Jun 30, 2020 9.31%
Mar 31, 2020 -10.83%
Dec 31, 2019 24.25%
Sep 30, 2019 7.87%
Jun 30, 2019 10.02%
Mar 31, 2019 15.79%
Dec 31, 2018 10.03%
Sep 30, 2018 20.02%
Jun 30, 2018 9.33%
Mar 31, 2018 8.58%
Dec 31, 2017 8.12%
Sep 30, 2017 5.82%
Jun 30, 2017 9.75%
Mar 31, 2017 4.08%
Dec 31, 2016 10.18%
Sep 30, 2016 44.68%
Jun 30, 2016 13.51%