Growth Metrics

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

Quarterly results put Net Margin at 2.49% for Q1 2026, up 28.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Mar 2026 was 6.19% (down 699.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 6.17%, down 912.0%.

Graham Holdings has reported Net Margin over the past 18 years, most recently at 2.49% for Q1 2026.

  • Net Margin reached 2.49% in Q1 2026 per GHC's latest filing, down from 8.86% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Net Margin topped out at 44.28% in Q4 2024 and bottomed at 7.14% in Q2 2022.
  • Median Net Margin over the past 5 years was 4.77% (2023), compared with a mean of 6.65%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Net Margin skyrocketed 3950bps in 2024 before it crashed -3541bps in 2025.
  • Over 5 years, Net Margin stood at 0.62% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 664bps to 4.77% in 2023, then soared by 828bps to 44.28% in 2024, then plummeted by -80bps to 8.86% in 2025, then plummeted by -72bps to 2.49% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows Net Margin for GHC at 2.49% in Q1 2026, 8.86% in Q4 2025, and 9.87% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Net Margin (Qtr)
1 51Talk Online Education 9.59 Bn 9.55 Bn 22.18 Mn -17.22%
2 Graham Holdings 4.73 Bn 3.72 Bn 841.00 Mn 2.49%
3 Laureate Education 4.69 Bn 4.53 Bn -16.39 Mn 0.21%
4 Grand Canyon Education 4.19 Bn 3.94 Bn 244.77 Mn 24.40%
5 Stride 3.77 Bn 2.96 Bn 231.57 Mn 14.16%
6 Perdoceo Education 2.11 Bn 1.43 Bn 174.68 Mn 24.33%
7 Universal Technical Institute 2.01 Bn 1.84 Bn 103.97 Mn 0.22%
8 Strategic Education 1.71 Bn 1.55 Bn - 10.72%
9 Lincoln Educational Services 1.46 Bn 1.44 Bn 120.06 Mn 3.03%
10 American Public Education 943.17 Mn 722.17 Mn 100.11 Mn 10.15%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 2.49%
Dec 31, 2025 8.86%
Sep 30, 2025 9.87%
Jun 30, 2025 3.32%
Mar 31, 2025 2.21%
Dec 31, 2024 44.28%
Sep 30, 2024 6.17%
Jun 30, 2024 -1.59%
Mar 31, 2024 10.87%
Dec 31, 2023 4.77%
Sep 30, 2023 -1.90%
Jun 30, 2023 11.24%
Mar 31, 2023 5.14%
Dec 31, 2022 0.62%
Sep 30, 2022 3.34%
Jun 30, 2022 -7.14%
Mar 31, 2022 10.56%
Dec 31, 2021 9.86%
Sep 30, 2021 4.90%
Jun 30, 2021 14.47%
Mar 31, 2021 15.81%
Dec 31, 2020 30.11%
Sep 30, 2020 10.89%
Jun 30, 2020 2.89%
Mar 31, 2020 -4.63%
Dec 31, 2019 19.13%
Sep 30, 2019 5.82%
Jun 30, 2019 7.75%
Mar 31, 2019 11.80%
Dec 31, 2018 8.23%
Sep 30, 2018 18.54%
Jun 30, 2018 6.93%
Mar 31, 2018 6.46%
Dec 31, 2017 31.69%
Sep 30, 2017 3.77%
Jun 30, 2017 6.21%
Mar 31, 2017 3.58%
Dec 31, 2016 5.86%
Sep 30, 2016 36.16%
Jun 30, 2016 9.66%