Graham Holdings (GHC) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Graham Holdings' (GHC) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $1.2 billion in Q1 2026, up 5.34% year-on-year from $1.1 billion in Q1 2025, and down 2.1% quarter-over-quarter from $1.2 billion in Q4 2025.

Graham Holdings (GHC) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Graham Holdings has disclosed Operating Expenses across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $1.2 billion for Q1 2026.

  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $1.2 billion, up 5.34% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $4.7 billion (up 3.49% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $4.7 billion, up 2.21% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses came in at $1.2 billion for Q1 2026 at Graham Holdings, down from $1.2 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $1.2 billion in Q3 2025 to a low of $874.8 million in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $1.1 billion (2024), against an average of $1.1 billion.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses jumped 33.15% in 2022 and retreated 3.69% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Graham Holdings' Operating Expenses stood at $1.1 billion in 2022, then increased by 0.63% to $1.1 billion in 2023, then climbed by 4.2% to $1.2 billion in 2024, then advanced by 2.57% to $1.2 billion in 2025, then declined by 2.1% to $1.2 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $1.2 billion (Q1 2026), $1.2 billion (Q4 2025), and $1.2 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

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1 51Talk Online Education 7.03 Bn 6.99 Bn 22.18 Mn -27.37 Mn
2 Laureate Education 5.22 Bn 5.06 Bn -16.39 Mn 11.13 Mn
3 Graham Holdings 5.09 Bn 4.08 Bn 841.00 Mn 1.18 Bn
4 Covista 4.40 Bn 4.40 Bn 276.31 Mn 395.69 Mn
5 Stride 4.17 Bn 3.36 Bn 231.57 Mn 102.49 Mn
6 Grand Canyon Education 3.94 Bn 3.69 Bn 244.77 Mn 213.30 Mn
7 McGraw Hill 2.19 Bn 1.94 Bn 388.89 Mn 395.25 Mn
8 Universal Technical Institute 2.14 Bn 1.97 Bn 103.97 Mn 221.06 Mn
9 Perdoceo Education 2.13 Bn 1.45 Bn 174.68 Mn 158.62 Mn
10 Strategic Education 1.69 Bn 1.53 Bn - 154.77 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 1.18 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 1.20 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 1.21 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 1.14 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 1.12 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 1.17 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 1.13 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 1.16 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 1.12 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 1.13 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 1.17 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 1.05 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 1.00 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 1.12 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 952.91 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 893.97 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 874.75 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 840.38 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 826.04 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 763.56 Mn