Growth Metrics

Graham Holdings (GHC) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

Graham Holdings' Operating Margin history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 3.8% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Operating Margin fell 202.0% year-over-year to 3.8%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 4.78%, up 29.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 4.78%, 29.0% up from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin for Q4 2025 was 3.8% at Graham Holdings, down from 5.25% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 6.76% in Q3 2024 and bottomed at 5.16% in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 4.14% (2022), against an average of 3.13%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Operating Margin plummeted -1102bps in 2023 before it soared 1190bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 2.61% in 2021, then crashed by -298bps to 5.16% in 2022, then soared by 168bps to 3.5% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 66bps to 5.82% in 2024, then tumbled by -35bps to 3.8% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for GHC's Operating Margin are 3.8% (Q4 2025), 5.25% (Q3 2025), and 5.98% (Q2 2025).