Graham Holdings (GHC) Return on Assets [ROA] (2010 - 2026)
Graham Holdings (GHC) reported Return on Assets [ROA] of 6.74% for Q2 2026, down 2.34 percentage points from 9.09% a year earlier but up 3.02 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Graham Holdings (GHC) Return on Assets [ROA] (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Graham Holdings posted Return on Assets [ROA] of 3.77%, down 6.08 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Assets [ROA] has a five-year change of -1.07 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Return on Assets [ROA] came in at 9.86% in FY2024 (+6.78 pp), 3.08% in FY2023 (+2.07 pp), 1.01% in FY2022 (-4.09 pp) and 5.09% in FY2021 (+0.25 pp).
- Five-year quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] spans a low of 0.41% in Q1 2023 and a high of 9.70% in Q4 2024.
- Year over year, Return on Assets [ROA] has now declined in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +1.55 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Assets [ROA] in five years was Q2 2025 (a gain of 7.14 percentage points); the low point was Q2 2022 (a drop of 6.17 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at 3.72% (Q1 2026), 3.73% (Q4 2025) and 9.62% (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROA (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Service Corp International | 10.12 Bn | 9.19 Bn | 272.27 Mn | 2.93% |
| 2 | New Oriental Education & Technology | 8.61 Bn | -2.77 Bn | 20,000.00 | 6.26% |
| 3 | TAL Education | 5.82 Bn | -6.66 Bn | 594.64 Mn | 17.20% |
| 4 | Graham Holdings | 5.20 Bn | 256.57 Mn | 392.25 Mn | 6.10% |
| 5 | Laureate Education | 4.63 Bn | 3.98 Bn | 131.69 Mn | 15.84% |
| 6 | Valvoline | 4.49 Bn | 4.20 Bn | 214.90 Mn | 2.94% |
| 7 | Covista | 3.70 Bn | 2.87 Bn | 290.78 Mn | 8.66% |
| 8 | Onespaworld Holdings | 3.13 Bn | 3.02 Bn | 49.70 Mn | 11.69% |
| 9 | Stride | 3.06 Bn | -116.89 Mn | 241.12 Mn | 13.49% |
| 10 | Bright Horizons Family Solutions | 2.80 Bn | 2.24 Bn | 204.83 Mn | -3.69% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 6.10% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 6.74% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 3.72% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 3.73% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 9.62% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 9.09% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 8.28% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 9.70% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 3.23% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.95% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 3.93% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 3.05% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 2.45% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 3.31% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.41% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.02% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 2.06% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 2.13% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 4.56% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 5.01% |
Graham Holdings Return on Assets [ROA] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=GHC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "ticker": "GHC", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=GHC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();