Graham Holdings (GHC) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Graham Holdings has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 3.48% for Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 3.48%, down 8.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 3.48% (down 8.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 3.53%, up 8.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed came in at 3.48% for Q1 2026 at Graham Holdings, roughly flat from 3.49% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 4.54% in Q2 2025 to a low of 0.48% in Q3 2023.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 1.65% (2023), against an average of 2.26%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed plunged 313 bps in 2023 and soared 380 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
• Graham Holdings' Return on Capital Employed stood at 1.45% in 2022, then fell by 16 bps to 1.22% in 2023, then soared by 179 bps to 3.39% in 2024, then advanced by 3 bps to 3.49% in 2025, then retreated by 0 bps to 3.48% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 3.48% (Q1 2026), 3.49% (Q4 2025), and 4.3% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.