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How Graham Holdings Company stacks up
GHC · against 456 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
48/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #300 of 457 · scores higher than 33% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score48 peers with a profitability score of 40–49, including GHC · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 48?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.A mix: stronger return on assets, but weaker return on invested capital and operating margin than most Industrials peers.
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 68% of peers. Return on invested capital: 3.7% vs peer median 7.1%
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 66% of peers. Operating margin: 5.1% vs peer median 7.7%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 82% of peers. Return on assets: 6.7% vs peer median 3.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = GHC, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | GHC | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 437 reported | 3.7% | 9.6% | 16% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 459 reported | 5.1% | 9.7% | 22% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 435 reported | 6.7% | 4.2% | 75% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 434 reported | 11.9% | 10.9% | 55% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 465 reported | 29.9% | 29.2% | 53% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around GHC| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 32.0B CNY (≈$4.5B) | 100 | 73 | |
| 1 | 69.3B CNY (≈$9.7B) | 100 | 71 | |
| 3 | 26.9B CNY (≈$3.8B) | 99 | 72 | |
| 3 | 7.8B USD | 99 | 82 | |
| 3 | 4.1B USD | 99 | 59 | |
| 300 | 599.5B JPY (≈$4.1B) | 48 | 39 | |
| 300 | 7.8B USD | 48 | 55 | |
| 300 | 6.2B USD | 48 | 34 | |
| 300 | 5.0B CHF (≈$5.8B) | 48 | 45 | |
| 300 | 5.1B USD | 48 | 54 | |
| 307 | 18.2B CNY (≈$2.5B) | 47 | 58 | |
| 307 | 959.9B JPY (≈$6.5B) | 47 | 62 | |
| 307 | 448.1B JPY (≈$3.0B) | 47 | 51 | |
| 310 | 376.6B JPY (≈$2.6B) | 46 | 52 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score