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How Graham Holdings Company stacks up
GHC · against 2,439 other Industrials companies
Profitability
48/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #1,258 of 2,440 · scores higher than 48% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score244 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 · 2,323 reported | 3.7% | 7.1% | 32% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 2,434 reported | 5.1% | 7.7% | 34% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 2,336 reported | 6.7% | 3.1% | 82% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 2,300 reported | 11.9% | 8.0% | 67% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 2,460 reported | 29.9% | 25.8% | 60% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around GHC| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14.9B CNY (≈$2.1B) | 100 | 73 | |
| 1 | 5.5B CNY (≈$769M) | 100 | 83 | |
| 1 | 13.8B HKD (≈$1.8B) | 100 | 89 | |
| 1 | 32.0B CNY (≈$4.5B) | 100 | 73 | |
| 1 | 51M MYR (≈$11M) | 100 | 71 | |
| 1,258 | 6.2B USD | 48 | 34 | |
| 1,258 | 5.0B CHF (≈$5.8B) | 48 | 45 | |
| 1,258 | 261M USD | 48 | 63 | |
| 1,258 | 41.4B USD | 48 | 27 | |
| 1,258 | 5.1B USD | 48 | 54 | |
| 1,258 | 146.6B INR (≈$1.8B) | 48 | 36 | |
| 1,258 | 1.94T INR (≈$23.3B) | 48 | 43 | |
| 1,258 | 546M EUR (≈$600M) | 48 | 69 | |
| 1,258 | 1.3B GBP (≈$1.7B) | 48 | 39 |
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