Graham Holdings Co Stock Buy Hold or Sell Recommendation

GHC Stock  USD 944.10  18.28  1.97%   
Considering the 90-day investment horizon and your above-average risk tolerance, our recommendation regarding Graham Holdings Co is 'Strong Buy'. Macroaxis provides Graham Holdings buy-hold-or-sell recommendation only in the context of selected investment horizon and investor attitude towards risk assumed by holding GHC positions.
  
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Time Horizon

Risk Tolerance

Execute Advice
Sell Graham HoldingsBuy Graham Holdings
Strong Buy

Market Performance

OKDetails

Volatility

Very steadyDetails

Hype Condition

Low keyDetails

Current Valuation

OvervaluedDetails

Odds Of Distress

LowDetails

Economic Sensitivity

Actively responds to the marketDetails

Investor Sentiment

InterestedDetails

Analyst Consensus

Strong SellDetails

Financial Strenth (F Score)

HealthyDetails

Financial Leverage

Not RatedDetails

Reporting Quality (M-Score)

Unlikely ManipulatorDetails
For the selected time horizon Graham Holdings Co has a Risk Adjusted Performance of 0.1201, Jensen Alpha of 0.0897, Total Risk Alpha of (0.03), Sortino Ratio of 0.1288 and Treynor Ratio of 0.1664
Macroaxis provides investment recommendation on Graham Holdings to complement and cross-verify current analyst consensus on Graham Holdings. Our trade recommendations engine determines the entity's potential to grow exclusively from the perspective of an investor's current risk tolerance and investing horizon. To make sure Graham Holdings Co is not overpriced, please check out all Graham Holdings fundamentals, including its price to earning, net income, and the relationship between the shares owned by insiders and revenue . Given that Graham Holdings has a price to earning of 11.04 X, we strongly advise you to confirm Graham Holdings market performance and probability of bankruptcy to ensure the company can sustain itself in the current economic cycle given your regular risk tolerance and investing horizon.

Graham Holdings Trading Alerts and Improvement Suggestions

Over 83.0% of the company shares are owned by institutional investors
On 7th of November 2024 Graham Holdings paid $ 1.72 per share dividend to its current shareholders
Latest headline from kalkinemedia.com: Institutional Investors in Graham Holdings Company Faced a 4.0 percent Decline Last Week, While Long-Term Gains Have Been Achieved

Graham Holdings Returns Distribution Density

The distribution of Graham Holdings' historical returns is an attempt to chart the uncertainty of Graham Holdings' future price movements. The chart of the probability distribution of Graham Holdings daily returns describes the distribution of returns around its average expected value. We use Graham Holdings Co price's Value At Risk and its Upside Potential as a relative measure of the distribution. The graph of the distribution of Graham Holdings returns is essential to provide solid investment advice for Graham Holdings.
Mean Return
0.34
Value At Risk
-2.48
Potential Upside
4.60
Standard Deviation
2.28
   Return Density   
       Distribution  
Investment risk management requires an estimate of the probability of extreme price changes. Therefore, the correct representation of the distribution of Graham Holdings historical returns presented in an easy-to-digest graphical form helps investors and money managers understand the risk-reward trade-off of different investement strategies.

Graham Stock Institutional Investors

Shares
Aqr Capital Management Llc2024-06-30
40.6 K
Northern Trust Corp2024-09-30
39.5 K
Amvescap Plc.2024-06-30
34.8 K
Raymond James Finl Svs Advisors, Inc.2024-09-30
30.6 K
London Company Of Virginia2024-06-30
27.1 K
Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley Llc2024-09-30
22.8 K
Goldman Sachs Group Inc2024-06-30
22.1 K
Bronte Capital Management Pty Ltd2024-09-30
19.5 K
Seizert Capital Partners, Llc2024-09-30
19.4 K
Blackrock Inc2024-06-30
432.9 K
Vanguard Group Inc2024-09-30
356.1 K
Note, although Graham Holdings' institutional investors appear to be way more sophisticated than retail investors, it remains unclear if professional active investment managers can reliably enhance risk-adjusted returns by an amount that exceeds fees and expenses.

Graham Holdings Cash Flow Accounts

201920202021202220232024 (projected)
Change In Cash(50.1M)209.0M(264.2M)31.6M11.5M12.0M
Free Cash Flow71.7M141.1M39.9M152.9M166.4M149.1M
Depreciation205.8M251.2M236.0M328.7M203.8M187.0M
Other Non Cash Items(248.7M)(291.4M)(346.3M)(38.7M)(198.4M)(188.5M)
Capital Expenditures93.5M69.6M162.5M82.7M93.4M157.9M
Net Income327.9M300.0M353.3M70.4M203.9M259.0M
End Period Cash Flow214.0M423.1M158.8M190.4M201.9M261.7M
Change To Inventory(5.3M)3.8M4.6M(64.3M)(62.9M)(59.7M)
Dividends Paid29.6M30.0M30.1M30.7M31.0M42.6M
Change To Netincome(28.2M)(243.9M)(186.4M)132.4M119.1M125.1M
Investments12.7M74.3M17.5M61.5M(131.9M)(125.3M)
Change Receivables(53.6M)61.3M(59.3M)41.6M47.9M50.3M
Net Borrowings41.0M80.0M208.3M75.2M86.5M123.9M

Graham Holdings Greeks

Most traded equities are subject to two types of risk - systematic (i.e., market) and unsystematic (i.e., nonmarket or company-specific) risk. Unsystematic risk is the risk that events specific to Graham Holdings or Diversified Consumer Services sector will adversely affect the stock's price. This type of risk can be diversified away by owning several different stocks in different industries whose stock prices have shown a small correlation to each other. On the other hand, systematic risk is the risk that Graham Holdings' price will be affected by overall stock market movements and cannot be diversified away. So, no matter how many positions you have, you cannot eliminate market risk. However, you can measure a Graham stock's historical response to market movements and buy it if you are comfortable with its volatility direction. Beta and standard deviation are two commonly used measures to help you make the right decision.
α
Alpha over Dow Jones
0.09
β
Beta against Dow Jones1.97
σ
Overall volatility
2.24
Ir
Information ratio 0.09

Graham Holdings Volatility Alert

Graham Holdings Co has relatively low volatility with skewness of 1.99 and kurtosis of 8.04. Understanding different market volatility trends often help investors to time the market. Properly using volatility indicators enable traders to measure Graham Holdings' stock risk against market volatility during both bullish and bearish trends. The higher level of volatility that comes with bear markets can directly impact Graham Holdings' stock price while adding stress to investors as they watch their shares' value plummet. This usually forces investors to rebalance their portfolios by buying different financial instruments as prices fall.

Graham Holdings Fundamentals Vs Peers

Comparing Graham Holdings' fundamentals to the average values of its peers is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It helps to analyze Graham Holdings' direct or indirect competition across all of the common fundamentals between Graham Holdings and the related equities. This way, we can detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics as Graham Holdings or determine the stocks which would be an excellent addition to an existing portfolio. Peer analysis of Graham Holdings' fundamental indicators could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Graham Holdings by comparing valuation metrics with those of similar companies.
    
 Better Than Average     
    
 Worse Than Average Compare Graham Holdings to competition
FundamentalsGraham HoldingsPeer Average
Return On Equity0.0594-0.31
Return On Asset0.0326-0.14
Profit Margin0.05 %(1.27) %
Operating Margin0.10 %(5.51) %
Current Valuation4.15 B16.62 B
Shares Outstanding3.37 M571.82 M
Shares Owned By Insiders6.67 %10.09 %
Shares Owned By Institutions82.76 %39.21 %
Number Of Shares Shorted53.75 K4.71 M
Price To Earning11.04 X28.72 X
Price To Book1.00 X9.51 X
Price To Sales0.85 X11.42 X
Revenue4.41 B9.43 B
Gross Profit1.27 B27.38 B
EBITDA571.5 M3.9 B
Net Income203.94 M570.98 M
Cash And Equivalents169.32 M2.7 B
Cash Per Share162.98 X5.01 X
Total Debt1.25 B5.32 B
Debt To Equity0.25 %48.70 %
Current Ratio1.57 X2.16 X
Book Value Per Share924.01 X1.93 K
Cash Flow From Operations259.88 M971.22 M
Short Ratio4.91 X4.00 X
Earnings Per Share51.20 X3.12 X
Target Price685.0
Number Of Employees14.11 K18.84 K
Beta1.11-0.15
Market Capitalization4.01 B19.03 B
Total Asset7.19 B29.47 B
Retained Earnings7.34 B9.33 B
Working Capital619.62 M1.48 B
Current Asset1.86 B9.34 B
Note: Disposition of 378 shares by Katharine Weymouth of Graham Holdings at 949.26 subject to Rule 16b-3 [view details]

Graham Holdings Market Momentum

Traders often use several daily momentume indicators to supplement a more traditional technical analysis when analyzing securities such as Graham . With many different options, investors must choose the best indicators for them and familiarize themselves with how they work. We suggest combining traditional momentum indicators with more near-term forms of technical analysis such as Accumulation Distribution or Daily Balance Of Power. With their quantitative nature, daily value technical indicators can also be incorporated into your automated trading systems.

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Is Diversified Consumer Services space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Graham Holdings. If investors know Graham will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Graham Holdings listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth
1.549
Dividend Share
6.81
Earnings Share
51.2
Revenue Per Share
1.1 K
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.086
The market value of Graham Holdings is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Graham that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Graham Holdings' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Graham Holdings' true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Graham Holdings' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Graham Holdings' underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Graham Holdings' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Graham Holdings is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Graham Holdings' price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.