Graham Holdings Company

NYSE
GHC
Stock
Yield per half year: -3.82%
Dividend yield: 0.8067%
Sector: Consumer Staples

Company Analysis Graham Holdings Company

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1. Summary

Advantages

  • Price (921.42 $) is less than fair price (1051.72 $)
  • The stock's return over the last year (23.17%) is higher than the sector average (-7.56%).

Disadvantages

  • Dividends (0.8067%) are below the sector average (3.13%).
  • Current debt level 15.23% has increased over 5 years from 8.65%.
  • The company's current efficiency (ROE=17.6%) is lower than the sector average (ROE=59.71%)

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2. Share price and performance

2.1. Share price

2.3. Market efficiency

Graham Holdings Company Consumer Staples Index
7 days -4% -9.5% 1.6%
90 days 1.1% -3.8% 4.7%
1 year 23.2% -7.6% 12.2%

GHC vs Sector: Graham Holdings Company has outperformed the "Consumer Staples" sector by 30.74% over the past year.

GHC vs Market: Graham Holdings Company has outperformed the market by 10.96% over the past year.

Stable price: GHC is not significantly more volatile than the rest of the market on "New York Stock Exchange" over the last 3 months, with typical variations of +/- 5% per week.

Long period: GHC with weekly volatility of 0.4457% over the past year.

3. Summary of the report

3.1. General

P/E: 5.31
P/S: 0.8025

3.2. Revenue

EPS 164.5
ROE 17.6%
ROA 9.75%
ROIC 6.89%
Ebitda margin 29.19%

4. Fundamental Analysis

4.1. Stock price and price forecast

The fair price is calculated taking into account the Central Bank refinancing rate and earnings per share (EPS)

Below fair price: The current price (921.42 $) is lower than the fair price (1051.72 $).

Price not significantly lower than the fair price: The current price (921.42 $) is slightly lower than the fair price by 14.1%.

4.2. P/E

P/E vs Sector: The company's P/E (5.31) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (24.15).

P/E vs Market: The company's P/E (5.31) is lower than that of the market as a whole (62.2).

4.2.1 P/E Similar companies

4.3. P/BV

P/BV vs Sector: The company's P/BV (0.8877) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (14.84).

P/BV vs Market: The company's P/BV (0.8877) is lower than that of the market as a whole (20.84).

4.3.1 P/BV Similar companies

4.4. P/S

P/S vs Sector: The company's P/S indicator (0.8025) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (2.62).

P/S vs Market: The company's P/S indicator (0.8025) is lower than that of the market as a whole (16.02).

4.4.1 P/S Similar companies

4.5. EV/Ebitda

EV/Ebitda vs Sector: The company's EV/Ebitda (3.4) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (14.25).

EV/Ebitda vs Market: The company's EV/Ebitda (3.4) is lower than that of the market as a whole (27.16).

5. Profitability

5.1. Profitability and revenue

5.2. Earnings per share - EPS

5.3. Past profitability Net Income

Yield Trend: Rising and has grown by 28.31% over the last 5 years.

Earnings Slowdown: The last year's return (0%) is below the 5-year average return (28.31%).

Profitability vs Sector: The return for the last year (0%) exceeds the return for the sector (0%).

5.4. ROE

ROE vs Sector: The company's ROE (17.6%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (59.71%).

ROE vs Market: The company's ROE (17.6%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (43.08%).

5.5. ROA

ROA vs Sector: The company's ROA (9.75%) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (8.94%).

ROA vs Market: The company's ROA (9.75%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (23.27%).

5.6. ROIC

ROIC vs Sector: The company's ROIC (6.89%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (16%).

ROIC vs Market: The company's ROIC (6.89%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (9.29%).

6. Finance

6.1. Assets and debt

Debt level: (15.23%) is quite low in relation to assets.

Increasing debt: over 5 years, the debt has increased from 8.65% to 15.23%.

Excess of debt: The debt is not covered by net income, percentage 161.37%.

6.2. Profit growth and share price

7. Dividends

7.1. Dividend yield vs Market

Low yield: The dividend yield of the company 0.8067% is below the average for the sector '3.13%.

7.2. Stability and increase in payments

Dividend stability: The company's dividend yield 0.8067% has been steadily paid over the past 7 years, DSI=0.93.

Weak dividend growth: The company's dividend yield 0.8067% has been growing weakly or stagnant over the past 5 years. Growth over only 0 years.

7.3. Payout percentage

Dividend Coverage: Current payments from income (4.19%) are at an uncomfortable level.

8. Insider trades

8.1. Insider trading

Insider Buying Exceeds insider sales by 100% over the last 3 months.

8.2. Latest transactions

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