Consumer Defensive
Live Price
Offline$1,149.40
+1.03% today
1Y Change
+22.32%
Window
Jun 27, 2025 → Jun 24, 2026
Coverage: 249 bars · Jun 27, 2025 → Jun 24, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Graham Holdings Company (GHC) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $4.89B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $1149.39 and up 22.3% across the available one-year price window (Jun 27, 2025 → Jun 24, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +2.5%, EPS growth of -59.2%, a dividend yield of 0.7%. What stands out right now is revenue +2.5%, EPS -59.2%, free cash flow -17.4% with operating margin 6.9% and ROIC 2.4%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 0.7%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 16.3 and price/sales 1.3. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines GHC price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Defensive peers on this page.
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
GHC
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
GHC Max Drawdown
-19.83%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for GHC and SPY.
Powered by FMP stock_dividend. Includes historical ex-dates, pay dates, and payout amounts.
Dividend Yield
0.66%
Trailing 12M Payout
$7.36
Last Payout
| Ex-Date | Record | Pay | Dividend | Adj | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 2026 | Apr 16, 2026 | May 7, 2026 | $1.88 | $1.88 | Quarterly |
| Feb 4, 2026 | Feb 4, 2026 | Feb 19, 2026 | $1.88 | $1.88 | Quarterly |
| Oct 16, 2025 | Oct 16, 2025 | Nov 6, 2025 | $1.80 | $1.80 | Quarterly |
| Jul 17, 2025 | Jul 17, 2025 | Aug 7, 2025 | $1.80 | $1.80 | Quarterly |
| Apr 17, 2025 | Apr 17, 2025 | May 8, 2025 | $1.80 | $1.80 | Quarterly |
| Feb 3, 2025 | Feb 3, 2025 | Feb 20, 2025 | $1.80 | $1.80 | Quarterly |
| Oct 17, 2024 | Oct 17, 2024 | Nov 7, 2024 | $1.72 | $1.72 | Quarterly |
| Jul 18, 2024 | Jul 18, 2024 | Aug 8, 2024 | $1.72 | $1.72 | Quarterly |
| Apr 17, 2024 | Apr 18, 2024 | May 9, 2024 | $1.72 | $1.72 | Quarterly |
| Jan 31, 2024 | Feb 1, 2024 | Feb 15, 2024 | $1.72 | $1.72 | Quarterly |
| Oct 17, 2023 | Oct 18, 2023 | Nov 2, 2023 | $1.65 | $1.65 | Quarterly |
| Jul 18, 2023 | Jul 19, 2023 | Aug 3, 2023 | $1.65 | $1.65 | Quarterly |
| Apr 19, 2023 | Apr 20, 2023 | May 11, 2023 | $1.65 | $1.65 | Quarterly |
| Feb 1, 2023 | Feb 2, 2023 | Feb 16, 2023 | $1.65 | $1.65 | Quarterly |
| Oct 17, 2022 | Oct 18, 2022 | Nov 4, 2022 | $1.58 | $1.58 | Quarterly |
| Jul 18, 2022 | Jul 19, 2022 | Aug 5, 2022 | $1.58 | $1.58 | Quarterly |
| Apr 19, 2022 | Apr 20, 2022 | May 12, 2022 | $1.58 | $1.58 | Quarterly |
| Feb 2, 2022 | Feb 3, 2022 | Feb 17, 2022 | $1.58 | $1.58 | Quarterly |
| Oct 14, 2021 | Oct 15, 2021 | Nov 4, 2021 | $1.51 | $1.51 | Quarterly |
| Jul 15, 2021 | Jul 16, 2021 | Aug 5, 2021 | $1.51 | $1.51 | Quarterly |
| Apr 15, 2021 | Apr 16, 2021 | May 13, 2021 | $1.51 | $1.51 | Quarterly |
| Feb 3, 2021 | Feb 4, 2021 | Feb 18, 2021 | $1.51 | $1.51 | Quarterly |
| Oct 14, 2020 | Oct 15, 2020 | Nov 5, 2020 | $1.45 | $1.45 | Quarterly |
| Jul 15, 2020 | Jul 16, 2020 | Aug 6, 2020 | $1.45 | $1.45 | Quarterly |
| Apr 15, 2020 | Apr 16, 2020 | May 14, 2020 | $1.45 | $1.45 | Quarterly |
| Feb 5, 2020 | Feb 6, 2020 | Feb 20, 2020 | $1.45 | $1.45 | Quarterly |
| Oct 16, 2019 | Oct 17, 2019 | Nov 7, 2019 | $1.39 | $1.39 | Quarterly |
| Jul 17, 2019 | Jul 18, 2019 | Aug 8, 2019 | $1.39 | $1.39 | Quarterly |
| Apr 17, 2019 | Apr 18, 2019 | May 16, 2019 | $1.39 | $1.39 | Quarterly |
| Feb 6, 2019 | Feb 7, 2019 | Feb 21, 2019 | $1.39 | $1.39 | Quarterly |
| Oct 16, 2018 | Oct 17, 2018 | Nov 7, 2018 | $1.33 | $1.33 | Quarterly |
| Jul 18, 2018 | Jul 19, 2018 | Aug 8, 2018 | $1.33 | $1.33 | Quarterly |
| Apr 18, 2018 | Apr 19, 2018 | May 15, 2018 | $1.33 | $1.33 | Quarterly |
| Feb 7, 2018 | Feb 8, 2018 | Feb 22, 2018 | $1.33 | $1.33 | Quarterly |
| Oct 16, 2017 | Oct 17, 2017 | Nov 9, 2017 | $1.27 | $1.27 | Quarterly |
| Jul 17, 2017 | Jul 19, 2017 | Aug 9, 2017 | $1.27 | $1.27 | Quarterly |
| Apr 11, 2017 | Apr 14, 2017 | May 9, 2017 | $1.27 | $1.27 | Quarterly |
| Jan 30, 2017 | Feb 1, 2017 | Feb 15, 2017 | $1.27 | $1.27 | Quarterly |
| Oct 17, 2016 | Oct 19, 2016 | Nov 10, 2016 | $1.21 | $1.21 | Quarterly |
| Jul 18, 2016 | Jul 20, 2016 | Aug 10, 2016 | $1.21 | $1.21 | Quarterly |
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