GRAHAM HOLDINGS CO vs Perdoceo Education Corporation, two Education stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Graham Holdings is a diversified holding company with education, media, and other operations; Perdoceo is a focused for-profit online-college operator. Perdoceo earns far more on equity, 17.02% against Graham's 6.05%, and a much fatter margin, 19.91% against 5.95%, its lean education model outearning Graham's conglomerate mix. Graham trades near book at 1.05 against Perdoceo's 2.11, and at a higher earnings multiple, 17.44 against 12.73. The comparison sets a sprawling holding company against a focused educator: Perdoceo earns rich margins on a single business, Graham trades close to the value of its varied assets at a lower return.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | GHC | PRDO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1160.11 | $35.70 |
| Market cap | $5.1B | $2.3B |
| Sector | Education | Education |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -1.9% | — |
| P/E | 17.4 | 13.6 |
| P/B | 1.05 | 2.26 |
| P/S | 1.03 | 2.65 |
| EV/EBITDA | 18.1 | 8.5 |
| Revenue growth | +2.5% | +18.6% |
| Operating margin | 3.8% | 28.5% |
| Net margin | 6.0% | 19.9% |
| Return on equity | 6.0% | 17.0% |
| Return on assets | 3.5% | 13.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 2.6% | 16.4% |
| FCF yield | 5.4% | 10.1% |
| Dividend yield | 0.6% | 1.6% |
| Debt / equity | 0.18 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.75 | 4.82 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.00 | 8.20 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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