GRAHAM HOLDINGS CO vs UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, INC, two Education stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Graham Holdings, a diversified holding company rooted in education and media, earns a modest 6.05% return on equity; Universal Technical Institute, a trade-school operator, earns 12.56%. Graham trades cheaper, 17.44 times earnings against UTI's 54.71, and near book at 1.05 against UTI's 6.82. This contrasts a conglomerate holding company with a focused technical-education operator: Graham trades close to the value of its mixed assets at a low multiple, UTI commands a growth premium on its trade-school expansion despite Graham earning cash across more businesses.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | GHC | UTI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1160.11 | $48.48 |
| Market cap | $5.1B | $2.7B |
| Sector | Education | Education |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -1.9% | — |
| P/E | 17.4 | 63.8 |
| P/B | 1.05 | 7.95 |
| P/S | 1.03 | 3.11 |
| EV/EBITDA | 18.1 | 30.6 |
| Revenue growth | +2.5% | +11.2% |
| Operating margin | 3.8% | 0.1% |
| Net margin | 6.0% | 4.9% |
| Return on equity | 6.0% | 12.6% |
| Return on assets | 3.5% | 5.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 2.6% | 9.2% |
| FCF yield | 5.4% | 0.1% |
| Dividend yield | 0.6% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.18 | 0.39 |
| Current ratio | 1.75 | 1.17 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.00 | 4.42 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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