GHC - Graham Holdings Company
Graham Holdings Company, through its subsidiaries, operates as a diversified education and media company worldwide. It provides test preparation services and materials; data science and training services; professional training and exam preparation for professional certifications and licensures; and non-academic operations support services to the Purdue University Global. The company also offers training, test preparation, and degrees for accounting and financial services professionals; English-language training, academic preparation programs, and test preparation for English proficiency exams; and A-level examination preparation services, as well as operates three colleges, a business school, a higher education institution, and an online learning institution.
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- Industry
- Education & Training Services
- Market Cap
- $4.83B
- P/E Ratio
- 16.22
- Beta
- 0.74
- 52-Week Range
- 882.21-1224.76
- Dividend Yield
- $7.36
- CEO
- Timothy J. O'Shaughnessy
- Employees
- 15,382
- IPO Date
- Aug 4, 1947
- Exchange
- NYSE
GHC Options Snapshot
Options pricing data for GHC is refreshed daily after the close. When listed contracts exist, this page surfaces the latest at-the-money implied volatility, max pain strike, dealer gamma exposure (GEX), and 25-delta skew. Listed contracts and live snapshots appear once the options chain has been published by the exchange for the most recent session.
What This Page Covers
The GHC overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.
Frequently asked GHC overview questions
- What is GHC?
- GHC is the ticker symbol for Graham Holdings Company, a listed security. Graham Holdings Company, through its subsidiaries, operates as a diversified education and media company worldwide. It provides test preparation services and materials; data science and training services; professional training and exam preparation for professional certifications and licensures; and non-academic operations support services to the Purdue University Global. Listed on NYSE. GHC is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
- What are GHC's key statistics?
- Graham Holdings Company (GHC) carries a market capitalization of $4.83B, trailing P/E ratio of 16.22, beta of 0.74 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 882.21-1224.76. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
- What sector or industry does GHC belong to?
- Graham Holdings Company operates in the Consumer Defensive sector, in the Education & Training Services industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare GHC's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the GHC data on this page?
- Options snapshots refresh after each trading session; if no snapshot is currently posted for GHC, it usually reflects low options liquidity or a recently listed name. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, bi-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).