Dimensional Fund Advisors LP Has $260.02 Million Stock Position in Graham Holdings Company $GHC

Key Points

• Dimensional Fund Advisors LP reduced its stake in Graham Holdings Company by 2.7%, now holding 270,610 shares valued at approximately $260 million.
• Several other investors, including Spire Wealth Management and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, significantly increased their positions in Graham during the first quarter, reflecting a growing interest among institutional investors.
• Graham's shares are currently trading at $1,069.34, with a market capitalization of $4.66 billion and a P/E ratio of 6.86.

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lessened its stake in shares of Graham Holdings Company (NYSE:GHC - Free Report) by 2.7% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 270,610 shares of the company's stock after selling 7,392 shares during the quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP owned about 6.21% of Graham worth $260,015,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Northern Trust Corp boosted its stake in shares of Graham by 12.6% during the 4th quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 44,473 shares of the company's stock worth $38,777,000 after acquiring an additional 4,988 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. boosted its stake in Graham by 9.3% during the 1st quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 21,677 shares of the company's stock valued at $20,829,000 after purchasing an additional 1,849 shares during the period. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its stake in Graham by 128,013.3% during the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 19,217 shares of the company's stock valued at $18,465,000 after purchasing an additional 19,202 shares during the period. Barclays PLC boosted its stake in Graham by 12.2% during the 4th quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 15,262 shares of the company's stock valued at $13,307,000 after purchasing an additional 1,661 shares during the period. Finally, Nuveen LLC bought a new stake in Graham during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $8,351,000. Institutional investors own 93.16% of the company's stock.

Graham Stock Performance

NYSE:GHC traded up $34.8050 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $1,097.4350. 48,686 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 43,714. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $960.51 and a two-hundred day moving average of $948.57. Graham Holdings Company has a 12 month low of $724.69 and a 12 month high of $1,103.22. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.05 and a beta of 0.88. The company has a current ratio of 1.27, a quick ratio of 1.10 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07.

Graham (NYSE:GHC - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The company reported $14.33 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $10.15 by $4.18. Graham had a return on equity of 6.79% and a net margin of 14.10%.The firm had revenue of $1.22 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.18 billion.

About Graham

Graham Holdings Company, through its subsidiaries, operates as a diversified education and media company in the United States and internationally. It provides test preparation services and materials; professional training and exam preparation for professional certifications and licensures; and non-academic operations support services to the Purdue University Global; operations support services for online courses and programs; training and test preparation services 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 colleges, business school, higher education institution, and an online learning institution.