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GHC vs STRA

Side-by-side comparison of Graham Holdings Company (GHC) and Strategic Education Inc. (STRA): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both GHC and STRA operate in Other Consumer Services (Real Estate), so they compete in similar markets.
  • GHC is the larger of the two at $5.05B, about 4.4x STRA ($1.16B).
  • Over the past year, GHC is up 15.9% and STRA is down 31.3% - GHC leads by 47.2 points.
  • GHC has been more active in the news (12 items in the past 4 weeks vs 6 for STRA).
  • STRA has more recent analyst coverage (7 ratings vs 0 for GHC).
PerformanceGHC+15.88%STRA-31.27%
2025-11-07+0.00%2026-11-06
MetricGHCSTRA
Company
Graham Holdings Company
Strategic Education Inc.
Price
-
-
Market cap
$5.05B
$1.16B
1M return
+2.50%
-36.64%
1Y return
+15.88%
-31.27%
Industry
Other Consumer Services
Other Consumer Services
Exchange
NYSE
NASDAQ
IPO
1996
News (4w)
12
6
Recent ratings
0
7
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 education, and training and healthcare simulation services; professional training and exam preparation for professional certifications and licensures; and non-academic operations support services to 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, including a business school, a higher education institution, and an online learning institution. In addition, it owns and operates seven television stations; and provides social media management tools designed to connect newsrooms with their users, as well as produces Foreign Policy magazine and ForeignPolicy.com website. Further, the company publishes Slate, an online magazine; and two French-language news magazine websites at slate.fr and slateafrique.com. Additionally, it provides social media marketing solutions; home health and hospice services; burners, igniters, dampers, and controls; screw jacks, linear actuators and related linear motion products, and lifting systems; pressure impregnated kiln-dried lumber and plywood products; cybersecurity training solutions; digital advertising services; and power charging and data systems, industrial and commercial indoor lighting solutions, and electrical components and assemblies. The company also owns and operates 11 restaurants; and engages in automobile dealerships business. The company was formerly known as The Washington Post Company and changed its name to Graham Holdings Company in November 2013. Graham Holdings Company was founded in 1877 and is based in Arlington, Virginia.

STRA

Strategic Education Inc.

Strategic Education, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides post-secondary education and non-degree programs. It operates in three segments: Strayer University, Capella University, and Australia/New Zealand. The company operates Strayer University that provides undergraduate and graduate degree programs in business administration, accounting, information technology, education, health services administration, public administration, and criminal justice for working adult students through its 64 physical campuses located in the eastern United States, as well as through online; and an executive MBA online through its Jack Welch Management Institute. It also operates a software development school that provides Web development, iOS development, quality assurance, and UX design programs in Lehi, Utah and Dallas, Texas through online; and a software engineering school for women, which offers software development programs through online in San Francisco. In addition, the company operates Capella University, an online post-secondary education company that offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs in public service leadership, nursing and health sciences, psychology, business and technology, counseling and human services, and education primarily for working adults; and provides self-paced online general education courses. Further, it operates Torrens University that offers undergraduate and graduate courses in business, design and creative technology, health, hospitality, and education fields through online and on physical campuses located in Australia; Think Education, a vocational training organization that delivers education at various campuses; and Media Design School, which offers industry-endorsed courses in 3D animation and visual effects, game art and programming, graphic and motion design, digital media artificial intelligence, and creative advertising in New Zealand. The company was founded in 1892 and is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia.

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