Graham Holdings Co dividend history

Graham Holdings Co's dividend was $7.20 a share in fiscal 2025, up 4.7% on the year before. That was 10.7% of net income. It has raised its dividend per share every year since fiscal 2016.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

FY2025 Q4 TTM

Buybacks (TTM): $3.5M
Dividends (TTM): $31.4M
Returned to shareholders: 13%; of free cash flow
Buybacks, last 3 fiscal years: $311M
Diluted share count: −0.7%; year over year
Total shareholder yield: 0.7%; dividends 0.6% + buybacks 0.1% of market value
Dividend payout ratio: 6%; of net income paid out
Days sales outstanding: 39 days; receivables vs revenue

Dividends by fiscal year

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Graham Holdings Co: dividends by fiscal year, annual
Fiscal year	2009Jan 2010	2010Jan 2011	2011Dec 2011	2012Dec 2012	2013Dec 2013	2014Dec 2014	2015Dec 2015	2016Dec 2016	2017Dec 2017	2018Dec 2018	2019Dec 2019	2020Dec 2020	2021Dec 2021	2022Dec 2022	2023Dec 2023	2024Dec 2024	2025Dec 2025
Dividend per share	$8.60	$9.00	$9.40	—	—	$10.20	$9.10	$4.84	$5.08	$5.32	$5.56	$5.80	$6.04	$6.32	$6.60	$6.88	$7.20
Dividend per share growth	—	+4.7%	+4.4%	—	—	—	−10.8%	−46.8%	+5.0%	+4.7%	+4.5%	+4.3%	+4.1%	+4.6%	+4.4%	+4.2%	+4.7%
Dividends paid	82	82	75	147	1	68	54	27	28	29	30	30	30	31	31	30	31
Share buybacks	61	405	248	103	4	328	23	109	51	118	2	162	56	71	193	114	3
Dividends ÷ net income	88.1%	29.5%	64.4%	111.5%	0.4%	5.3%	—	16.2%	9.4%	10.6%	9.0%	10.0%	8.6%	45.8%	15.1%	4.2%	10.7%

Dividend per share is the amount declared for the fiscal year as stated in the company's filings (including any special dividend), restated for stock splits and checked against the cash dividends paid. Dividends paid and buybacks are cash amounts; the last-twelve-months column can include an extra payment when a quarter-end date moves.

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Figures from Graham Holdings Co's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved November 1, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Graham Holdings Co.