Quest Partners LLC Boosts Stock Holdings in Graham Holdings (NYSE:GHC)

Quest Partners LLC grew its stake in shares of Graham Holdings (NYSE:GHC - Free Report) by 25,420.0% during the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,276 shares of the company's stock after purchasing an additional 1,271 shares during the period. Quest Partners LLC's holdings in Graham were worth $1,049,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in Graham by 5.9% during the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 371,235 shares of the company's stock worth $284,990,000 after acquiring an additional 20,629 shares in the last quarter. Gamco Investors INC. ET AL raised its holdings in Graham by 1.0% in the first quarter. Gamco Investors INC. ET AL now owns 18,091 shares of the company's stock worth $13,888,000 after buying an additional 180 shares during the last quarter. Gabelli Funds LLC raised its holdings in Graham by 1.6% in the first quarter. Gabelli Funds LLC now owns 9,500 shares of the company's stock worth $7,293,000 after buying an additional 150 shares during the last quarter. Epoch Investment Partners Inc. purchased a new position in Graham in the first quarter worth about $626,000. Finally, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD raised its holdings in Graham by 4.9% in the first quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 2,355 shares of the company's stock worth $1,808,000 after buying an additional 109 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 62.54% of the company's stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, StockNews.com raised shares of Graham from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, November 4th.

Graham Stock Performance

GHC opened at $906.69 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.93 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.75 and a beta of 1.11. The company has a fifty day moving average of $829.49 and a 200 day moving average of $773.49. Graham Holdings has a fifty-two week low of $613.39 and a fifty-two week high of $972.13. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a quick ratio of 1.34 and a current ratio of 1.57.

Graham Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, November 7th. Investors of record on Thursday, October 17th were paid a dividend of $1.72 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, October 17th. This represents a $6.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.76%. Graham's payout ratio is 13.47%.

Graham Company Profile

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.