Graham Holdings Co vs Valmont Industries Inc

Graham Holdings Co (GHC) is undervalued and Valmont Industries Inc (VMI) is overvalued.

Against our estimates of intrinsic value, GHC trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +28%, against -23% for VMI.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Graham Holdings Co (GHC)

Discounting its cash flows at 8.1% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $1606.92; the price of $1150.03 is 28% below that value, and 79% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 84/100 on 3 of 12 signals

Valmont Industries Inc (VMI)

Discounting its cash flows at 10.7% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $380.52; the price of $468.01 is 23% above that value, and 70% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 59/100 on 3 of 12 signals

MetricGHCVMI
VerdictUndervaluedOvervalued
Price$1150.03$468.01
Intrinsic value$1606.92$380.52
Margin of safety+28%-23%
Leak Score84/100 (3/12)59/100 (3/12)
Market cap$4.9B$9.0B
Revenue growth, 5 years11.2%7.2%
Operating margin5.8%13.8%
Net margin10.6%11.9%
Return on equity11.8%31.1%
Debt to equity0.280.50
P/E9.3x18.2x
Forward P/E18.0x
P/B1.0x5.1x
Dividend yield0.7%0.7%

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