Ziff Davis, Inc. (ZD)

NASDAQ: ZD · USD

$55.4

-1.68 (-3.0%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	1.9B
Revenue (ttm)	1.4B
Net income (ttm)	643.5M
EPS (ttm)	$16.8
Shares out	34.3M
P/E (trailing)	3.3x
P/E (forward)	10.2x
Volume	265,454
Beta	1.04

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 1.4B
Net income (ttm): 643.5M
EPS (ttm): $16.8
P/E (trailing): 3.3x
P/E (forward): 10.2x
Market cap: 1.9B

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Calendar

Next earnings

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Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E10.2

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Trailing P/E3.3

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ROE-1.5

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ROIC10.3

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0001084048
Company name	Ziff Davis, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	48123V102
Earnings date	2026-11-05
Earnings time	amc
Employees	3,900
Employees change	100
Employees growth	2.63%
Enterprise value	$1.2B
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-06-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	December
Founded	1995
In index	RUSSELL2000
Industry	Advertising Agencies
IPO date	1999-07-21
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US48123V1026
Last 10-K release date	2026-02-24
Last earnings date	2026-08-06
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split date	2006-05-25
Last stock split type	Forward
Market cap	$1.9B
Market cap category	Small-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-11-05
Options	Yes
Price	$55.35
Price currency	USD
Sector	Communication Services
SIC code	4822
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	ZD
U.S. state	New York
Website	https://www.ziffdavis.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	9.1x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	30.6x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	34.43x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	34.84x
Earnings yield	30.28%
EV/Earnings	1.88x
EV/EBIT	6.5x
EV/EBITDA	2.97x
EV/FCF	3.82x
EV/Sales	0.84x
FCF / EV yield	26.17%
FCF yield	16.48%
Forward EV/Sales	1.02x
Forward P/E	10.2x
Forward P/S	1.61x
Graham number	155.33888
Graham upside	177.17%
Industry forward P/E	11.43x
Industry P/E	23.91x
Lynch fair value	$415.33
Lynch upside	641.06%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	7.13x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	4.79x
P/B ratio	0.89x
P/E ratio	3.3x
P/FCF ratio	6.07x
P/OCF ratio	4.29x
P/S ratio	1.34x
Price / tangible book value	2.94x
Price/EBITDA ratio	4.71x
Sector forward P/E	18.4x
Sector P/E	19.11x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	12.94%
EBITDA margin	28.36%
FCF margin	22.02%
Gross margin	85.01%
Operating margin	12.94%
Pretax margin	-0.29%
Profit margin	44.75%
Profit per employee	$164,998
Profitable quarters	3
Profitable years	24
Revenue per employee	$368,725
ROA	3.1%
ROA (5Y)	3.47%
ROCE	6.13%
ROE	-1.46%
ROE (5Y)	7.38%
ROIC	10.28%
ROIC (5Y)	6.08%
SBC / revenue	3.29%
Tax / revenue	1.77%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth	1,055.53%
EPS growth (Q)	2,632.04%
EPS growth (QoQ)	2,798.93%
EPS growth 10Y	19.68%
EPS growth 3Y	102.58%
EPS growth 5Y	29.66%
EPS growth quarters	2
EPS growth years	0
FCF growth	35.86%
FCF growth (Q)	100.3%
FCF growth 3Y	18.27%
FCF growth 5Y	-5.87%
Gross profit growth	6.44%
Gross profit growth (Q)	-5.16%
Gross profit growth 3Y	1.33%
Gross profit growth 5Y	4.24%
Net income growth	873.63%
Net income growth (Q)	2,270.5%
Net income growth (QoQ)	2,705.18%
Net income growth 3Y	89.42%
Net income growth 5Y	24.78%
Net income growth quarters	1
Net income growth years	0
OCF growth	31.13%
OCF growth (Q)	55.87%
OCF growth (QoQ)	197.01%
OCF growth 10Y	5.46%
OCF growth 3Y	14.45%
OCF growth 5Y	-3.24%
Operating income growth	15.76%
Operating income growth (Q)	-13.46%
Operating income growth 3Y	-4.21%
Operating income growth 5Y	12.38%
Revenue growth	7.8%
Revenue growth (Q)	-2.74%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	7.14%
Revenue growth 10Y	6.1%
Revenue growth 3Y	1.59%
Revenue growth 5Y	4.6%
Revenue growth years	2

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-131.6M
Depreciation and amortization	$221.7M
EBIT	$186.1M
EBITDA	$407.8M
EPS	$16.76
FCF per share	$9.24
Financing cash flow	$-277.2M
Free cash flow	$316.7M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$269.4M
Gross profit	$1.2B
Income taxes	$25.5M
Investing cash flow	$983.6M
Net cash flow	$1.1B
Net income	$643.5M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$401M
Operating income	$186.1M
Revenue	$1.4B
Stock-based compensation	$47.3M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	2.01
Book value per share	$64.00
Debt / EBITDA	2.15
Debt / equity	0.4
Debt / FCF	2.82
Goodwill	$1.3B
Interest coverage	7.22
Long-term assets	$1.9B
Long-term liabilities	$797.2M
Net cash (debt)	$711.6M
Net cash / market cap	37.03%
Net debt / EBITDA	-1.74
Net debt / equity	-0.32
Net debt / FCF	-2.25
Piotroski F-Score	6
Property, plant and equipment	$171.5M
Shareholders' equity	$2.2B
Tangible book value	$652.7M
Tangible book value per share	$18.67
Total assets	$4B
Total cash	$1.6B
Total debt	$894.5M
Total liabilities	$1.8B
WACC	7.54%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.38
Current assets	$2.1B
Current liabilities	$963.3M
Current ratio	2.16
Net working capital	$-328.6M
Quick ratio	2.09
Working capital	$1.1B
Working capital turnover	1.88

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	9.9%
Dividend growth (3Y)	11.13%
Dividend growth (5Y)	11.2%
Dividend per share	$0.00
Dividend yield	0%
Last dividend	$0.46
Shareholder yield	9.9%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y price change	-20.73%
10Y return CAGR	-0.36%
10Y total return	-3.55%
150-day SMA	$50.73
15Y price change	78.5%
15Y return CAGR	6.11%
15Y total return	143.4%
1D price change	-2.95%
1M price change	-1.86%
1M total return	-1.86%
1W price change	-2.34%
1W total return	-2.34%
1Y price change	52.49%
1Y return CAGR	52.53%
1Y total return	52.49%
20-day SMA	$56.62
200-day SMA	$47.20
20Y price change	101.6%
20Y return CAGR	5.22%
20Y total return	176.63%
3M price change	5.92%
3M total return	5.92%
3Y price change	-4.87%
3Y return CAGR	-1.65%
3Y total return	-4.87%
50-day SMA	$56.51
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
52-week high	$60.48
52-week high date	2026-09-17
52-week low	$22.45
52-week low date	2026-02-24
5Y price change	-56.57%
5Y return CAGR	-15.36%
5Y total return	-56.57%
6M price change	14.99%
6M total return	14.99%
All-time high	$147.35
All-time high date	2021-07-29
All-time low	$0.22
All-time low date	2000-12-26
Average true range (ATR)	$1.48
Average volume	402.6K
Beta (1Y)	-0.4
Beta (2Y)	0.98
Beta (5Y)	1.04
Change from 52-week high	-8.48%
Change from 52-week low	146.55%
Change from all-time high	-62.36%
Change from all-time low	25,247.35%
Change from open	-2.17%
Day's gap	-0.79%
Dollar volume	$14.7M
High price	$56.95
Low price	$55.35
Monthly RSI	56.74
Open price	$56.58
Position in 52-week range	0%
Premarket change	-0.23%
Premarket close	$57.03
Premarket price	$56.90
Premarket volume	7.6K
Previous close	$57.03
Price vs 150-day SMA	9.33%
Price vs 20-day SMA	-2.05%
Price vs 200-day SMA	17.51%
Price vs 50-day SMA	-1.86%
Relative volume	0.66
RSI	43.23
Sharpe ratio	0.88
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.09
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	-0.24
Sortino ratio	2.08
Sortino ratio (3Y)	0.29
Sortino ratio (5Y)	-0.25
Volume	265.5K
Weekly RSI	59.75
YTD price change	57.78%
YTD total return	57.78%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	30.4M
Float percentage	88.56%
Shares change (QoQ)	-3.23%
Shares change (YoY)	-9.9%
Shares held by insiders	3.64%
Shares held by institutions	115.65%
Shares outstanding	34.3M
Short % of float	15.95%
Short % of shares	14.13%
Short ratio	6.7 days

Deeper analysis on ZD

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Forecast

Base and Bull forecast paths with report-date return framing.

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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Ziff Davis, Inc. (ZD)

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