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Fair value pending

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Market cap

1.6B

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Market data

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Current market quote for this ticker.

Current price

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Upcoming earnings date and setup when available.

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/E8.1

P25 9.1P50 13.9P75 26.1

Trailing P/E44.5

P25 9.5P50 16.4P75 38.9

ROE2.1

P25 -39P50 -0.5P75 11.8

ROIC5.6

P25 -10.3P50 2.5P75 10

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Indicator catalog

All ZD market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

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Currency

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Showing 270 of 270 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

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

Metric	Value
Cik	0001084048
Company name	Ziff Davis, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	48123V102
Employees	3,900
Employees Change	100%
Employees Change Percent	2.63
Enterprise value	$1.9B
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Advertising Agencies
IPO Date	1999-07-21
Isin	US48123V1026
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$1.6B
Market cap category	Small-Cap
Price	$41.02
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	370,793.08x
Sector	Communication Services
Sic	4822
Symbol	ZD
Website	https://www.ziffdavis.com

Valuation

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

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	2.92%
EV Earnings	42.2x
EV Sales Forward	1.37x
EV/EBIT	9.88x
EV/EBITDA	4.6x
EV/FCF	6.61x
EV/Sales	1.32x
FCF yield	18.67%
Forward P/E	8.05x
P/B ratio	0.9x
P/E ratio	44.52x
P/S ratio	1.07x
PE Ratio10 Y	31.09x
PE Ratio3 Y	37.09x
PE Ratio5 Y	36.15x
PS Forward	1.11x

Profitability

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

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	13.41%
EBITDA Margin	28.81%
FCF margin	20.03%
Gross margin	85.44%
Gross Profit	$1.2B
Gross Profit Growth	1.76%
Gross Profit Growth Q	-20.61%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	1.32%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	4.85%
Net Income	$45.4M
Net Income Growth	-40.81%
Net Income Growth Q	-8.16%
Net Income Growth Years	0%
Net Income Growth3 Y	12.84%
Net Income Growth5 Y	-28.02%
Pretax Margin	4.23%
Profit Margin	3.14%
Profit Per Employee	$11,635
Profitable Years	24
ROA	3.51
Roa5y	3.47
ROCE	7.66
ROE	2.08
Roe5y	7.38
ROIC	5.65
Roic5y	6.08

Growth

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

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	-2.45%
Cagr15y	4.44%
Cagr1y	29.71%
Cagr20y	4.15%
Cagr3y	-14.81%
Cagr5y	-17.32%
Div CAGR10	3.22%
EPS Growth	-35.25
EPS Growth Q	5.36
EPS Growth Quarters	1
EPS Growth Years	0
EPS Growth3 Y	21.97
EPS Growth5 Y	-25.65
FCF Growth	25.28%
FCF Growth3 Y	8.06%
FCF Growth5 Y	-9.02%
OCF Growth	24.16%
OCF Growth Q	45.31%
OCF Growth10 Y	5.32%
OCF Growth3 Y	7.49%
OCF Growth5 Y	-5.64%
Revenue Growth	2.14x
Revenue Growth Q	-18.56x
Revenue Growth Years	2x
Revenue Growth3 Y	1.5x
Revenue Growth5 Y	4.91x

Financial strength

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

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$0.42
Assets	$3.4B
Cash	$519.7M
Current Assets	$1.4B
Current Liabilities	$863.7M
Debt	$882.6M
Debt EBITDA	$2.08
Debt Equity	$0.51
Debt FCF	$3.05
Equity	$1.7B
Interest Coverage	7.29
Liabilities	$1.7B
Long Term Assets	$2B
Long Term Liabilities	$809.1M
Net Cash	$-362.9M
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-23.38
Net Debt EBITDA	$0.87
Net Debt Equity	$0.21
Net Debt FCF	$1.25
Tangible Book Value	$63.6M
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$1.69
WACC	7.14

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	1.66
Net Working Capital	$216.4M
Quick ratio	1.06
Working Capital	$571.8M
Working Capital Turnover	$3.08

Dividends and buybacks

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

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	9.68%
Dividend per share	$0
Dividend Yield	0%
Last Dividend	$0.46

Performance and technicals

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

Metric	Value
10Y total return	-21.96%
1Y total return	29.69%
200-day SMA	37.13
3Y total return	-38.19%
50-day SMA	43.18
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
5Y total return	-61.35%
All Time High	147.4
All Time High Change	-72.16%
All Time High Date	2021-07-29
All Time Low	0.22
All Time Low Change	18,647.71%
All Time Low Date	2000-12-26
ATR	1.94
Beta	1.08
Beta1y	0.87
Beta2y	1.19
Ch YTD	16.7
High	43.88
High52	50.55
High52 Date	2026-03-03
High52ch	-18.85%
Low	40.69
Low52	22.45
Low52 Date	2026-02-24
Low52ch	82.72%
Ma50ch	-5%
Premarket Change Percent	-2.63
Premarket Price	$42.17
Premarket Volume	2,901
Price vs 200-day SMA	10.48%
RSI	34.21
RSI Monthly	47.22
RSI Weekly	52.94
Sharpe ratio	0.62x
Sortino ratio	1.46
Total Return	9.68%
Tr YTD	16.7
Tr15y	91.97%
Tr1m	-4.58%
Tr1w	-11.02%
Tr3m	22.41%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	7
Analyst Count Top	2
Analyst Price Target Top	$46.5
Analyst Ratings	Hold
Analyst Ratings Top	Hold
Earnings EPS Estimate	$0.79
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	2.6
Earnings Revenue Estimate	276,819,200x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	1.47x
Operating Income	$193.9M
Operating Income Growth	-1.26
Operating Income Growth Q	-70.2
Operating Income Growth3 Y	-4.03
Operating Income Growth5 Y	8.58
Operating margin	13.41
Price target	$41.86
Price Target Change	$2.05
Price Target Change Top	$13.36

Ownership and float

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

Metric	Value
Float	34,418,872%
Float Percent	90.97%
Shares Insiders	2.11%
Shares Institutions	116.73%
Shares Out	37,837,060
Shares Qo Q	-4.29%
Shares Yo Y	-9.68%
Short Float	11.83%
Short Ratio	4.87
Short Shares	10.76

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$243.6M
Average Volume	575,315.35x
Bv Per Share	45.79
CAPEX	$-126.7M
Ch10y	-36.52
Ch15y	39.91
Ch1m	-4.58
Ch1w	-11.02
Ch1y	29.69
Ch20y	64.38
Ch3m	22.41
Ch3y	-38.19
Ch5y	-66.4
Ch6m	25.87
Change	-5.29%
Change From Open	-2.26
Close	43.31
Days Gap	-3.09
Depreciation Amortization	222,642,000
Dollar Volume	46,310,636.5
Earnings Date	2026-05-07
Earnings Time	amc
EBIT	$193.9M
EBITDA	$416.6M
EPS	$1.14
F Score	7
FCF	$289.7M
FCF EV Yield	15.13x
FCF Per Share	$7.66
Financing CF	-188,783,000
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	1,995
Goodwill	1,343,817,000
Graham Number	34.23465
Graham Upside	-16.54
Income Tax	$24.5M
Investing CF	-114,133,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-05-07
Last Report Date	2026-03-31
Last Split Date	2006-05-25
Last Split Type	Forward
Last10k Filing Date	2026-02-24
Lynch Fair Value	$5.69
Lynch Upside	-86.13
Ma150	37.46
Ma150ch	9.49%
Ma20	46.01
Ma20ch	-10.85%
Net CF	114,809,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-08-05
Open	41.97
Optionable	Yes
P FCF Ratio	5.36
P OCF Ratio	3.73
Position In Range	10.34
Post Close	41.02
Postmarket Change Percent	0.93
Postmarket Price	$41.4
Ppne	166,924,000
Pre Close	43.31
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	$3.73
Ptbv Ratio	24.42
Relative Volume	1.96x
Revenue	1,446,093,000x
SBC By Revenue	3.19x
Share Based Comp	46,088,000
Tax By Revenue	1.69x
Tax Rate	39.96%
Tr20y	125.55%
Tr6m	25.87%
Us State	New York
Volume	1,128,977
Z Score	1.87

Fast facts

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Risk gate

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Named kill scenarios are reviewed before any bullish rating can stand.

Moat score

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Forward P/E

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Valuation uses the full report model stack, not a single multiple.

Next action

Research pending

Final action steps are kept in the recommendation tab.

Income

Does ZD pay a dividend?

Capital-return profile for this ticker.

Performance

ZD stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns ZD?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+116.7%

Float: +91.0% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+2.1%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

ZD momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

34.2

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

+10.5%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

1.08

Moves roughly with the market

Sharpe ratio

0.62

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Peers

ZD vs. sector cohort

Currency-neutral comparison: P/E, P/S, ROIC, 5Y revenue CAGR, and 1Y total return. Market-cap column appears only when every peer reports in the same currency.

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
DIS	The Walt Disney Company	187.6B	17.3x	1.9x	9.2%	+10.8%	+7.0%	Держать
GOOGL	Alphabet Inc.	4.9T	30.6x	11.5x	28.3%	+16.5%	+165.7%	Покупать
META	Meta Platforms Inc.	1.5T	22.2x	7.2x	29.8%	+17.9%	+2.5%	Активно покупать

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