Ziff Davis, Inc. (ZD)
Ziff Davis, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a digital media and internet company in the United States and internationally. It offers online resources for laboratory-based product reviews, technology news, buying guides, and research papers under the PCMag and CNET brands; Mashable for publishing technology and culture content; Spiceworks provides digital content of IT products and services; RetailMeNot, a savings destination platform; VoucherCodes; Offers.com, a coupon and deals website; and event based properties, includes BlackFriday.com, TheBlackFriday.com, BestBlackFriday.com, and DealsofAmerica.com. It also offers gaming and entertainment platforms under the IGN Entertainment and Humble Bundle brands; and information on internet connectivity under the Speedtest, Ookla, Ekahau, Downdetector, and RootMetrics brands. The company also offers digital content and information services for health and wellness consumers under the Everyday Health, DailyOM, Lose It!, Castle Connolly, and Migraine Again brands; pregnancy and parenting content under the BabyCenter, Mom 2.0, Emma's Diary, Medpage Today, and What to Expect brands. In addition, it offers PRIME Education, a medical education program for healthcare professionals; and Health eCareers, a digital portal for healthcare professionals. Further, it provides endpoint and email security, security awareness training, secure backup and file sharing, and virtual private network solutions under the IPVanish, VIPRE, Livedrive, Inspired eLearning, and SugarSync brands; and email marketing and delivery solutions, search engine optimization tools, and voice and text communication services under the Campaigner, iContact, SMTP, Kickbox, Full Contact, MOZ Pro, MOZ Local, Stat Analytics, eVoice, and Line2 brands. The company was formerly known as j2 Global, Inc. and changed its name to Ziff Davis, Inc. in October 2021. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
- Symbol
- ZD
- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- Sector
- Communication Services
- Industry
- Advertising Agencies
- Market cap
- $2.03B
- 52 week range
- 22.45 - 60.48
Valuation
- Share price
- $56.75 (close of 2026-09-23)
- P/E (TTM)
- 3.29x
- Price to book
- 0.91x
- Price to free cash flow
- 6.42x
- Enterprise value
- $1.30B
- Book value per share
- $64.00
Price performance
| Period | Change |
|---|
| 1 day | -1.25% |
| 5 days | -4.15% |
| 1 month | +1.19% |
| 3 months | +22.31% |
| 6 months | +30.94% |
| Year to date | +61.45% |
| 1 year | +54.80% |
| 3 years | -14.80% |
| 5 years | -53.91% |
| 10 years | -1.99% |
| All time | +587.05% |
Profitability and growth
- Return on equity
- 2.70%
- Return on invested capital
- 7.83%
- Return on assets
- 1.29%
- Return on capital employed
- 7.07%
- Gross margin
- 85.76%
- Net margin
- 3.26%
- EBITDA margin
- 28.37%
- Revenue growth
- 3.54%
- Net income growth
- -24.89%
- Free cash flow growth
- 1.48%
Cash flow and balance sheet
- Free cash flow yield (TTM)
- 15.57%
- Current ratio
- 2.16x
- Net debt to EBITDA
- -3.47x
Latest reported year
- Period end
- 2025-12-31
- Fiscal year
- 2025
- Revenue
- $1.45B
- Cost of revenue
- $206.60M
- Gross profit
- $1.24B
- EBITDA
- $411.78M
- Net income
- $47.35M
- Earnings per share
- $1.16
- Research and development
- $61.96M
- Interest expense
- $37.60M
- Shares outstanding
- 40.98M
Income statement by year
| Period end | Revenue | Gross profit | Net income | EPS |
|---|
| 2025-12-31 | $1.45B | $1.24B | $47.35M | $1.16 |
| 2024-12-31 | $1.40B | $1.20B | $63.05M | $1.42 |
| 2023-12-31 | $1.36B | $1.18B | $41.50M | $0.89 |
| 2022-12-31 | $1.39B | $1.21B | $63.76M | $1.36 |
| 2021-12-31 | $1.42B | $1.23B | $496.71M | $10.81 |
| 2020-12-31 | $1.16B | $980.43M | $150.67M | $3.24 |
| 2019-12-31 | $1.05B | $863.13M | $218.81M | $4.52 |
| 2018-12-31 | $1.21B | $1.01B | $128.69M | $2.30 |
| 2017-12-31 | $1.12B | $945.52M | $139.43M | $2.51 |
| 2016-12-31 | $874.25M | $727.15M | $152.44M | $2.74 |
Margins and returns by year
| Period end | Gross margin | Net margin | Return on equity | Return on capital |
|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 85.76% | 3.26% | 2.70% | 7.83% |
| 2024-12-31 | 85.71% | 4.50% | 3.48% | 3.33% |
| 2023-12-31 | 86.39% | 3.04% | 2.19% | 5.09% |
| 2022-12-31 | 86.73% | 4.58% | 3.37% | 6.47% |
| 2021-12-31 | 86.73% | 35.06% | 25.24% | 7.55% |
| 2020-12-31 | 84.60% | 13.00% | 12.44% | 3.68% |
| 2019-12-31 | 82.17% | 20.83% | 16.69% | 3.22% |
| 2018-12-31 | 83.35% | 10.66% | 12.42% | 10.85% |
| 2017-12-31 | 84.59% | 12.47% | 13.67% | 11.08% |
| 2016-12-31 | 83.17% | 17.44% | 16.67% | 13.18% |
Cash and debt by year
| Period end | Cash | Debt |
|---|
| 2025-12-31 | $607.01M | $717.82M |
| 2024-12-31 | $505.88M | $864.28M |
| 2023-12-31 | $764.72M | $1.00B |
| 2022-12-31 | $711.21M | $999.05M |
| 2021-12-31 | $924.04M | $1.04B |
| 2020-12-31 | $177.10M | $1.18B |
| 2019-12-31 | $575.62M | $1.06B |
| 2018-12-31 | $209.47M | $1.01B |
| 2017-12-31 | $350.94M | $1.00B |
| 2016-12-31 | $124.01M | $601.75M |
Free cash flow by year
| Period end | Free cash flow | Stock-based compensation |
|---|
| 2025-12-31 | $287.87M | $44.93M |
| 2024-12-31 | $283.68M | $40.91M |
| 2023-12-31 | $211.23M | $31.92M |
| 2022-12-31 | $230.29M | $26.60M |
| 2021-12-31 | $402.80M | $25.25M |
| 2020-12-31 | $387.53M | $24.01M |
| 2019-12-31 | $341.95M | $23.92M |
| 2018-12-31 | $344.95M | $28.09M |
| 2017-12-31 | $224.82M | $22.74M |
| 2016-12-31 | $257.64M | $13.65M |
Dividend history
- Most recent payment
- 2019-05-17
| Payment date | Dividend per share |
|---|
| 2019-05-17 | $0.40 |
| 2019-02-22 | $0.39 |
| 2018-11-16 | $0.38 |
| 2018-08-17 | $0.37 |
| 2018-05-17 | $0.36 |
| 2018-02-21 | $0.35 |
| 2017-11-16 | $0.34 |
| 2017-08-10 | $0.33 |
Investor relations
Next earnings report
- Next confirmed report
- 2026-11-05
- Consensus EPS estimate
- $0.90
Past earnings dates
| Reported | Fiscal period | EPS estimate |
|---|
| 2026-08-06 | Jun/2026 | - |
| 2026-05-07 | - | - |
| 2026-02-23 | - | - |
| 2025-11-06 | - | - |
| 2025-08-06 | - | - |
| 2025-05-08 | - | - |
| 2025-02-24 | - | - |
| 2024-11-07 | - | - |
Filings and sources
- Company website
- ziffdavis.com
- SEC filings
- 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K on EDGAR
- Earnings calendar
- All upcoming reports
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