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ZIFF DAVIS, INC.

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Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY25FY24FY23FY22FY21FY20
Revenue$1.45B$1.40B$1.36B$1.39B$1.42B$1.16B
Operating income$183.1M$113.6M$132.6M$198.9M$167.3M$138.3M
Net income$47.4M$63.0M$41.5M$63.8M$496.7M$150.7M
Total assets$3.66B$3.70B$3.47B$3.53B$3.77B$3.67B
Total liabilities$1.91B$1.89B$1.58B$1.64B$1.80B$2.45B
Equity$1.75B$1.81B$1.89B$1.89B$1.97B$1.21B
EPS (diluted)$1.15$1.42$0.89$1.36$10.37$3.18
Shares out.42.8M46.1M47.3M47.3M45.2M48.7M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2025
Operating margin
12.6%
Net margin
3.3%
Return on equity
2.7%
Return on assets
1.3%
Return on capital (ROCE)
7.1%
Liabilities / assets
52.1%
Debt / equity
1.09×
Book value / share
$40.93
Revenue growth (YoY)
3.5%
Net income growth (YoY)
−24.9%

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2025
Altman Z″ (distress)
3.02safe
Accruals / assets
−9.8%clean
Beneish M-Score
-2.96normal
Piotroski F-Score
6/9mixed

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
83
/ 100
Profitability 100Growth 50Catalyst 67Earnings quality 100Financial strength 100

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Signs

● 1 severe● 5 good
  • Filed a late-filing notice (Form NT) — missed an SEC deadline
  • Operating margin is positive
  • Revenue is growing year-over-year
  • Positive operating cash flow
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)
  • Altman Z″ in the safe zone

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Risk flags

late SEC filings

A Form NT means the company notified the SEC it would file a periodic report late — often an accounting, audit or liquidity warning sign. Also search SEC enforcement actions for this company.

5%+ owners

SEC Schedule 13D / 13G · last 3 yrs

Holders who disclosed a 5%+ stake. 13D signals intent to influence or control; 13G is a passive holding. Latest filing per holder — open it for the exact stake.

Short interest

FINRA · bi-monthly
SettlementShares shortDays to coverΔ vs prior
May 15, 20264.7M7.7-3.5%
Apr 30, 20264.9M9.6+20.2%
Apr 15, 20264.1M7.0-4.9%
Mar 31, 20264.3M4.2+5.7%
Mar 13, 20264.0M1.8-29.9%

Shares sold short as reported to FINRA. Days-to-cover = short shares ÷ average daily volume — higher means more potential squeeze pressure.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

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