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ZIPRECRUITER, INC.

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Technology · Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. · DE · SEC filings ↗ · Compare ⊕

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Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY25FY24FY23FY22FY21FY20
Revenue$449.0M$474.0M$645.7M$904.6M$741.1M$418.1M
Operating income−$19.4M$1.3M$79.4M$97.2M−$8.4M$64.4M
Net income−$33.0M−$12.9M$49.1M$61.5M$3.6M$86.0M
Total assets$569.7M$664.1M$659.5M$714.6M$398.6M$212.1M
Total liabilities$646.9M$650.6M$651.1M$685.9M$163.7M$125.6M
Equity−$77.2M$13.4M$8.4M$28.6M$235.0M−$50.3M
EPS (diluted)$-0.37$-0.13$0.46$0.51$0.02$0.70
Shares out.71.4M98.6M105.8M121.4M115.5M94.2M

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
−4.3%
Net margin
−7.3%
Return on equity
42.7%
Return on assets
−5.8%
Return on capital (ROCE)
−3.9%
Liabilities / assets
113.6%
Debt / equity
—
Book value / share
$-1.08
Revenue growth (YoY)
−5.3%
Net income growth (YoY)
—

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)
3.56safe
Accruals / assets
−7.7%clean
Beneish M-Score
-2.73normal
Piotroski F-Score
4/9mixed

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
41
/ 100
Profitability 20Growth 0Catalyst 33Earnings quality 100Financial strength 50

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● 4 warning● 4 good
  • Negative shareholder equity
  • Operating losses (negative operating margin)
  • Reported a net loss
  • Revenue declined year-over-year
  • High leverage (liabilities > 70% of assets)
  • Strong return on equity (>15%)
  • 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.

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, 20264.5M4.3-12.8%
Apr 30, 20265.1M8.0+0.3%
Apr 15, 20265.1M5.5+8.4%
Mar 31, 20264.7M3.4+3.4%
Mar 13, 20264.6M2.3-18.0%

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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