Event-Driven Stocks

BuzzFeed, Inc.

BZFDNasdaq

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Signs● 1 good● 5 warning● 2 severedetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY25FY24FY23FY22FY21FY20
Revenue$185.3M$189.9M$230.4M$325.8M$383.8M$321.3M
Operating income−$47.9M−$23.5M−$44.8M−$114.6M−$23.9M$12.1M
Net income−$57.7M−$10.1M−$88.6M−$201.0M$24.7M$10.3M
Total assets$188.1M$221.4M$411.5M$530.0M$637.2M$279.2M
Total liabilities$138.1M$114.5M$300.3M$335.4M$262.3M$97.3M
Equity$49.4M$104.8M$108.8M$191.2M$370.5M−$313.8M
EPS (diluted)$-1.53$-0.27$-2.48$-5.82$-0.03$0.00
Shares out.37.8M37.4M35.8M34.5M28.0M11.9M

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
−25.8%
Net margin
−31.2%
Return on equity
−116.9%
Return on assets
−30.7%
Return on capital (ROCE)
−51.5%
Liabilities / assets
73.4%
Debt / equity
2.80×
Book value / share
$1.30
Revenue growth (YoY)
−2.4%
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)
-13.43distress
Accruals / assets
−20.7%clean
Piotroski F-Score
3/9weak

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
32
/ 100
Profitability 0Growth 0Catalyst 67Earnings quality 67Financial strength 25

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

● 2 severe● 5 warning● 1 good
  • Altman Z″ in the distress zone
  • Filed a late-filing notice (Form NT) — missed an SEC deadline
  • Operating losses (negative operating margin)
  • Reported a net loss
  • Revenue declined year-over-year
  • High leverage (liabilities > 70% of assets)
  • Negative operating cash flow
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)

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.

Insider transactions

SEC Form 4 · most recent
12 acquisitions0 disposalsnet +1.7M shares · last 12
InsiderDateTypeSharesPrice
Coleman GregoryDirectorMay 26, 2026Option exercise23,283$0.00
Rolle Janet LDirectorMay 26, 2026Option exercise23,283$0.00
Rothstein AdamDirectorMay 26, 2026Option exercise23,283$0.00
Peretti JonahOfficer — President of BuzzFeed AIMay 26, 2026Conversion1.3M$0.00
Omer MatthewOfficer — CFOMay 14, 2026Option exercise71,322$0.00
Peretti JonahOfficer — Chief Executive OfficerMay 14, 2026Option exercise10,241$0.00
Arroyo DavidOfficer — CLOMay 14, 2026Option exercise71,811$0.00
Rothstein AdamDirectorMay 12, 2026Option exercise23,282$0.00
Rolle Janet LDirectorMay 12, 2026Grant23,282$0.00
Coleman GregoryDirectorMay 12, 2026Option exercise23,282$0.00
Rothstein AdamDirectorMay 1, 2026Option exercise101,338$0.00
Arroyo DavidOfficer — CLOMar 9, 2026Option exercise25,144$0.00

Headline trade per Form 4 (officers, directors, 10%+ owners). Buy/sell read from the filing's structured data — blank where a field isn't cleanly tagged.

Short interest

FINRA · bi-monthly
SettlementShares shortDays to coverΔ vs prior
May 15, 20263.8M1.0+91.2%
Apr 30, 20262.0M10.3+24.7%
Apr 15, 20261.6M8.5+5.3%
Mar 31, 20261.5M6.6-11.9%
Mar 13, 20261.7M5.6+5.0%

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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