ZD
Ziff Davis IncNASDAQ
Communication Services • Advertising Agencies
Factor tilt: Small-Cap Value
$49.61-8.60%
Close Nov 6, 2026
- Market cap
- $1.83B
- 1 month
- -11.3%
- 3 months
- -8.7%
- 1 year
- +48.6%
- 52-week range
- $26.51$59.21
- Dividend, last 12 mo
- None in the last year
- Last ex-date
- May 17, 2019 · $0.455
- Next-quarter EPS estimate
- $1.25Quarter to Sep 30, 2026 · 5 analysts · revenue $295.33M · 0.0% in 30d
- Short interest
- 4.8M sharessettled Oct 15, 2026 · -0.8% since Sep 30, 2026 · FINRA
Fundamentals · trailing 12 months to Jun 30, 2026
- Revenue
- $1.32B
- Net income
- $643.49M
- Free cash flow
- $316.73M
- Book value
- $2.24B
- Total debt
- $867.64M
- P/E
- 2.8×
- Price / sales
- 1.4×
- Price / book
- 0.8×
- FCF yield
- +17.3%
- Net margin
- +48.6%
EODHD (TTM) · as of Nov 6, 2026
End-of-day close from stored market data, not a live quote.
About Ziff Davis Inc
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;
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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.
- Website
- ziffdavis.com
- Headquarters
- New York, NY, United States
- Employees
- 3,900
- Listed
- Jul 21, 1999
- Fiscal year ends
- December
Company profile from EODHD, stored Oct 25, 2026.
Quarterly results
The last 8 fiscal quarters as reported (EODHD). Year over year compares the same quarter a year earlier.
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY | Gross margin | Op. income | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026filed Aug 7, 2026 | $286.7M | -18.6% | 84.1% | -$44.7M | $624.5M |
| Mar 2026filed May 8, 2026 | $267.6M | -18.6% | 66.7% | $3.1M | $22.3M |
| Dec 2025filed Feb 24, 2026 | $406.7M | -1.5% | 71.7% | $94.0M | $370.0K |
| Sep 2025filed Nov 7, 2025 | $363.7M | +2.9% | 85.4% | $28.4M | -$3.6M |
| Jun 2025filed Aug 7, 2025 | $352.2M | +9.8% | 69.7% | $33.5M | $26.3M |
| Mar 2025filed May 9, 2025 | $328.6M | +4.5% | 85.6% | $35.1M | $24.2M |
| Dec 2024filed Feb 25, 2025 | $412.8M | +5.9% | 88.5% | $78.5M | $64.1M |
| Sep 2024filed Nov 8, 2024 | $353.6M | +3.7% | 84.9% | -$29.3M | -$48.6M |
Fiscal years · last 6
| Fiscal year | Revenue | YoY | Gross margin | Op. income | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2025filed Feb 24, 2026 | $1.5B | +3.5% | 70.0% | $203.9M | $47.4M |
| Dec 2024filed Feb 25, 2025 | $1.4B | +2.8% | 85.7% | $113.6M | $63.0M |
| Dec 2023filed Feb 26, 2024 | $1.4B | -1.9% | 86.4% | $132.6M | $41.5M |
| Dec 2022filed Mar 1, 2023 | $1.4B | -1.8% | 86.7% | $198.9M | $63.8M |
| Dec 2021filed Mar 15, 2022 | $1.4B | +22.3% | 86.7% | $167.3M | $496.7M |
| Dec 2020filed Mar 1, 2021 | $1.2B | -15.5% | 84.6% | $138.3M | $150.7M |
Short-interest history
FINRA reports open short positions for a settlement date. The publication date is later. These are reported positions, with a separate date for each observation.
Compare the reported short exposure around the dates you bought, sold or watched ZD. A long position benefits from price rises; a short position benefits from falls. A change in these counts does not predict either move.
Settlement Oct 15, 2026
4,844,116 shares short
-41,303 shares (-0.8%) vs Sep 30, 2026
Share of float unavailable. Published Oct 26, 2026.
Settlement Sep 30, 2026
4,885,419 shares short
-656,157 shares (-11.8%) vs Sep 15, 2026
Share of float unavailable. Published Oct 9, 2026.
Settlement Sep 15, 2026
5,541,576 shares short
+226,584 shares (+4.3%) vs Aug 31, 2026
16.7% of the stored float. Published Sep 24, 2026.
Settlement Aug 31, 2026
5,314,992 shares short
+832,469 shares (+18.6%) vs Aug 14, 2026
16% of the stored float. Published Sep 10, 2026.
Settlement Aug 14, 2026
4,482,523 shares short
-588,967 shares (-11.6%) vs Jul 31, 2026
13.5% of the stored float. Published Aug 25, 2026.
Settlement Jul 31, 2026
5,071,490 shares short
+664,933 shares (+15.1%) vs Jul 15, 2026
15.3% of the stored float. Published Aug 11, 2026.
Change = this settlement’s shares short − the previous recorded settlement’s shares short; percentage change divides by that earlier count. A zero earlier count has no percentage change. Split-spanning counts are left uncompared. Float percentages use the stored settlement observation, not today’s float.
Source: stored FINRA equity short-interest records, up to six settlements from the last 240 days. FINRA data and reporting dates · How to read short interest
Dividends and stock splits
See the recorded cash amounts and dates behind ZD’s income, and the splits that change its share count. Dates below are stored event records, not confirmation of a payment to your account.
Cash-dividend records
The newest stored ex-date is May 17, 2019. These are historical records; a current dividend schedule is unavailable.
USD 0.455 per share
Ex-dividend date: May 17, 2019
Recorded pay date: Jun 4, 2019 (past date)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
USD 0.445 per share
Ex-dividend date: Feb 22, 2019
Recorded pay date: Mar 12, 2019 (past date)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
USD 0.435 per share
Ex-dividend date: Nov 16, 2018
Recorded pay date: Dec 5, 2018 (past date)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
USD 0.425 per share
Ex-dividend date: Aug 17, 2018
Recorded pay date: Sep 4, 2018 (past date)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
USD 0.415 per share
Ex-dividend date: May 17, 2018
Recorded pay date: Jun 1, 2018 (past date)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
USD 0.405 per share
Ex-dividend date: Feb 21, 2018
Recorded pay date: Mar 9, 2018 (past date)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
Up to six Polygon cash-dividend events, including recorded ex-dates within the next 120 days. Amounts retain their recorded currency and decimal precision. Historical amounts are not restated to a common split basis, annualized, or converted to dollars.
For a long holding, compare the ex-date with when you held the shares and check the pay date against your broker’s cash history. Owning the stock today does not establish past entitlement. For a short holding, a dividend can create a payment obligation to the share lender.
Ex-dates and special dividend rules · Short-sale dividend obligations · Dividend data definitions
Split history
23 for 20 · forward split
Effective Oct 8, 2021
Each 20 pre-split shares become 23 post-split shares.
Source: EODHD
2 for 1 · forward split
Effective May 25, 2006
Each 1 pre-split share becomes 2 post-split shares.
Source: EODHD
2 for 1 · forward split
Effective Sep 2, 2003
Each 1 pre-split share becomes 2 post-split shares.
Source: EODHD
1 for 4 · reverse split
Effective Feb 8, 2001
Each 4 pre-split shares become 1 post-split share.
Source: EODHD
Up to six stored split dates through Nov 7, 2026. Equivalent vendor ratios are combined; conflicting ratios are left out. This history may be incomplete.
A split changes the share count and per-share price basis; it does not by itself add investment value. Put your holding’s earlier and later share counts on the same basis before comparing them. This applies to both long shares and shares owed on a short position.
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Smart money context
Holder IQ: MEDIUM
27 smart-money holders: institutions with a high Holder IQ
Q2 2026, filed Nov 3, 2026
Smart-money 13F trend: accumulating (light)
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Sentiment: bearish
Last trade: sell 79 days ago
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What happened
Stored recent-activity label: bearish. This context label is separate from the scored insider signal read.
Why it can matter
A count of reported activity describes a sample, not purchase conviction, an insider’s intent or a future price move. Neutral is not an all-clear, and absent direction is not neutral evidence.
How we got this
The current context rule reads at most 50 nonduplicate issuer/share-class records filed in the last 90 days. It counts a bullish direction or purchase code P toward bullish, and a bearish direction or sale code S toward bearish. A side must exceed the opposite count by more than two to set its label; otherwise nonzero directional counts produce neutral. Calculation unavailable for this saved label: its counts, exact records, as-of time and rule version are not supplied here. Do not substitute the separate scored read’s different window or denominator.
Where the data comes from
Stored SEC Forms 3/4/5 insider-signal records, ordered by filing date with amendment duplicates excluded. Filing date is not transaction date. The last-trade line locates recent reported activity; it does not date or reconstruct the complete count.
Red flags: 18
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What happened
Stored recent-activity label: bearish. This context label is separate from the scored insider signal read.
Why it can matter
A count of reported activity describes a sample, not purchase conviction, an insider’s intent or a future price move. Neutral is not an all-clear, and absent direction is not neutral evidence.
How we got this
The current context rule reads at most 50 nonduplicate issuer/share-class records filed in the last 90 days. It counts a bullish direction or purchase code P toward bullish, and a bearish direction or sale code S toward bearish. A side must exceed the opposite count by more than two to set its label; otherwise nonzero directional counts produce neutral. Calculation unavailable for this saved label: its counts, exact records, as-of time and rule version are not supplied here. Do not substitute the separate scored read’s different window or denominator.
Where the data comes from
Stored SEC Forms 3/4/5 insider-signal records, ordered by filing date with amendment duplicates excluded. Filing date is not transaction date. The last-trade line locates recent reported activity; it does not date or reconstruct the complete count.
Largest 13-F holders · Q2 2026
266 filers reported a long position in ZD for Q2 2026. 13-F holdings are filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends.
The top 10 hold
57.4%
of the 41M shares 13-F filers reported
Moves vs Q1 2026
3 added6 trimmed
1 not comparable
Net shares held
-2.8%
across the 9 holders with a comparable Q1 2026 book
| Rank | Holder | Value | Shares | Shares vs Q1 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BlackRock, Inc. | $302.2M · 5.8M shares | 5.8M | -6% |
| 2 | Jupiter Topco LLC | $187.9M · 3.6M shares | 3.6M | — |
| 3 | Pale Fire Capital SE | $139.3M · 2.7M shares | 2.7M | -4.4% |
| 4 | DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | $118.1M · 2.3M shares | 2.3M | +8.9% |
| 5 | VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | $114.7M · 2.2M shares | 2.2M | -3.2% |
| 6 | Legal & General Group Plc | $94.3M · 1.8M shares | 1.8M | -8.9% |
| 7 | VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | $86.8M · 1.7M shares | 1.7M | -2.4% |
| 8 | STATE STREET CORP | $84.7M · 1.6M shares | 1.6M | -3.8% |
| 9 | FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP | $53M · 1M shares | 1M | +3.9% |
| 10 | LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT | $51M · 974.2K shares | 974.2K | +4.4% |
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Holders of more than 5% of ZD file with the SEC within days. A 13D holder may seek to influence the company; a 13G holder is passive. Each holder’s latest filing from the last three years.
| Filed | Holder | % of class |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 2026 | DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP13G · passive · amended | 6.6% |
| Sep 8, 2026 | JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC13G · passive · amended | 10.3% |
| Aug 14, 2026 | Legal & General Group Plc13G · passive · amended | 4.9%under 5% |
| Apr 30, 2026 | VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC13G · passive | 5.28% |
| Apr 29, 2026 | VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC13G · passive | 6.19% |
| Mar 27, 2026 | VANGUARD GROUP INC13G · passive · amended | 0%under 5% |
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