Communication Services
Live Price
Offline$46.03
+3.86% today
1Y Change
+45.05%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 15, 2026
Coverage: 246 bars · Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 15, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Ziff Davis, Inc. (ZD) is a Communication Services stock with a market cap of $1.73B and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $46.03 and up 45.0% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 15, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +3.5%, EPS growth of -18.3%, a dividend yield of 0.0%. What stands out right now is revenue +3.5%, EPS -18.3%, free cash flow +1.5% with operating margin 13.2% and ROIC 4.5%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 37.7 and price/sales 1.2. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines ZD price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Communication Services peers on this page.
Benchmark Comparison
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ZD
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Normalized return
SPY
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Relative to SPY
ZD Max Drawdown
-33.79%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
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Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$1.4B
+1.8% YoY
FY Net Income
$496.7M
+679.1% YoY
Free Cash Flow
$402.8M
+74.9% YoY
Revenue Growth
+3.5%
EPS Growth
-18.3%
Gross Margin
77.8%
Net Margin
3.3%
Income statement
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| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1.5B | 1.4B | 1.4B | 1.4B | 1.4B |
| Gross Profit | 1.0B | 1.2B | 1.2B | 1.2B | 1.2B |
| Operating Income | 204M | 114M | 133M | 199M | 167M |
| EBITDA | 327M | 319M | 332M | 398M | 682M |
| Net Income | 47M | 63M | 42M | 64M | 497M |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
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| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 607M | 506M | 738M | 653M | 695M |
| Total Assets | 3.7B | 3.7B | 3.5B | 3.5B | 3.8B |
| Total Liabilities | 1.9B | 1.9B | 1.6B | 1.6B | 1.8B |
| Shareholder Equity | 1.8B | 1.8B | 1.9B | 1.9B | 2.0B |
| Total Debt | 892M | 895M | 1.0B | 999M | 1.2B |
| Net Debt | 285M | 389M | 264M | 346M | 477M |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
517M
+53.5% YoY
Capital Expenditures
114M
-7.1% YoY
Free Cash Flow
403M
+74.9% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
77.8%
Operating Margin
13.2%
Net Margin
3.3%
ROE
2.6%
Debt / Equity
0.51x
Next Step
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