TL;DR: Financial Overview - Revenue, Profits & Key Metrics

Latest Quarterly: Mar 2025

Income Metrics

Revenue 328.6M
Gross Profit 281.4M 85.64%
Operating Income 35.1M 10.69%
Net Income 24.2M 7.38%
EPS (Diluted) $0.56

Balance Sheet Metrics

Total Assets 3.5B
Total Liabilities 1.7B
Shareholders Equity 1.8B
Debt to Equity 0.93

Cash Flow Metrics

Operating Cash Flow 50.1M
Free Cash Flow -5.0M

Revenue & Profitability Trend

Ziff Davis Income Statement From 2020 to 2024

Metric20242023202220212020
Revenue i1.4B1.4B1.4B1.4B1.2B
Cost of Goods Sold i200.3M197.3M195.6M188.1M178.4M
Gross Profit i1.2B1.2B1.2B1.2B980.4M
Gross Margin % i85.7%85.5%85.9%86.7%84.6%
Operating Expenses
Research & Development i67.4M68.9M74.1M78.9M57.1M
Selling, General & Administrative i723.2M908.4M895.0M949.8M784.9M
Other Operating Expenses i-----
Total Operating Expenses i790.5M977.3M969.1M1.0B842.1M
Operating Income i198.9M189.5M226.3M200.0M138.3M
Operating Margin % i14.2%13.9%16.3%14.1%11.9%
Non-Operating Items
Interest Income i-----
Interest Expense i14.0M20.0M33.8M72.0M56.2M
Other Non-Operating Income-91.7M-94.5M-61.3M223.4M-3.8M
Pre-tax Income i93.2M75.0M131.2M351.4M78.3M
Income Tax i41.4M24.1M58.0M-14.2M38.4M
Effective Tax Rate % i44.4%32.2%44.2%-4.0%48.9%
Net Income i63.0M41.5M63.8M496.7M150.7M
Net Margin % i4.5%3.0%4.6%35.1%13.0%
Key Metrics
EBITDA i415.8M417.0M468.1M459.6M367.1M
EPS (Basic) i$1.42$0.89$1.36$10.78$3.24
EPS (Diluted) i$1.42$0.89$1.36$10.33$3.18
Basic Shares Outstanding i4445707146400941469545584589392846308825
Diluted Shares Outstanding i4445707146400941469545584589392846308825

Income Statement Trend

Ziff Davis Balance Sheet From 2020 to 2024

Metric20242023202220212020
Assets
Current Assets
Cash & Equivalents i505.9M737.6M652.8M694.8M176.4M
Short-term Investments i027.1M58.4M229.2M663.0K
Accounts Receivable i660.2M337.7M304.7M316.3M309.5M
Inventory i-----
Other Current Assets106.0M88.6M68.3M60.3M52.2M
Total Current Assets i1.3B1.2B1.1B1.3B622.8M
Non-Current Assets
Property, Plant & Equipment i00055.6M80.1M
Goodwill i3.6B3.4B3.6B3.6B3.7B
Intangible Assets i425.7M325.4M462.8M572.7M696.9M
Long-term Investments-----
Other Non-Current Assets70.9M79.5M88.7M81.6M511.5M
Total Non-Current Assets i2.4B2.3B2.4B2.5B3.0B
Total Assets i3.7B3.5B3.5B3.8B3.7B
Liabilities
Current Liabilities
Accounts Payable i164.4M123.3M120.8M131.0M197.9M
Short-term Debt i---54.6M426.4M
Current Portion of Long-term Debt-----
Other Current Liabilities9.5M15.9M22.3M27.3M61.7M
Total Current Liabilities i899.6M431.8M432.4M497.2M882.6M
Non-Current Liabilities
Long-term Debt i864.3M1.0B999.1M1.0B1.3B
Deferred Tax Liabilities i46.0M45.5M79.0M109.0M157.3M
Other Non-Current Liabilities47.7M46.7M69.0M91.2M41.4M
Total Non-Current Liabilities i993.8M1.1B1.2B1.3B1.6B
Total Liabilities i1.9B1.6B1.6B1.8B2.5B
Equity
Common Stock i428.0K461.0K473.0K474.0K443.0K
Retained Earnings i1.4B1.5B1.5B1.5B809.1M
Treasury Stock i-----
Other Equity-----
Total Shareholders Equity i1.8B1.9B1.9B2.0B1.2B
Key Metrics
Total Debt i864.3M1.0B999.1M1.1B1.7B
Working Capital i372.4M759.2M651.8M803.4M-259.7M

Balance Sheet Composition

Ziff Davis Cash Flow Statement From 2020 to 2024

Metric20242023202220212020
Operating Activities
Net Income i63.0M41.5M63.8M496.7M150.7M
Depreciation & Amortization i211.9M237.0M233.4M258.3M228.7M
Stock-Based Compensation i40.9M31.9M26.6M25.2M24.0M
Working Capital Changes i34.6M-38.3M-75.7M-18.4M-28.6M
Operating Cash Flow i346.1M258.1M249.6M787.9M404.1M
Investing Activities
Capital Expenditures i-106.6M-108.7M-106.2M-113.7M-92.6M
Acquisitions i-190.3M-9.5M-104.1M-115.5M-489.8M
Investment Purchases i0-11.9M-15.0M-999.0K-1.2M
Investment Sales i-3.2M4.5M15.0M0
Investing Cash Flow i-297.5M-127.4M-220.8M-215.3M-583.1M
Financing Activities
Share Repurchases i-185.2M-108.5M-78.3M-78.3M-275.7M
Dividends Paid i---00
Debt Issuance i00112.3M485.0M750.0M
Debt Repayment i-135.0M0-166.9M-512.4M-650.4M
Financing Cash Flow i-329.4M-123.5M-150.3M-122.3M-242.0M
Free Cash Flow i283.7M211.2M230.3M402.8M384.4M
Net Change in Cash i-280.7M7.2M-121.5M450.3M-421.0M

Cash Flow Trend

Ziff Davis Key Financial Ratios

Valuation Ratios

P/E Ratio (TTM) 23.22
Forward P/E 4.91
Price to Book 0.83
Price to Sales 1.07
PEG Ratio 4.91

Profitability Ratios

Profit Margin 4.57%
Operating Margin 10.88%
Return on Equity 3.56%
Return on Assets 3.42%

Financial Health

Current Ratio 1.59
Debt to Equity 47.50
Beta 1.58

Per Share Data

EPS (TTM) $1.58
Book Value per Share $44.15
Revenue per Share $33.90

Peer Financial Comparison

CompanyMarket CapP/E RatioP/B RatioROEProfit MarginDebt/Equity
zd1.5B23.220.833.56%4.57%47.50
Applovin 154.2B62.46132.36253.77%42.35%300.82
Trade Desk 26.5B65.349.8516.36%15.57%12.74
Integral Ad Science 1.5B30.841.385.52%9.78%2.59
Stagwell 1.4B243.501.882.60%-0.06%224.35
Emerald Holding 952.3M120.252.451.98%1.83%132.36

Financial data is updated regularly. All figures are in the company's reporting currency.