BuzzFeed, Inc.
BZFD Communication Services Internet Content & Information
BuzzFeed, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $185.3 million, down 2.43% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue fell 21.8%, EPS grew 21.4%, free cash flow grew 20.2% and total debt fell 24.4%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Insiders bought in the last twelve months.
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BuzzFeed, Inc. (BZFD) Altman Z-score
BuzzFeed, Inc.'s Altman Z-score for fiscal 2025 is −4.82, in the distress zone (below 1.81).
Altman Z-score, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Altman Z-score | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | −4.82 | (1.85) |
| FY2024 | −2.97 | (0.88) |
| FY2023 | −2.09 | (0.95) |
| FY2022 | −1.14 | (1.53) |
| FY2021 | 0.39 | — |
How fiscal 2025’s score is made up
| Component | This year | Year before | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Working capital / total assets | (0.05) | — | −0.06 | |
| Retained earnings / total assets | (3.61) | — | −5.06 | |
| EBIT / total assets | (0.25) | — | −0.84 | |
| Market value of equity / total liabilities | 0.25 | — | 0.15 | |
| Sales / total assets | 0.98 | — | 0.98 | |
| Altman Z-score | Distress zone | −4.82 | ||
| Z″ Variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies (drops the sales/assets term, uses book equity) | Distress zone | −13.42 | ||
How the Altman Z-score works
Z = 1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets (Altman, 1968). The market value of equity is the close on the last trading day of the fiscal year times weighted basic shares.
Z″ = 6.56 × working capital ÷ total assets + 3.26 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 6.72 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 1.05 × book equity ÷ total liabilities (Altman, Hartzell and Peck, 1995), the variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies.
| Zone | Z | Z″ |
|---|---|---|
| Safe zone | above 2.99 | above 2.60 |
| Grey zone | 1.81–2.99 | 1.10–2.60 |
| Distress zone | below 1.81 | below 1.10 |
Not worked out for banks, insurers and REITs, whose balance sheets the model does not describe, nor when a figure is missing or there is no share price in the week to the fiscal year end.
Altman Z-score against peers
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| TZOO Travelzoo compare | 3.5× |
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| PODC PodcastOne, Inc. compare | 2.6× |
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| DIBS 1stdibs.com, Inc. compare | 0.6× |
| BZFD BuzzFeed, Inc. | −4.8× |
| UPXI Upexi, Inc. compare | −6.2× |
| GIBO GIBO Holdings Limited compare | — |
What Altman Z-score is
The Altman Z-Score weighs working capital, retained earnings, operating profit, market value and sales against assets and debts to gauge the risk of distress.
1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets