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Ziff Davis, Inc.
ZD Communication Services Advertising Agencies
In the quarter to June 2026, revenue fell 2.74%, EPS grew 2,623.8%, free cash flow grew 100.3% and total debt was flat, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for five consecutive years.
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| Dec '16 | Dec '17 | Dec '18 | Dec '19 | Dec '20 | Dec '21 | Dec '22 | Dec '23 | Dec '24 | Dec '25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P/E ratio |
22.69 | 22.54 | 22.77 | 18.07 | 25.82 | 10.54 | 58.38 | 73.16 | 37.74 | 31.38 |
Piotroski F-Score |
7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
Altman Z-Score |
2.97 | 2.67 | 2.42 | 1.82 | 1.63 | 3.03 | 2.77 | 2.57 | 1.90 | 1.62 |
P/S ratio |
3.91 | 2.77 | 2.40 | 3.70 | 3.39 | 3.59 | 2.68 | 2.29 | 1.72 | 0.99 |
P/FCF ratio |
13.49 | 13.93 | 8.40 | 11.37 | 10.22 | 12.64 | 16.20 | 14.79 | 8.52 | 5.01 |
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers) |
2.33 | 3.33 | 2.73 | 1.73 | 1.03 | 4.15 | 4.22 | 4.35 | 3.10 | 3.02 |
Beneish M-Score |
(2.18) | (2.63) | (2.97) | (2.84) | (2.88) | (2.58) | (2.80) | (2.79) | (2.09) | (2.95) |
P/Operating CF |
38.05 | 36.29 | 26.98 | 37.61 | 31.71 | 58.97 | 86.25 | 33.90 | 15.27 | 7.54 |
P/B ratio |
3.74 | 3.04 | 2.79 | 2.96 | 3.25 | 2.59 | 1.97 | 1.65 | 1.33 | 0.82 |
Price to Tangible BV |
0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 145.09 | 0.00 | 21.05 |
EV/Sales |
4.66 | 3.58 | 3.27 | 4.53 | 4.60 | 3.71 | 2.90 | 2.48 | 1.99 | 1.19 |
EV/EBITDA |
10.88 | 9.52 | 8.90 | 13.37 | 12.91 | 11.43 | 8.53 | 7.73 | 6.63 | 3.95 |
EV/Operating CF |
14.43 | 15.12 | 9.83 | 11.53 | 11.11 | 10.17 | 12.00 | 10.57 | 7.16 | 4.26 |
EV/FCF |
16.09 | 17.96 | 11.45 | 13.93 | 13.86 | 13.05 | 17.54 | 16.02 | 9.86 | 6.02 |
Quick Ratio |
0.71 | 2.21 | 1.40 | 1.01 | 0.55 | 2.49 | 2.35 | 2.55 | 1.30 | 1.19 |
Current Ratio |
0.77 | 2.34 | 1.50 | 1.06 | 0.71 | 2.62 | 2.51 | 2.76 | 1.41 | 1.27 |
Net Debt/EBITDA |
1.75 | 1.55 | 1.81 | 2.45 | 3.39 | 0.36 | 0.65 | 0.54 | 0.85 | 0.59 |
Debt/Assets |
37.85% | 40.84% | 39.56% | 41.32% | 43.08% | 28.93% | 28.90% | 28.85% | 23.33% | 23.65% |
Debt/Equity |
0.85 | 0.98 | 0.98 | 1.10 | 1.30 | 0.55 | 0.54 | 0.53 | 0.48 | 0.49 |
Asset Turnover |
0.45 | 0.50 | 0.48 | 0.35 | 0.32 | 0.38 | 0.38 | 0.39 | 0.39 | 0.39 |
Operating CF/Net income |
1.85 | 1.92 | 3.17 | 1.89 | 3.19 | 1.04 | 5.28 | 7.71 | 6.19 | 8.60 |
Capex/Depreciation |
(0.22) | (0.24) | (0.29) | (0.26) | (0.35) | (0.39) | (0.39) | (0.36) | (0.35) | (0.47) |
Interest Coverage |
5.86 | 3.63 | 3.94 | 3.28 | 2.46 | 2.32 | 5.88 | 6.62 | 8.12 | 7.07 |
| 16.89% | 14.23% | 12.33% | 18.65% | 11.95% | 31.25% | 3.30% | 2.19% | 3.40% | 2.66% | |
| 7.93% | 6.10% | 5.06% | 7.21% | 4.20% | 13.36% | 1.75% | 1.19% | 1.76% | 1.29% | |
ROIC |
9.65% | 9.19% | 8.30% | 2.52% | 3.31% | 4.90% | 5.65% | 3.89% | 3.27% | 5.68% |
Return on Tangible Assets |
(401.20%) | 31.63% | 50.35% | 120.49% | (117.54%) | 51.49% | 7.68% | 4.38% | 11.07% | 9.31% |
Average Days of Receivables |
83.45 | 76.47 | 67.00 | 91.01 | 97.50 | 81.50 | 79.96 | 90.37 | 171.92 | 167.81 |
Research and Development Expense of Revenue |
4.35% | 4.12% | 4.01% | 4.25% | 4.93% | 5.57% | 5.33% | 5.05% | 4.81% | 4.27% |
Selling, General and Administrative Expense of Revenue |
51.08% | 58.49% | 59.10% | 69.52% | 67.74% | 67.04% | 48.36% | 50.08% | 51.59% | 51.91% |
Intangible Assets out of Total Assets |
0.79 | 0.69 | 0.74 | 0.62 | 0.61 | 0.56 | 0.58 | 0.54 | 0.54 | 0.53 |
Share Based Compensation of Revenue |
1.56% | 2.03% | 2.33% | 2.28% | 2.07% | 1.78% | 1.91% | 2.34% | 2.92% | 3.10% |
Graham Net Nets |
(0.23) | (0.26) | (0.37) | (0.34) | (0.47) | (0.10) | (0.15) | (0.12) | (0.26) | (0.37) |
Graham Number |
36.93 | 37.34 | 35.89 | 52.84 | 44.00 | 100.74 | 35.12 | 29.06 | 36.33 | 32.84 |
Earnings Yield |
4.41% | 4.44% | 4.39% | 5.53% | 3.87% | 9.49% | 1.71% | 1.37% | 2.65% | 3.19% |
Free Cash Flow Yield |
7.41% | 7.18% | 11.90% | 8.79% | 9.78% | 7.91% | 6.17% | 6.76% | 11.74% | 19.98% |
Revenue per Share |
18.34 | 23.49 | 25.18 | 22.05 | 25.02 | 30.87 | 29.62 | 29.40 | 31.53 | 35.42 |
Operating CF per Share |
5.92 | 5.56 | 8.37 | 8.66 | 10.37 | 11.26 | 7.17 | 6.90 | 8.78 | 9.93 |
Capex per Share |
(0.61) | (0.88) | (1.19) | (1.48) | (2.05) | (2.48) | (2.26) | (2.34) | (2.40) | (2.91) |
Free Cash Flow per Share |
5.31 | 4.68 | 7.18 | 7.18 | 8.31 | 8.78 | 4.90 | 4.55 | 6.38 | 7.03 |
Cash per Share |
2.60 | 7.38 | 4.37 | 12.08 | 3.82 | 20.13 | 15.15 | 16.48 | 11.38 | 14.81 |
Shareholders Equity per Share |
19.19 | 21.44 | 21.60 | 27.52 | 26.15 | 42.88 | 40.31 | 40.80 | 40.73 | 42.79 |
Interest Debt per Share |
0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Book value per Share |
19.19 | 21.44 | 21.60 | 27.52 | 26.15 | 42.88 | 40.31 | 40.80 | 40.73 | 42.79 |
Free Cash Flow |
253.32 | 222.58 | 344.28 | 341.91 | 384.92 | 402.72 | 230.24 | 211.23 | 283.68 | 287.87 |
Working Capital |
(106.09) | 355.33 | 153.01 | 53.79 | (259.71) | 803.44 | 651.82 | 759.16 | 372.42 | 295.45 |
Capital Expenditures |
(29.07) | (41.83) | (57.05) | (70.63) | (95.16) | (113.82) | (106.20) | (108.73) | (106.63) | (119.20) |
Net Current Asset Value |
(799.79) | (812.36) | (1,064.75) | (1,307.76) | (1,831.47) | (501.87) | (556.39) | (387.03) | (621.38) | (539.33) |
EV/EBIT |
16.80 | 16.27 | 16.14 | 53.90 | 38.57 | 31.40 | 20.30 | 25.50 | 24.60 | 9.47 |
Capex to Sales |
0.03 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 |
Price to Operating Income |
14.09 | 12.62 | 11.84 | 44.01 | 28.44 | 30.40 | 18.74 | 23.55 | 21.26 | 7.87 |
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Depreciation/Fixed assets |
1.94 | 2.18 | 2.01 | 2.09 | 2.09 | 1.81 | 1.54 | 1.62 | 1.56 | 1.20 |
Cash ROIC |
13.93% | 9.38% | 15.24% | 10.25% | 12.97% | 10.11% | 6.35% | 5.77% | 8.92% | 8.92% |
Accounts Receivable Turnover |
5.56 | 5.15 | 5.30 | 4.34 | 4.06 | 4.53 | 4.48 | 4.25 | 2.81 | 2.19 |
Accounts Payable Turnover |
1.01 | 0.99 | 1.20 | 0.93 | 0.82 | 1.14 | 1.47 | 1.10 | 0.45 | 0.30 |
Inventory Turnover |
0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Average Days of Payables |
441.85 | 359.76 | 302.28 | 463.84 | 404.80 | 254.22 | 238.98 | 426.51 | 1,222.18 | 1,253.37 |
Days of Inventory on Hand |
0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Average Receivables |
157.28 | 217.03 | 227.91 | 241.77 | 285.74 | 312.95 | 310.54 | 321.22 | 498.96 | 663.72 |
Average Payables |
146.23 | 173.95 | 168.18 | 202.29 | 217.96 | 164.42 | 125.90 | 168.88 | 443.85 | 690.10 |
Average Assets |
1,923.02 | 2,257.71 | 2,506.96 | 3,033.34 | 3,585.59 | 3,717.81 | 3,651.78 | 3,502.15 | 3,587.68 | 3,683.82 |
Average Common Equity |
902.37 | 967.42 | 1,028.02 | 1,173.47 | 1,261.11 | 1,589.38 | 1,930.17 | 1,892.80 | 1,851.94 | 1,782.23 |
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