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Ziff Davis ZD Ratios & Valuation

Q1 '26Q4 '25Q3 '25Q2 '25Q1 '25
Profitability
Gross margin85.3%-0.3pp85.7%0.0pp86%-0.6pp86.1%-0.1pp85.7%-0.8pp
Operating margin10.9%+4.1pp11.6%+3.5pp11.1%+2.6pp7%-2.7pp6.8%-3.6pp
Net margin3.3%-2.4pp3.4%-1.1pp7.9%+3.4pp4.7%-1.1pp5.6%+1.3pp
Returns
Return on equity2.6%-1.6pp2.7%-0.7pp6.3%+2.7pp3.6%-0.7pp4.1%+1.0pp
Return on invested capital3.6%+1.4pp4.4%+1.6pp5%+2.0pp2.3%-1.8pp2.3%-2.0pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover0.4×0.0×0.4×0.0×0.4×0.0×0.4×0.0×0.4×0.0×
Liquidity
Current ratio1.7×+0.1×1.3×-0.1×1.6×+0.2×1.6×-0.3×1.5×-0.4×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity0.5×0.0×0.5×0.0×0.5×0.0×0.5×-0.1×0.5×-0.1×
Net debt / EBITDA0.9×-0.5×0.8×-0.4×0.9×-0.5×1.3×+0.4×1.5×+0.7×
Per Share
Book value per share$45.79+7.5%$42.67+4.9%$44.35+11.2%$42.71+15.7%$42.59+2.9%
Valuation
Market capitalization$1.59B-1.6%$1.39B-40.2%$1.56B-29.4%$1.35B-46.7%$1.61B-44.1%
Price / earnings35×+13.9×29.3×-7.5×14.1×-21.4×20.4×-11.2×21×-27.2×
Price / sales1.1×0.0×-0.7×1.1×-0.5×-0.9×1.2×-0.9×
Price / book0.9×0.0×0.8×-0.5×0.9×-0.4×0.7×-0.6×0.9×-0.6×
EV / EBITDA5.2×-1.5×4.4×-4.0×-3.0×5.4×-2.5×6.6×-1.8×

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Questions, answered.

What are Ziff Davis's profit margins?
Ziff Davis (ZD) runs a 85.3% gross margin and a 10.9% operating margin, with a 3.3% net margin.
Where do Ziff Davis's ratios come from?
Every ratio is computed from Ziff Davis's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.