Analysis updated on Oct. 16, 2026 (UTC) · Total · absolute moveSwitch to Alpha · Nasdaq
Our AI ranks Ziff Davis, Inc. outside the neutral middle of its coverage (a directional signal). Create a free account and follow it to see the exact price target.
Ziff Davis, Inc. is a small-cap company with a market capitalization of $1.96B.
For ZD, the Spearman rank correlation between our 90-day forecasts and the returns that followed is 36.0%, measured on 357 forecast dates between 2022-07-29 and 2026-07-17 on this stock's own recent history. A rank correlation runs from -100% to +100%: it measures whether higher forecasts were followed by higher returns, and a value near zero or below means the model has shown little skill on this stock. On the 30-day forecasts the same correlation is 46.0%, measured on 400 forecast dates between 2022-07-29 and 2026-09-16. Across our coverage, the out-of-sample test on 4495 stocks from 2025-01-06 to 2026-07-07 produced a positive net return in 82.5% of rebalance periods (factor-neutral book, net of estimated costs). Full backtest report
Expected absolute price move over the horizon, market included. This is the number a price target is built from. Ratings: strong buy ≥ +5.1%, buy ≥ +3.4%, sell < +1.8%, strong sell < +0.8% (top 15%, next 20%, middle 30%, next 20%, bottom 15% of the 2026-10-16 signals)
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Trailing twelve months. The industry median and the rank (1 = highest) are taken over the Telegraph & Other Message Communications peers listed below that report each metric.
| Metric | ZD | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Market Cap | $1.96B | – |
| P/E Ratio | 3.23x | – |
| P/B Ratio | 0.88x | – |
| EPS | $17.69 | – |
| Book Value/Share | $65.26 | – |
| Revenue/Share | $38.64 | – |
| FCF/Share | $9.24 | – |
| Metric | ZD | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| ROE | 28.8% | – |
| ROA | 16.1% | – |
| ROIC | 2.4% | – |
| Gross Margin | 84.9% | – |
| Operating Margin | 5.5% | – |
| Net Margin | 48.6% | – |
| EBT Margin | -3.0% | – |
| Tax Rate | -40.4% | – |
| Metric | ZD | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Current Ratio | 2.16x | – |
| D/E Ratio | 0.79x | – |
| Financial Leverage | 1.79x | – |
| Working Capital | $1.12B | – |
| Metric | ZD | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | $448M | – |
| Free Cash Flow | $317M | – |
| Capital Spending | -$132M | – |
| OCF Growth YoY | 31.1% | – |
| FCF Growth YoY | 35.9% | – |
| FCF/Sales | 23.9% | – |
| CapEx/Sales | 9.9% | – |
| Metric | ZD | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Asset Turnover | 0.33x | – |
| Receivables Turnover | 3.2x | – |
| Fixed Assets Turnover | 7.7x | – |
| Days Sales Outstanding | 115 days | – |
| Payables Period | 266 days | – |
| Metric | ZD | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Total Revenue | $1.32B | – |
| Operating Income | $73M | – |
| Net Income | $643M | – |
| R&D Expense | $58M | – |
| SG&A Expense | $807M | – |
| Cost of Goods Sold | $200M | – |
| Metric | ZD | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Shares Outstanding | 34M | – |
| Net Income Growth | 873.6% | – |
| EPS Growth | 1292.9% | – |
| Total Current Assets | $2.08B | 52.1% of assets |
| Cash & Short-term Investments | $1.61B | 40.2% of assets |
| Accounts Receivable | $419M | 10.5% of assets |
| Total Liabilities | $1.76B | 44.0% of assets |
| Short-term Debt | $817M | 20.4% of assets |
Companies classified under the same SEC industry code as Ziff Davis, Inc. (Telegraph & Other Message Communications): 2 common-stock issuers with a forecast this week, one row per issuer, largest first. This is a classification match, not a curated list of competitors.
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Ziff Davis, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZD) will release its Third Quarter 2026 Earnings at 6:00PM ET on Thursday, November 5, 2026.
All right. Good morning, everybody. So I'm Stephen Ju with the UBS U.S. Internet team. Sitting to my left is Mr. Bret Richter, who serves as the CFO of Ziff Davis. So Bret, welcome to Scottsdale. Yes.
Our AI ranks Ziff Davis, Inc. outside the neutral middle of its coverage (a directional signal). Create a free account and follow it to see the exact price target.
For ZD, the Spearman rank correlation between our 90-day forecasts and the returns that followed is 36.0%, measured on 357 forecast dates between 2022-07-29 and 2026-07-17 on this stock's own recent history. A rank correlation runs from -100% to +100%: it measures whether higher forecasts were followed by higher returns, and a value near zero or below means the model has shown little skill on this stock. On the 30-day forecasts the same correlation is 46.0%, measured on 400 forecast dates between 2022-07-29 and 2026-09-16. Across our coverage, the out-of-sample test on 4495 stocks from 2025-01-06 to 2026-07-07 produced a positive net return in 82.5% of rebalance periods (factor-neutral book, net of estimated costs). Full backtest report
Ziff Davis, Inc. forecasts are refreshed on trading days as the daily model run completes. The forecast on this page was produced on Oct. 16, 2026.
2 issuers in our coverage, ZD included, share the SEC industry code Telegraph & Other Message Communications. The largest are: Myseum.Ai, Inc. (MYSE).
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