Quick Takeaways
- ZD - ZIFF DAVIS, INC. financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
- Latest metrics period on this page: Q1 2026.
- Headline metric: Return On Equity 2.7%.
- Info
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- Financials
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ZIFF DAVIS, INC. financial metrics
Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q1 2026.
- Symbol
- ZD on Nasdaq
- Location
- New York, NY
- Fiscal year end
- 31 December
- Latest financial report
- 24 Feb 2026
What Changed
- Return On Equity YoY change: <span class="text-red-600">-22%</span>.
- Most recent SEC facts end date: 18 Feb 2026.
Why This Matters
- This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
- Every metric card links to a deeper SEC-backed history page for verification.
Official SEC Source
Based on latest 10-Q/10-K
Facts and ratios are grounded in SEC company facts linked to the latest 10-Q/10-K cycle.
See Original FilingLatest SEC snapshot (2026-02-18) highlights Return On Equity 2.7%, Return On Assets 1.3%, and Operating Margin 12.6%.
Financial Quality Score
Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.
40.6/100
Caution Confidence high
Return On Equity
2.7%
Metric score 0.0/100
Return On Assets
1.3%
Metric score 0.0/100
Financial Health
- Current Ratio
- 1.27x
- Quick Ratio
- 1.19x
- Debt to Equity
- 0.96x
Strengths
Current Ratio and Quick Ratio
Watchpoints
Return On Equity, Return On Assets, and Operating Margin
Key metrics snapshot
Return On Equity
2.7%
YoY: -22%
Return On Assets
1.3%
YoY: -27%
Operating Margin
13%
YoY: +56%
Current Ratio
1.27x
YoY: -9.8%
Quick Ratio
1.19x
YoY: -8.5%
Debt-to-equity
0.96x
YoY: -1.5%
Revenues YoY
3.5%
YoY:
NetIncomeLoss YoY
-25%
YoY:
Profitability
| Metric | Latest value | YoY change |
|---|---|---|
| Return On Equity | 2.7% | -22% |
| Return On Assets | 1.3% | -27% |
| Operating Margin | 13% | +56% |
Financial Health
| Metric | Latest value | YoY change |
|---|---|---|
| Current Ratio | 1.27x | -9.8% |
| Quick Ratio | 1.19x | -8.5% |
| Debt-to-equity | 0.96x | -1.5% |
Growth
| Metric | Latest value | YoY change |
|---|---|---|
| Revenues YoY | 3.5% | |
| NetIncomeLoss YoY | -25% |
Share Metrics
| Metric | Latest value | YoY change |
|---|---|---|
| Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding | 37,654,436 | -11% |
How we score
This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.
| Metric | Weight | V1 threshold |
|---|---|---|
| ROIC | 20 | 5% to 20% |
| ROE | 15 | 8% to 25% |
| ROA | 10 | 2% to 10% |
| Operating Margin | 5 | 5% to 25% |
| Current Ratio | 12 | 1.0x to 2.0x |
| Quick Ratio | 8 | 0.8x to 1.5x |
| Debt to Equity | 10 | 0.3x to 2.0x (lower is better) |
| Revenue YoY | 10 | -10% to +20% |
| Net Income YoY | 10 | -10% to +20% |
How Calculated (standard_v1)
Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.
- TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
- Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
- (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
- Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
- TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
- TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
- TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
- TTM Revenues YoY
- TTM Net Income YoY