The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Subject of the day

ZD

Concerning the House

Ziff Davis, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a digital media and internet company in the United States and internationally. It offers online resources for laboratory-based product reviews, technology news, buying guides, and research papers under the PCMag and CNET brands; Mashable for publishing technology and culture content; Spiceworks provides digital content of IT products and services; RetailMeNot, a savings destination platform; VoucherCodes; Offers.com, a coupon and deals website; and event based properties, includes BlackFriday.com, TheBlackFriday.com, BestBlackFriday.com, and DealsofAmerica.com. It also offers gaming and entertainment platforms under the IGN Entertainment and Humble Bundle brands; and information on internet connectivity under the Speedtest, Ookla, Ekahau, Downdetector, and RootMetrics brands. The company also offers digital content and information services for health and wellness consumers under the Everyday Health, DailyOM, Lose It!, Castle Connolly, and Migraine Again brands; pregnancy and parenting content under the BabyCenter, Mom 2.0, Emma's Diary, Medpage Today, and What to Expect brands. In addition, it offers PRIME Education, a medical education program for healthcare professionals; and Health eCareers, a digital portal for healthcare professionals. Further, it provides endpoint and email security, security awareness training, secure backup and file sharing, and virtual private network solutions under the IPVanish, VIPRE, Livedrive, Inspired eLearning, and SugarSync brands; and email marketing and delivery solutions, search engine optimization tools, and voice and text communication services under the Campaigner, iContact, SMTP, Kickbox, Full Contact, MOZ Pro, MOZ Local, Stat Analytics, eVoice, and Line2 brands. The company was formerly known as j2 Global, Inc. and changed its name to Ziff Davis, Inc. in October 2021. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

United States · www.ziffdavis.com

The Long Run

FY 2010–2025 · 16 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$1.45B+12.7%
Gross profit$980.43M+15.8%
Operating income$183.09M+3.8%
Net income$47.35M-2.3%
Cash from ops$319.96M+8.8%
Quotation

$54.94

+1.44 (+2.7%)

52w hi$55.38
52w lo$26.51
Vol833.32K
As ofAug 12
The Verdict

Hold

Our score +0.30

Short+0.70
Medium+0.06
Long+0.00

computed 2026-08-12

By the Numbers

Ziff Davis, Inc.

Communication Services · Advertising Agencies

Market cap$1.88B
Enterprise value$1.12B
Trailing P/E
Forward P/E9.54x
EV / EBITDA2.82x
P / S (ttm)1.31x
Profit margin44.7%
Return on equity-1.5%
Revenue growth-2.7%
Earnings growth+2632.0%
Debt / equity39.98
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX1.12
Corr SPX0.32
Annual vol57.2%
Annual ret+30.8%
Sharpe0.54
Max DD-55.8%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.31
Sector-0.03
Technical+0.27
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.34

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-12

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 12$53.54$55.20$53.54$54.94833.32K
Aug 11$54.95$55.60$53.20$53.50684.20K
Aug 10$56.21$56.21$53.63$54.311.07M
Aug 7$56.94$58.06$52.75$53.871.47M
Aug 6$52.56$52.70$50.40$50.95728.60K