Ziff Davis, Inc.
Ziff Davis, Inc. is classed by the SEC under Telegraph & Other Message Communications (industry code 4822), based in New York, NY. In its latest annual figures on file, for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, it reported revenue of $1.5 billion and a profit of $47 million (its filed statements).
vs its business-model standard
Three tenses, nine metrics. Unseen metrics stay unseen; the grade never fakes a number. Proxy era: provisional values, marked. Weighed as a subscription business: prior from its industry code (SEC 4822, Telegraph & Other Message Communications); the filing read can change it. All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
The grade, in three tenses
Headline 6.1 out of ten, 9 of 9 metrics filed: past 6.7 out of ten, present 6.8 out of ten, future 5.1 out of ten. The past asks what it actually did, the present what it is doing right now, the future what it is set up to do next.
The nine metrics
- Surviving crises (past): 8.3 out of ten. 2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2023-03-14. 83rd percentile among 3 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Track record (past): 5.8 out of ten. +1.4% a year over 4 filed years; profitable in 4 of 4. 58th percentile among 3 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Shareholder treatment (past): 6.7 out of ten. Share count shrank 4.4% a year. 42% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 10 sales, 0 purchases. 67th percentile among 1 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Financial health (present): 6.5 out of ten. ROE 3%: 3¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 52%: owes 52¢ per asset dollar. 65th percentile among 3 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Industry position (present): 7.2 out of ten. top 28% of 3 in its family; net margin 3.3%. 72nd percentile among 3 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Leadership (present): 6.7 out of ten. top 33% of 2 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2018. 67th percentile among 2 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-09).
- Room to expand (future): 6.3 out of ten. top 37% of 3 in its family for room to expand. 63rd percentile among 3 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Growth drivers (future): 5.4 out of ten. top 46% of 3 in its family for growth drivers. 54th percentile among 3 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Expectations vs reality (future): 3.9 out of ten. bottom 39% of 3 in its family for expectations against reality. 39th percentile among 3 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
The filing record
Newest annual report: Form 10-K filed 2026-02-24 for the period ended 2025-12-31 (on EDGAR). Newest quarterly report: Form 10-Q filed 2026-08-07 for the period ended 2026-06-30 (on EDGAR). Newest results release: Form 8-K filed 2026-08-07 for the period ended 2026-08-06 (on EDGAR). Newest filing: Form SCHEDULE 13G/A, 2026-10-08. Filings on record since 1999. Read from EDGAR 2026-10-12.
Where the revenue comes from
By geography: United States 84%, All other countries 16%. As tagged in its annual report (Form 10-K, filed 2026-02-24).
Who runs it
Shah, Vivek (Chief Executive Officer); Richter, Bret (Chief Financial Officer); Tansley, Lori A. (Chief Accounting Officer); Rossen, Jeremy (EVP/General Counsel); Kretzmer, W Brian (director); Mcdonald, Kirk P (director); Barsten, Jana (director); Fay, Sarah Ann (director); Harris, Teresa A (director); Ray, Neville R (director); and 1 more. 11 officers and directors have filed their own trades in the last fifteen months, names and titles as filed with the SEC, through 2026-09-30.
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