Ziff Davis, Inc.
General ticker "ZD" information:
- Sector: Communication Services
- Industry: Advertising Agencies
- Capitalization: $1.7B (TTM average)
Ziff Davis, Inc. follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 20.9%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 2.4%: low 36.45$, high 38.25$
Factors to consider:
- Total employees count: 4200 (-4.5%) as of 2023
- US accounted for 83.2% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2024-12-31
- Top business risk factors: Acquisition/divestiture risks, Economic downturns and volatility, System failures and security breaches, Operational and conduct risks, Geopolitical risks
- Earnings for 9 months up through Q3 exceed our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2024-12-31 to 2026-12-31
- 2024-12-31 to 2025-12-31 estimated range: [40.09$, 63.49$]
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [41.23$, 65.03$]
Financial Metrics affecting the ZD estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 8.3 at the end of fiscal year the price was high
- Positive: 7.54 < Operating profit margin, % of 8.11
- Positive: Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 15.79 > 12.91
- Negative: negative Industry operating cash flow (median)
- Positive: -14.19 < Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -12.04
- Positive: 42.53 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 48.89 <= 64.17
- Positive: -3.57 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 1.67
- Positive: Interest expense per share per price, % of 0.57 <= 0.74
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Financial data
| YTD | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $1,391.00MM | $1,364.03MM | $1,401.69MM |
| Operating Expenses | $1,192.06MM | $1,231.42MM | $1,288.04MM |
| Operating Income | $198.94MM | $132.61MM | $113.65MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-75.52MM | $-66.97MM | $-9.23MM |
| Interest Expense | $33.84MM | $20.03MM | $13.99MM |
| R&D Expense | $74.09MM | $68.86MM | $67.37MM |
| Income(Loss) | $123.42MM | $65.64MM | $104.42MM |
| Taxes | $57.96MM | $24.14MM | $41.37MM |
| Profit(Loss)* | $63.76MM | $41.50MM | $63.05MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $1,892.61MM | $1,893.00MM | $1,810.88MM |
| Assets | $3,533.27MM | $3,471.02MM | $3,704.33MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $336.44MM | $319.96MM | $390.31MM |
| Capital expenditure | $106.15MM | $108.73MM | $106.64MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-220.77MM | $-127.41MM | $-297.45MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-140.83MM | $-114.79MM | $-320.99MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $1.36 | $0.89 | $1.42 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.