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Ziff Davis Inc (NASDAQ: ZD) closed the day trading at $33.82 down -1.34% from the previous closing price of $34.28. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.34 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.57 million shares were traded. ZD stock price reached its highest trading level at $34.6975 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $33.155.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of ZD, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 2.65 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 5.12. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.61 and its Current Ratio is at 1.61. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.48 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.48.
On May 02, 2024, JP Morgan Upgraded its rating to Overweight which previously was Neutral but kept the price unchanged to $70.
On September 25, 2023, UBS started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating and target price of $81.UBS initiated its Neutral rating on September 25, 2023, with a $81 target price.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Sep 15 ’25 when FAY SARAH ANN bought 1,354 shares for $36.89 per share. The transaction valued at 49,949 led to the insider holds 23,619 shares of the business.
KRETZMER W BRIAN bought 653 shares of ZD for $25,029 on Mar 06 ’25. The Director now owns 12,968 shares after completing the transaction at $38.33 per share. On Mar 05 ’25, another insider, RICHTER BRET, who serves as the Chief Financial Officer of the company, bought 2,500 shares for $39.21 each. As a result, the insider paid 98,025 and bolstered with 16,339 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, ZD now has a Market Capitalization of 1386718208 and an Enterprise Value of 1729023744. As of this moment, Ziff’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 13.69, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 4.57. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.86. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.92 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.75. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.186 whereas that against EBITDA is 4.107.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for ZD is 1.46, which has changed by -0.33553016 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.19182634 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, ZD has reached a high of $56.48, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $28.55. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 0.08%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -1.16%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, ZD traded about 631.11K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, ZD traded about 432280 shares per day. A total of 39.99M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 38.03M. Insiders hold about 3.74% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 112.95% stake in the company. Shares short for ZD as of 1765756800 were 4553350 with a Short Ratio of 7.21, compared to 1763078400 on 4337871. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 4553350 and a Short% of Float of 17.36.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.75. . The current Payout Ratio is 0.00% for ZD, which recently paid a dividend on 2019-05-17 with an ex-dividend date of 2019-05-17. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2021-10-08 when the company split stock in a 115:100 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
The stock of Ziff Davis Inc (ZD) is currently drawing attention from 6.0 analysts actively involved in the ongoing evaluation and rating process.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $1.35, with high estimates of $1.43 and low estimates of $1.19.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $7.32 and $6.72 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $6.86. EPS for the following year is $7.41, with 7.0 analysts recommending between $8.06 and $7.14.
Revenue Estimates
6 analysts predict $416.63M in revenue. The current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $422.8M to a low estimate of $404.02M. As of . The current estimate, Ziff Davis Inc’s year-ago sales were $412.82MFor the next quarter, 6 analysts are estimating revenue of $336.45M. There is a high estimate of $341.74M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $331.08M.
A total of 6 analysts have provided revenue estimates for ZD’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $1.47B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $1.45B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $1.46B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $1.4BBased on 6 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $1.51B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $1.53B and the low estimate is $1.47B.
