Financial Fitness Check: Examining Ziff Davis Inc (ZD)’s Key Ratios

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In the latest session, Ziff Davis Inc (NASDAQ: ZD) closed at $37.75 up 0.45% from its previous closing price of $37.58. In other words, the price has increased by $0.45 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.52 million shares were traded. ZD stock price reached its highest trading level at $38.42 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $36.92.

Ratios:

For a deeper understanding of Ziff Davis Inc’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 3.20 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 5.70. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.41 and its Current Ratio is at 1.41. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.49 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.49.

On September 25, 2023, UBS started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating and target price of $81.

On January 06, 2023, Barclays started tracking the stock assigning a Equal Weight rating and target price of $88.Barclays initiated its Equal Weight rating on January 06, 2023, with a $88 target price.

Insider Transactions:

Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 06 ’25 when KRETZMER W BRIAN bought 653 shares for $38.33 per share. The transaction valued at 25,029 led to the insider holds 12,968 shares of the business.

RICHTER BRET bought 2,500 shares of ZD for $98,025 on Mar 05 ’25. The Chief Financial Officer now owns 16,339 shares after completing the transaction at $39.21 per share. On Mar 04 ’25, another insider, Barsten Jana, who serves as the Director of the company, bought 1,000 shares for $38.08 each. As a result, the insider paid 38,080 and bolstered with 4,347 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 1620113024 and an Enterprise Value of 2006265344. As of this moment, Ziff’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 29.75, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 5.01. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 4.29. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.15 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.89. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.431 whereas that against EBITDA is 4.883.

Stock Price History:

The Beta on a monthly basis for ZD is 1.47, which has changed by -0.36967772 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.08089435 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, ZD has reached a high of $63.41, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $36.82. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -18.89%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -23.93%.

Shares Statistics:

For the past three months, ZD has traded an average of 466.56K shares per day and 605130 over the past ten days. A total of 42.85M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 42.13M. Insiders hold about 1.67% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 109.88% stake in the company. Shares short for ZD as of 1741910400 were 2859861 with a Short Ratio of 6.13, compared to 1739491200 on 2768769. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2859861 and a Short% of Float of 9.08.

Dividends & Splits

Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0The 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 1558051200. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2021-10-08 when the company split stock in a 115:100 ratio.

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