Ziff Davis, Inc. (ZD)Communication Services | Advertising Agencies | New York, United States | NasdaqGS
47.32 USD
-0.23
(-0.484%) ⇩
(April 20, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
Short-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Dividends: ★★☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 12:15 a.m. EDT
Ziff Davis presents a classic value trap: while technicals show a breakout above the 200-day moving average and forward P/E appears attractive at 6.3x, the fundamentals tell a cautionary tale with nearly 100% earnings contraction quarterly and a disconnect between short-term technical momentum (buyers pushing price above 52-week lows) and long-term structural damage. The options data confirms this tension, as smart money is heavily hedging against a potential reversal in this uptrend, suggesting the recent price gains may simply be a liquidity bounce rather than a sustainable trend reversal. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.135904 |
| AutoETS | 0.136416 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.136440 |
| AutoTheta | 0.149754 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 80% |
| H-stat | 0.20 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.056 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.85 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Communication Services |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2019-05-16 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2019-05-16 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 50.851 |
| Revenue per Share | 35.416 |
| Market Cap | 1,790,449,664 |
| Trailing P/E | 41.15 |
| Forward P/E | 6.29 |
| Beta | 1.07 |
| Profit Margins | 3.26% |
| Previous Name | J2 Global, Inc. |
| Website | https://www.ziffdavis.com |
As of April 19, 2026, 12:15 a.m. EDT: Speculators are heavily positioning for downside protection with massive out-of-the-money put open interest (OI) spikes at strikes 30.0, 35.0, and 20.0 across mid-to-longer expirations, suggesting a bearish hedge or speculative short positioning. Conversely, upside positioning is limited to at-the-money (45.0, 50.0) calls, with put volume significantly outweighing call volume in the OI data for longer dates. This indicates a 'short gamma' environment where the market expects potential earnings volatility to drive the price down without a massive immediate upside catalyst.
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-17 | 0.395652 | 0.525222 |
| 2019-02-22 | 0.386957 | 0.517044 |
| 2018-11-16 | 0.378261 | 0.604644 |
| 2018-08-17 | 0.369565 | 0.541083 |
| 2018-05-17 | 0.360870 | 0.492121 |
| 2018-02-21 | 0.352174 | 0.538770 |
| 2017-11-16 | 0.343478 | 0.555798 |
| 2017-08-10 | 0.334783 | 0.554382 |
| 2017-05-17 | 0.326087 | 0.477206 |
| 2017-02-17 | 0.317391 | 0.464670 |
| 2016-11-16 | 0.308696 | 0.504401 |
| 2016-08-15 | 0.300000 | 0.535587 |
| 2016-05-16 | 0.291304 | 0.565910 |
| 2016-02-19 | 0.282609 | 0.481628 |
| 2015-11-13 | 0.273913 | 0.439933 |
| 2015-08-13 | 0.267826 | 0.455482 |
| 2015-05-15 | 0.260870 | 0.483094 |
| 2015-02-19 | 0.254783 | 0.475841 |
| 2014-11-13 | 0.247826 | 0.562432 |
| 2014-08-14 | 0.241739 | 0.573070 |
| 2014-05-15 | 0.234783 | 0.646426 |
| 2014-02-20 | 0.228696 | 0.588138 |
| 2013-11-14 | 0.221739 | 0.611776 |
| 2013-08-15 | 0.214783 | 0.544559 |
| 2013-05-16 | 0.208696 | 0.682931 |
| 2013-02-21 | 0.202609 | 0.749670 |
| 2012-11-07 | 0.391304 | 1.746254 |
| 2012-08-09 | 0.191304 | 0.887109 |
| 2012-05-14 | 0.186957 | 1.026486 |
| 2012-02-23 | 0.182609 | 0.821224 |
| 2011-11-09 | 0.178261 | 0.865402 |
| 2011-08-31 | 0.173913 | 0.747578 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.561201 |
| Address1 | 360 Park Avenue South |
| Address2 | 17th Floor |
| All Time High | 135.0 |
| All Time Low | 0.190217 |
| Ask | 47.6 |
| Ask Size | 5 |
| Audit Risk | 1 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 565,090 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,064,731 |
| Average Volume | 1,064,731 |
| Average Volume10Days | 565,090 |
| Beta | 1.067 |
| Bid | 46.95 |
| Bid Size | 5 |
| Board Risk | 2 |
| Book Value | 45.694 |
| City | New York |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 3 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 47.32 |
| Current Ratio | 1.275 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 48.32 |
| Day Low | 46.9601 |
| Debt To Equity | 50.851 |
| Display Name | Ziff Davis |
| Dividend Date | 1,559,606,400 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,778,243,400 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,778,243,400 |
| Earnings Growth | -0.997 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | -0.994 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,778,184,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,184,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,184,000 |
| Ebitda | 426,521,984 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.29389998 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 4.845 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 1.424 |
| Enterprise Value | 2,066,505,856 |
| Eps Current Year | 7.03732 |
| Eps Forward | 7.51983 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 1.15 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,558,051,200 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 38.822 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 8.498001 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.21889654 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 56.1201 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 50.55 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -3.2299995 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.063897125 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 22.45 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 24.869999 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 1.107795 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 22.45 - 50.55 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 932,736,600,000 |
| Five Year Avg Dividend Yield | 1.75 |
| Float Shares | 34,252,734 |
| Forward Eps | 7.51983 |
| Forward P E | 6.292695 |
| Free Cashflow | 290,442,624 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 3,900 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.85764 |
| Gross Profits | 1,244,669,952 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.0325 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.2456601 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 37,837,060 |
| Industry | Advertising Agencies |
| Industry Disp | Advertising Agencies |
| Industry Key | advertising-agencies |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,558,051,200 |
| Last Dividend Value | 0.395652 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,633,651,200 |
| Last Split Factor | 115:100 |
| Long Business Summary | 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. |
| Long Name | Ziff Davis, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 1,790,449,664 |
| Market State | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_121509 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Name Change Date | 2,026-04-20 |
| Net Income To Common | 47,354,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 1,791,206,420 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 7 |
| Open | 47.49 |
| Operating Cashflow | 407,068,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.21156 |
| Overall Risk | 1 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.52 |
| Phone | 212 503 3500 |
| Pre Market Change | 0.22999954 |
| Pre Market Change Percent | 0.48605144 |
| Pre Market Price | 47.55 |
| Pre Market Time | 1,776,759,089 |
| Prev Name | J2 Global, Inc. |
| Previous Close | 47.55 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 6.7241507 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 1.0355846 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 1.233714 |
| Profit Margins | 0.03263 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.185 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.23 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -0.4837 |
| Regular Market Day High | 48.32 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 46.9601 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 46.9601 - 48.32 |
| Regular Market Open | 47.49 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 47.55 |
| Regular Market Price | 47.32 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,715,200 |
| Regular Market Volume | 580,199 |
| Return On Assets | 0.03356 |
| Return On Equity | 0.02657 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.015 |
| Revenue Per Share | 35.416 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.34445214 |
| Sector | Communication Services |
| Sector Disp | Communication Services |
| Sector Key | communication-services |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 2 |
| Shares Outstanding | 37,837,060 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.11310001 |
| Shares Short | 4,279,449 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 5,772,729 |
| Short Name | Ziff Davis, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.1702 |
| Short Ratio | 2.68 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | NY |
| Symbol | ZD |
| Target High Price | 50.0 |
| Target Low Price | 30.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 43.42857 |
| Target Median Price | 45.0 |
| Total Cash | 607,011,008 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 16.121 |
| Total Debt | 891,708,992 |
| Total Revenue | 1,451,267,968 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 1.15 |
| Trailing P E | 41.147827 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 36.16065 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 11.159351 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.30860484 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 580,199 |
| Website | https://www.ziffdavis.com |
| Zip | 10,010 |