ZipRecruiter, Inc. (ZIP)Communication Services | Internet Content & Information | Santa Monica, United States | NYSE
4.29 USD
-0.02
(-0.464%) ⇩
(Aug. 27, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 4.19 -0.10 (-0.100%) ⇩ (Aug. 27, 2026, 7:47 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 4:29 a.m. EDT
The long-term outlook is dire, driven by a brutal four-year price trajectory where the stock has lost over 80% of its value. While the business shows some operational resilience with healthy gross margins and modest revenue growth, the market has punished the stock relentlessly, resulting in two consecutive years of significant declines. This structural deterioration, combined with a negative book value and a forward P/E that implies earnings will shrink, suggests the current price reflects a fundamental rejection of the company's future prospects rather than a temporary dislocation. The short-term picture offers no relief; insider selling continues unabated, and the statistical models provide no clear directional edge. With zero dividend support and a balance sheet showing net debt, there is no margin of safety here. The stock remains trapped in a low-hiring secular headwind, making it a poor candidate for capital preservation. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.088679 |
| MSTL | 0.131150 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.144513 |
| AutoETS | 0.148515 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 34% |
| H-stat | 2.80 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.733 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 0.26 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Communication Services |
| Revenue per Share | 5.381 |
| Market Cap | 352,750,208 |
| Trailing P/E | 13.00 |
| Forward P/E | 29.67 |
| Beta | 1.43 |
| Profit Margins | 6.20% |
| Website | https://www.ziprecruiter.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 4:29 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly positioning for downside protection rather than upside participation. Call open interest is heavily skewed out-of-the-money (OTM) at strikes like $7.50, suggesting speculative bets on a massive rally that the market currently doubts. Conversely, put open interest concentrates deeply in-the-money (ITM) at the $2.00 strike, indicating a strong hedge against a collapse to near-zero levels. The implied volatility gap between deep ITM puts and OTM calls further highlights a fear of a severe crash over a belief in a sustainable recovery.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.14200002 |
| Address1 | 3,000 Ocean Park Blvd. |
| Address2 | Suite 3000 |
| All Time High | 32.9 |
| All Time Low | 1.65 |
| Ask | 4.31 |
| Ask Size | 2,100 |
| Audit Risk | 1 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 1,270,240 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 820,115 |
| Average Volume | 820,115 |
| Average Volume10Days | 1,270,240 |
| Beta | 1.432 |
| Bid | 4.0 |
| Bid Size | 800 |
| Board Risk | 7 |
| Book Value | -1.027 |
| City | Santa Monica |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 9 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 4.29 |
| Current Ratio | 3.034 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 4.4 |
| Day Low | 4.05 |
| Display Name | ZipRecruiter |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,785,963,600 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,785,963,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,785,960,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,822,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,822,400 |
| Ebitda | 5,884,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.01301 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 75.448 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.982 |
| Enterprise Value | 443,934,240 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.49848 |
| Eps Forward | 0.14457 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.33 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 4.1544 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.13560009 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.032640114 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -14.200002 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 5.61 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -1.3200002 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.23529415 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 1.65 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 2.6399999 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 1.5999999 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 1.65 - 5.61 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,622,035,800,000 |
| Float Shares | 60,515,167 |
| Forward Eps | 0.14457 |
| Forward P E | 29.674208 |
| Free Cashflow | 8,624,875 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 800 |
| Fullday Change | -0.02 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -0.464037 |
| Fullday Price | 4.19 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,785,542,400 |
| Gross Margins | 0.89118 |
| Gross Profits | 403,046,016 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.044650003 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.77355003 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 82,226,163 |
| Industry | Internet Content & Information |
| Industry Disp | Internet Content & Information |
| Industry Key | internet-content-information |
| Ipo Expected Date | 2,021-05-26 |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | ZipRecruiter, Inc. operates an online marketplace that connects job seekers and employers in the United States and internationally. Its two-sided marketplace enables employers to post jobs and access other features, as well as the job seekers that apply to jobs with a single click. The company was incorporated in 2010 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California. |
| Long Name | ZipRecruiter, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 352,750,208 |
| Market State | POSTPOST |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_270999467 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | 28,030,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 354,394,761 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 2 |
| Open | 4.3 |
| Operating Cashflow | 22,245,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.03505 |
| Overall Risk | 9 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 877 252 1062 |
| Post Market Change | -0.099999905 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -2.331 |
| Post Market Price | 4.19 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,874,432 |
| Previous Close | 4.31 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 8.606163 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | -4.1772156 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.77996695 |
| Profit Margins | 0.061979998 |
| Quick Ratio | 2.818 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.02 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -0.464037 |
| Regular Market Day High | 4.4 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 4.05 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 4.05 - 4.4 |
| Regular Market Open | 4.3 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 4.31 |
| Regular Market Price | 4.29 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,860,802 |
| Regular Market Volume | 1,322,334 |
| Return On Assets | 0.00378 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.052 |
| Revenue Per Share | 5.381 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.1890428 |
| Sector | Communication Services |
| Sector Disp | Communication Services |
| Sector Key | communication-services |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 10 |
| Shares Outstanding | 69,196,677 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.048 |
| Shares Short | 3,944,579 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 4,081,299 |
| Short Name | ZipRecruiter, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0591 |
| Short Ratio | 5.58 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | CA |
| Symbol | ZIP |
| Target High Price | 5.0 |
| Target Low Price | 4.5 |
| Target Mean Price | 4.75 |
| Target Median Price | 4.75 |
| Total Cash | 173,808,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 2.114 |
| Total Debt | 264,992,000 |
| Total Revenue | 452,263,008 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.33 |
| Trailing P E | 12.999999 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 3.4269 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 0.86310005 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.2518603 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 1,322,334 |
| Website | https://www.ziprecruiter.com |
| Zip | 90,405 |