ZDZiff Davis, Inc.

$56.51+48% 1Y

Is the price fair?

Good

Undemanding: modest expectations priced in and cheap against its own history.

2 good, 1 neutral
What the price assumes~−12% a year

Priced for a decline (~−12% a year). Little growth is priced in even as revenue fell 1% a year over three years, potential value, or a value trap.

Vs its own P/E rangecheapest in 40 quartersderived

Cheap vs its own history: P/E 3.2 vs a 24.3 median over 40 quarters (−87% vs median).

Vs sector (EV/EBIT)14.4×

Sector median 16.8× across 43 covered peers. EV/EBIT counts debt as part of the price, so a cash-rich and a borrowed company can be compared on the same footing.

Unless marked, from derived, as of Jun 30, 2026.

Against the whole market›

Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.

P/E (valuation)top 1% of the market
FCF yieldtop 4% of the market

Where this answer is blind. The growth-implied estimate assumes a fixed discount rate; capital-heavy sectors look structurally rich on it.

What ZD's price assumes

Ziff Davis, Inc. trades at 3.20× earnings against 21.3× for the median Advertising Agencies name, cheaper than its own group.

3.20

Trailing P/E · Advertising Agencies median 21.3 · cheaper than the typical name in its group

Price / sales
1.35

Price / sales · today's price, trailing year to Jun 30, 2026

Free cash flow yield
18%

Free cash flow yield · Advertising Agencies median 14%

Growth the price implies
−12%

Growth the price implies · The price pays for −12% free cash flow growth a year for a decade; the business has delivered +18% a year over the last three.

Details›
Price / booktoday's price, trailing year to Jun 30, 2026
0.80
EV / EBITtoday's price, trailing year to Jun 30, 2026
14.4
EV / salestoday's price, trailing year to Jun 30, 2026
0.79
Communication Services median P/E140 names
16.1
Advertising Agencies median P/E15 names
21.3
Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
$317M
Market capitalisation
$1.79B
3-year revenue growth
−1.1%
3-year free cash flow growth
+18%
ZD has re-rated away from its own history, so multiplying the old multiple by today's earnings prices a full reversal, not the business
MethodPer share
What its own history would implynot meaningful, 3.20× today against a 24.3× median
52-week range$26.51 – $59.16
Today$56.51

Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.