Company Analysis

BuzzFeed, Inc. (BZFD)

Nasdaq: BZFD · Communications Services, NEC · New York, NY · filing with the SEC since 2020
Grade3.8
◀ Past 3.5● Present 3.4▶ Future 4.3
1 est.

Income statement, as filed

In thousands of US dollars (USD), as filed; per-share figures in US dollars; share counts. The fiscal year ends in December.
Income statement, by fiscal year, newest first
Fiscal yearFY 2025FY 2024FY 2023FY 2022FY 2021FY 2020FY 2019FY 2018
Period endingDec 31, 2025Dec 31, 2024Dec 31, 2023Dec 31, 2022Dec 31, 2021Dec 31, 2020Dec 31, 2019Dec 31, 2018
Report filedMar 16, 2026Mar 14, 2025Mar 29, 2024Mar 16, 2023Mar 30, 2022Mar 31, 2021··
Revenue185,266189,887230,441r325,777r383,804r321,324317,923·
For lenders
Net interest income···-21,155-2,885-9231,393·
Cost of revenue110,151105,065129,782r184,537r199,015r140,290150,350·
Research and development10,79310,85511,17927,100r24,663r17,66921,129·
Sales and marketing15,75519,72935,942r44,073r53,233r50,68079,845·
General and administrative50,42658,62778,026111,437r108,694r83,06187,417·
Total costs and expenses233,152213,422275,262r440,348r407,698r309,186358,191·
Operating income-47,886-23,535-44,821r-114,571r-23,894r12,138-40,268·
Interest expense5,7136,7826,4686,4202,496···
Other income (expense), net-4,878-1,605-2,990-3,076-3,974r882r1,598·
Income before income taxes-56,948-33,294-54,110r-114,829r1,121r12,097-37,277·
Income tax expense3866621,6022,730r-2,749r941-358·
Income from continuing operations-57,334-33,956-55,712r-117,559r3,870···
Income from discontinued operations024,028-33,610r-83,767r22,006···
Net income including non-controlling interests-57,334-9,928-89,322-201,32625,87611,156-36,919·
Net income to non-controlling interests390168-743-533228···
Net income-57,724-10,096-88,579-200,95724,71210,336-37,192·
Net income to common shareholders-57,724-10,096-88,579-200,95700-37,192·
Earnings per share, basic-1.53-0.27-2.48r-5.82r0.00b0.00b-12.60b·
Earnings per share, diluted-1.53-0.27-2.48r-5.82r-0.12b0.00-12.60b·
Weighted average shares, basic37,835,00037,386,00035,766,000r34,537,000r6,762,000b2,985,500b2,951,000b·
Weighted average shares, diluted37,835,00037,386,00035,766,000r34,537,000r7,000,250b2,985,500b2,951,000b·
As filed with the SEC, each figure from the newest report that carries it, and linked to it. Nothing here is computed.Share counts and per-share figures are on the newest report's basis, after the 1-for-4 reverse split.A dot is a line not tagged for that period. r restated by the company in a later report; b a share figure put on the newest basis or filed in the wrong unit. Hover a figure for its filing and note.
What each line is, and the XBRL concept behind it
Revenue what customers paid for what it soldus-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax
Net interest income interest earned less interest paidus-gaap:InterestIncomeExpenseNet
Cost of revenue what it cost to make or buy what it soldus-gaap:CostOfGoodsAndServiceExcludingDepreciationDepletionAndAmortization
Research and development spent on inventing what it sells nextus-gaap:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense
Sales and marketing the cost of finding and serving customersus-gaap:SellingAndMarketingExpense
General and administrative the cost of running the company itselfus-gaap:GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
Total costs and expenses every operating cost, the cost of revenue includedus-gaap:CostsAndExpenses
Operating income profit from running the business, before interest and taxus-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss
Interest expense what its borrowing costus-gaap:InterestExpenseNonoperating
us-gaap:InterestExpense
Other income (expense), net gains and costs outside the businessus-gaap:OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
Income before income taxes profit before taxus-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
Income tax expense tax charged on the period's profitus-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Income from continuing operations profit from the businesses it keepsus-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Income from discontinued operations profit or loss from businesses it sold or closedus-gaap:IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTax
Net income including non-controlling interests the whole group's profit, minority holders' share includedus-gaap:ProfitLoss
Net income to non-controlling interests the share that belongs to minority holdersus-gaap:NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Net income the profit or loss that belongs to the company's shareholdersus-gaap:NetIncomeLoss
Net income to common shareholders what is left for common shareholdersus-gaap:NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic
Earnings per share, basic net income per share outstandingus-gaap:EarningsPerShareBasic
Earnings per share, diluted net income per share, counting every share that could be issuedus-gaap:EarningsPerShareDiluted
Weighted average shares, basic the average count of shares outstandingus-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
Weighted average shares, diluted the average count with every share that could be issuedus-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding
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