BuzzFeed, Inc. (BZFD)

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BuzzFeed, Inc.'s filings since 2020 show 11 warning events of 4 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 7 times, the latest 2026-03-03); a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2021-11-15); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 2 times, the latest 2026-04-16); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2021-05-17) (its current reports).

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BuzzFeed, Inc.'s 7 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $318 million in fiscal 2019 to $185 million in fiscal 2025, down 8.6% a year; it rose in 2 of 6 years; the deepest fall was 52% from fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 2 of 7 of those years (its annual reports).

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Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, BuzzFeed, Inc. lost about 115 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 73 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 1.2% over the year (the filed statements).

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BuzzFeed, Inc.'s standing among 19 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $185 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 44% by size; a net margin of -31.2% ranks in the bottom 34%; revenue growth of -17.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 13% (its annual reports).

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BuzzFeed, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Folks, Byron Allen (CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-09-15, 2 months (bottom 4% of its family); the 13 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 3 years (bottom 21%); 11 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 13 people in charge now (bottom 23%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

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BuzzFeed, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $8 million against debt of $28 million leaves -10.3% of its assets as net cash, bottom 39% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -11.2% of revenue (top 47%); research spending of 5.8% of revenue (top 43%) (its annual report).

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BuzzFeed, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -17.1% a year over the last three filed years against -8.6% over all 7, slowing (bottom 21% of its family); the newest year grew -2.4% (bottom 44%); research spending grew -26.4% a year (bottom 25%); capital spending grew -28.8% a year (bottom 15%) (its annual reports). BuzzFeed, Inc. reported 3 product lines in fiscal 2025: Advertising at $92 million (50%), Commerce and Other at $57 million (31%), Content at $37 million (20%); 1 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

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BuzzFeed, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $185 million in fiscal 2025 came in 27.8% above the $145 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 26% of its family); net income of $58 million against a prior three-year average of $100 million (top 44%); a net margin of -31.2% against -35.1% before (top 44%) (its annual reports).