All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2023-03-14.
From the record
Ziff Davis, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 2 warning events of 2 kinds: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2023-03-14); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2022-03-01) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+1.4% a year over 4 filed years; profitable in 4 of 4.
From the record
Ziff Davis, Inc.'s 4 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1.4 billion in fiscal 2022 to $1.5 billion in fiscal 2025, up 1.4% a year; it rose in 2 of 3 years; the deepest fall was 2% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2023; net income was positive in 4 of 4 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count shrank 4.4% a year. 42% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 10 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Ziff Davis, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 4.4% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 42% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 10 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 3%: 3¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 52%: owes 52¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Ziff Davis, Inc. earned about 3 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 34 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 52 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 7.7% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
top 28% of 3 in its family; net margin 3.3%.
From the record
Ziff Davis, Inc.'s standing among 3 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.5 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 17% by size; a net margin of 3.3% ranks in the top 17%; revenue growth of 1.4% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 50% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
top 33% of 2 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2018.
From the record
Ziff Davis, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Shah, Vivek (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2018-01-02, 8.9 years (top 25% of its family); the 11 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.4 years (top 25%); 8 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 11 people in charge now (top 50%; 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.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
top 37% of 3 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Ziff Davis, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $607 million against debt of $867 million leaves -7.1% of its assets as net cash, bottom 17% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 19.8% of revenue (top 17%); a gross margin of 85.8% (top 25%); research spending of 4.3% of revenue (top 25%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
top 46% of 3 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Ziff Davis, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 1.4% a year over the last three filed years against 1.4% over all 4, speeding up (top 33% of its family); the newest year grew 3.5% (bottom 17%); research spending grew -5.8% a year (top 50%); capital spending grew 3.9% a year (top 17%) (its annual reports). Ziff Davis, Inc. reported 5 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Health and Wellness at $402 million, Technology and Shopping at $357 million, Cybersecurity and Martech at $278 million, and 2 more. 3 of 5 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 28% of revenue (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
bottom 39% of 3 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Ziff Davis, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.5 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 3.1% above the $1.4 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 17% of its family); net income of $47 million against a prior three-year average of $56 million (top 50%); a net margin of 3.3% against 4% before (top 50%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made