Company Analysis

Zedge, Inc. (ZDGE)

NYSE: ZDGE · Services-Prepackaged Software · New York, NY · filing with the SEC since 2016
Grade5.6
◀ Past 5.0● Present 5.9▶ Future 5.6

The grade of Zedge, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.6/10
◀ Past5.025% of the headline
● Present5.935% of the headline
▶ Future5.640% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.0/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
3.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

7 warning events since 2017; the latest 2023-02-09.

weight 22% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 230 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Zedge, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 7 warning events of 2 kinds: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 5 times, the latest 2023-02-09); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 2 times, the latest 2022-11-01) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
3.6/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+13.6% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 2 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 36th percentile among 213 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Zedge, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $10 million in fiscal 2017 to $32 million in fiscal 2026, up 13.6% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 19% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2019; net income was positive in 2 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span13.6%bottom 37% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 31% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 46% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak18.6%bottom 30% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.2/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 2.7% a year. 57% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 2 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 82nd percentile among 152 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-07-31, Zedge, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 2.7% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 57% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 2 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 11% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 26% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.9/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.9/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -1%: lost 1¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 29%: owes 29¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 79th percentile among 217 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-07-31, Zedge, Inc. lost about 1 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 93 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 29 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 5.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 26% of its family
  • return on equitytop 50% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 3% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 4% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
3.5/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 35% of 218 in its family; net margin -0.4%.

weight 33% of this tense · 35th percentile among 218 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Zedge, Inc.'s standing among 218 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $32 million in fiscal 2026 ranks in the bottom 21% by size; a net margin of -0.4% ranks in the top 47%; revenue growth of 5.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 30% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$31.6Mbottom 21% of its family
  • net margin-0.4%top 47% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth5.1%bottom 30% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
5.5/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 45% of 139 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 55th percentile among 139 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Zedge, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Berger, Morris (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-10-30, under a month (bottom 1% of its family); the 9 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 8.6 years (top 12%); 3 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 9 people in charge now (top 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.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge3 in three years among 9 peopletop 23% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed8.6 yearstop 12% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the recordunder a monthbottom 1% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.6/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
8.1/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 19% of 216 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 81st percentile among 216 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Zedge, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $20 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 60% of its assets as net cash, top 7% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 14.3% of revenue (top 48%); a gross margin of 99.9% (top 1%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets60.0%top 7% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue14.3%top 48% of its family
  • gross margin99.9%top 1% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
3.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 33% of 213 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 213 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Zedge, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 5.1% a year over the last three filed years against 13.6% over all 10, slowing (bottom 39% of its family); the newest year grew 7.6% (bottom 33%); capital spending grew -20.6% a year (bottom 26%) (its annual reports). Zedge, Inc. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Zedge Marketplace at $27 million (93%), Guru Shots at $2 million (7%); 1 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-8.5 points a yearbottom 39% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth7.6%bottom 33% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-20.6%bottom 26% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
7.2/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 28% of 194 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 194 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Zedge, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $32 million in fiscal 2026 came in 3.6% above the $31 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 31% of its family); net income of $131 thousand against a prior three-year average of $6 million (top 25%); a net margin of -0.4% against -20.3% before (top 30%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace3.6%top 31% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+98%top 25% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+19.9 pointstop 30% of its family

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

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