Company Analysis

Zeta Global Holdings Corp. (ZETA)

NYSE: ZETA · Services-Prepackaged Software · New York, NY · filing with the SEC since 2021
Grade5.8
◀ Past 4.8● Present 6.1▶ Future 6.1

The grade of Zeta Global Holdings Corp.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.8/10
◀ Past4.825% of the headline
● Present6.135% of the headline
▶ Future6.140% 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?

4.8/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2021.

weight 22% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 230 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Zeta Global Holdings Corp.'s filings since 2021 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
5.7/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+27.3% a year over 7 filed years; profitable in 0 of 7.

weight 45% of this tense · 57th percentile among 213 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Zeta Global Holdings Corp.'s 7 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $306 million in fiscal 2019 to $1.3 billion in fiscal 2025, up 27.3% a year; it rose in 6 of 6 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 0 of 7 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span27.3%top 33% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 27% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 17% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 27% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
1.9/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 16.7% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 2 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 19th percentile among 152 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Zeta Global Holdings Corp.'s diluted share count grew about 16.7% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 2 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-23 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 23% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 14% 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?

6.1/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.0/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -4%: lost 4¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 46%: owes 46¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 50th percentile among 217 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Zeta Global Holdings Corp. lost about 4 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 53 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 46 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 18.7% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 50% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 45% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 17% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 23% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
7.0/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 30% of 218 in its family; net margin -2.4%.

weight 33% of this tense · 70th percentile among 218 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Zeta Global Holdings Corp.'s standing among 218 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.3 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 24% by size; a net margin of -2.4% ranks in the top 50%; revenue growth of 30.2% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 15% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.30Btop 24% of its family
  • net margin-2.4%top 50% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth30.2%top 15% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
7.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 30% of 139 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2021.

weight 22% of this tense · 70th percentile among 139 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Zeta Global Holdings Corp.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Steinberg, David (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2021-06-09, 5.4 years (top 37% of its family); the 10 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.4 years (top 45%); 1 officer or director change was reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 10 people in charge now (top 7%; 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 charge1 in three years among 10 peopletop 7% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.4 yearstop 45% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record5.4 yearstop 37% 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?

6.1/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.6/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 36% of 216 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 36th percentile among 216 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Zeta Global Holdings Corp.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $320 million against debt of $197 million leaves 8.2% of its assets as net cash, bottom 39% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 14.2% of revenue (top 48%); a gross margin of 60.6% (bottom 36%); research spending of 9% of revenue (bottom 15%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets8.2%bottom 39% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue14.2%top 48% of its family
  • gross margin60.6%bottom 36% of its family
  • research spending against revenue9.0%bottom 15% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
7.2/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 28% of 213 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 213 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Zeta Global Holdings Corp.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 30.2% a year over the last three filed years against 27.3% over all 7, speeding up (top 10% of its family); the newest year grew 29.7% (top 17%); research spending grew 19% a year (top 21%); capital spending grew -14.7% a year (bottom 34%) (its annual reports). Zeta Global Holdings Corp. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+2.9 points a yeartop 10% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth29.7%top 17% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending19.0%top 21% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-14.7%bottom 34% 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
6.5/10

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

top 35% of 194 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 65th percentile among 194 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Zeta Global Holdings Corp.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.3 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 0.5% below the $1.3 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 50% of its family); net income of $32 million against a prior three-year average of $179 million (top 31%); a net margin of -2.4% against -26.6% before (top 25%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-0.5%top 50% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+82%top 31% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+24.2 pointstop 25% 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

SI Assistanton ZETA · research, not advice