ZD · CIK 0001084048 · FY2025 live · 2025-12-31

ZIFF DAVIS, INC.

SafeSEC 10-KZ″Communication80th percentile in Communication · 76 names

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Model

Z″

FY2025

3.02

Zone

Safe

Prior

—

Market DD

—

1y PD

—

Meridian Rank

71.18

0–100 · Z″ tape · not a PD

Book standing
72
Year change
—
Market PD
—
O-score
69

Events on this name

Same published rows as Today. Not a live recompute.

Approaching grey
watch · 41
- Live Z: — → 3.02
- Cut: — → 1.10

3.02

Classic Z 1.72

−21.12.68+

Z″ 3.02 · distress below 1.10, grey to 2.60, safe above.

Z″ factor contributions

X1 Working capital / assets
Short-term liquidity. Carries more weight in Z″ than in classic Z.
0.08
6.56 × = 0.53
X2 Retained earnings / assets
Cushion from years of profits. Share buybacks can push this negative at otherwise healthy firms.
0.37
3.26 × = 1.19
X3 EBIT / assets
Operating return on assets. Highest weight in Z″.
0.05
6.72 × = 0.34
X4 Book equity / liabilities
Book equity versus the liability stack. Sales / assets is omitted so asset-light names are not punished for turnover.
0.92
1.05 × = 0.96

Five-year path

Need two annual 10-Ks to draw a path. The desk will pull this issuer’s filings rather than invent a series.

Overview

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ZIFF DAVIS, INC. is on Z″ at 3.02 (safe) for FY2025, from an SEC 10-K. Retained earnings / assets is the line that sets the print; book equity / liabilities is the runner-up. This is the first live year on the desk. No market tape loaded. Z″ drops sales/assets so asset-light names are not punished for turnover. X4 is book equity on every name.

Book screen Safe; market PD —. Tape not priced — not a single default call.

Market DD · naive Merton

No market tape yet.

Pull a year of closes (Yahoo, Nasdaq if Yahoo is limited) and size equity from Nasdaq cap or EDGAR shares. Distance-to-default and 1-year PD stay blank until then.

Sector peers

Closest Z″ scores · 80th percentile in Communication.

KPI widgets

Current assets

$1.4B

Total assets

$3.7B

Current liabilities

$1.1B

Total liabilities

$1.9B

Working capital

$295M

Retained earnings

$1.3B

EBIT

$183M

Total sales

$1.5B

Book equity

$1.8B

Accession 0001084048-26-000005. Live rank is the latest 10-K on EDGAR (FY2025, period 2025-12-31). Z″ is the live score. View as does not rewrite the live rank. X4 is book equity. Pulled 13 Sept 2026.