BZFD · CIK 0001828972 · FY2025 live · 2025-12-31
BuzzFeed, Inc.
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Model
Z″
FY2025
−13.43
Zone
Distress
Prior
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Market DD
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1y PD
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−13.43
Classic Z −4.76
Z″ −13.43 · 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.
−0.056.56 × = −0.32X2 Retained earnings / assets
Cushion from years of profits. Share buybacks can push this negative at otherwise healthy firms.
−3.613.26 × = −11.78X3 EBIT / assets
Operating return on assets. Highest weight in Z″.
−0.256.72 × = −1.71X4 Book equity / liabilities
Book equity versus the liability stack. Sales / assets is omitted so asset-light names are not punished for turnover.
0.361.05 × = 0.38
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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BuzzFeed, Inc. is on Z″ at −13.43 (distress) for FY2025, from an SEC 10-K. Retained earnings / assets is the line that sets the print. 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 Distress; 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 · 1st percentile in Communication.
- CHAIDistressCore AI Holdings, Inc.−9.79
- TTGTDistressTechTarget, Inc.−9.10
- SPIRDistressSpire Global, Inc.−8.71
- BBGIDistressBEASLEY BROADCAST GROUP INC−7.23
- PAAIDistressParadium.AI, Inc.−6.79
- EVCDistressENTRAVISION COMMUNICATIONS CORP−6.51
- UCLDistressuCloudlink Group Inc.−6.43
- UONEDistressURBAN ONE, INC.−6.35
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Current assets
$86M
Total assets
$188M
Current liabilities
$95M
Total liabilities
$138M
Working capital
−$9M
Retained earnings
−$680M
EBIT
−$48M
Total sales
$185M
Book equity
$49M
Accession 0001828972-26-000030. 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 12 Sept 2026.