Ziff Davis, Inc. (ZD) Stock Analysis
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Communication Services · Advertising Agencies
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $46.15: Quality below floor (3.8 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.6/10. Specifically: High short interest: 20%; Elevated put/call ratio: 1.50; Below-average business quality.
Ziff Davis is a vertically focused digital media and internet company with five segments: Technology & Shopping, Gaming & Entertainment, Health & Wellness, Connectivity, and Cybersecurity & Martech. Revenue comes from advertising/performance marketing on owned digital properties... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $46.15: Quality below floor (3.8 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.6/10. Specifically: High short interest: 20%; Elevated put/call ratio: 1.50; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: Golden cross, above all MAs, RSI 64, MACD bullish. Score 4.6/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/8 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 58d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
Recent developments
updated 2026-06-09Recent Developments — Ziff Davis, Inc.
Latest news
- NEWS Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH Purchases 37,108 Shares of Ziff Davis, Inc. $ZD - MarketBeat — MarketBeat neutral
- NEWS What To Expect From Ziff Davis’s (ZD) Q1 Earnings - StockStory — StockStory neutral
- NEWS What To Expect From Ziff Davis’s (ZD) Q1 Earnings - TradingView — TradingView neutral
- NEWS Syntax Stratified MidCap ETF's Ziff Davis Inc(ZD) Holding History - GuruFocus — GuruFocus neutral
- NEWS Ziff Davis (NASDAQ:ZD) Shares Gap Up - What's Next? - MarketBeat — MarketBeat positive
Generated 2026-06-09T22:16:36Z.
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Rating Breakdown
3 floor-breakers
Revenue shrinking — -1.9% YoY. Growth thesis broken unless recovery story develops.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
Quality below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $46.15: Quality below floor (3.8 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.6/10. Specifically: High short interest: 20%; Elevated put/call ratio: 1.50; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: Golden cross, above all MAs, RSI 64, MACD bullish. Prior stop was $42.94. Score 4.6/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $47.54 (+3.0% upside). Prior stop was $42.94. Stop-loss: $42.94.
Target reached (-8.3% upside); Quality below floor (3.8 < 4.0); Value-trap signals (2/5): High leverage (D/E 9.7), Material insider selling (22 sells, 0.03% of cap).
Ziff Davis, Inc. trades at a P/E of 39.8 (forward 8.4). TrendMatrix value score: 6.5/10. Verdict: Sell.
14 analysts cover ZD with a consensus score of 3.9/5. Average price target: $49.
What does Ziff Davis, Inc. do?Ziff Davis is a vertically focused digital media and internet company with five segments: Technology & Shopping, Gaming...
Ziff Davis is a vertically focused digital media and internet company with five segments: Technology & Shopping, Gaming & Entertainment, Health & Wellness, Connectivity, and Cybersecurity & Martech. Revenue comes from advertising/performance marketing on owned digital properties and cloud-based SaaS subscriptions; it has deployed ~$3.3B across nearly 100 acquisitions since 2012.