A new trading day began on Friday, with Ziff Davis Inc (NASDAQ: ZD) stock price down -4.88% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $32.36. ZD’s price has ranged from $29.15 to $60.62 over the past 52 weeks.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Communication Services Sector giant was 0.43%. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 2.61%. With a float of $41.12 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $42.23 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 3800 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 64.01%, operating margin of 8.2%, and the pretax margin is 7.05%.
Ziff Davis Inc (ZD) Insider Activity
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Advertising Agencies Industry. The insider ownership of Ziff Davis Inc is 2.31%, while institutional ownership is 106.73%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 06 ’25, was worth 25,029. In this transaction Director of this company bought 653 shares at a rate of $38.33, taking the stock ownership to the 12,968 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 05 ’25, when Company’s Chief Financial Officer bought 2,500 for $39.21, making the entire transaction worth $98,025. This insider now owns 16,339 shares in total.
Ziff Davis Inc (ZD) Earnings and Forecasts
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 2.61% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 4.47% during the next five years compared to -20.26% drop over the previous five years of trading.
Ziff Davis Inc (NASDAQ: ZD) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are Ziff Davis Inc’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 1.52. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.91. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 5.60.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 1.60, a number that is poised to hit 1.19 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 7.11 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Ziff Davis Inc (ZD)
Looking closely at Ziff Davis Inc (NASDAQ: ZD), its last 5-days average volume was 0.49 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 0.52 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 36.41%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.40.
During the past 100 days, Ziff Davis Inc’s (ZD) raw stochastic average was set at 6.16%, which indicates a significant increase from 3.62% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 42.63% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 51.53% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $32.06, while its 200-day Moving Average is $45.43. However, in the short run, Ziff Davis Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $32.74. Second resistance stands at $34.69. The third major resistance level sits at $35.75. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $29.72, it is likely to go to the next support level at $28.66. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $26.71.
Ziff Davis Inc (NASDAQ: ZD) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 1.30 billion, the company has a total of 42,088K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 1,402 M while annual income is 63,050 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 328,640 K while its latest quarter income was 24,240 K.
