Ziff Davis (ZD) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026)
Ziff Davis' Retained Earnings came in at $1.87 billion for Q2 2026, up 32.5% from $1.41 billion a year earlier and up 40.2% from the prior quarter.
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Ziff Davis (ZD) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025, Ziff Davis' Retained Earnings was $1.34 billion, down 4.5% from FY2024.
- Retained Earnings has declined in each of the last three years, though with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 10.6% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Retained Earnings was $1.4 billion in FY2024 (-6.1%), $1.49 billion in FY2023 (-3.0%), $1.54 billion in FY2022 (+1.5%) and $1.52 billion in FY2021 (+87.3%).
- The Q2 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly Retained Earnings in data going back to Q4 2009.
- Year-over-year, Retained Earnings increased in two of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 0.3%.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Retained Earnings over five years came in Q4 2021 (growth of 87.3%), and the weakest in Q1 2025 (a decline of 6.5%).
- Business Quant data shows ZD's Retained Earnings at $1.33 billion (Q1 2026), $1.34 billion (Q4 2025) and $1.37 billion (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Retained Earnings (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warner Bros. Discovery | 77.62 Bn | 63.29 Bn | 4.10 Bn | -14.28 Bn |
| 2 | Fox | 27.00 Bn | 12.91 Bn | - | 4.46 Bn |
| 3 | Omnicom | 20.21 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 1.30 Bn | 11.32 Bn |
| 4 | News | 15.94 Bn | 8.14 Bn | - | -312.00 Mn |
| 5 | Paramount Skydance | 11.45 Bn | 9.37 Bn | - | -1.75 Bn |
| 6 | New York Times | 10.22 Bn | 7.71 Bn | 394.61 Mn | 2.66 Bn |
| 7 | Pearson | 10.20 Bn | 7.34 Bn | - | 1.12 Bn |
| 8 | Sirius Xm Holdings | 8.72 Bn | 8.30 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 11.92 Bn |
| 9 | 36Kr Holdings | 5.91 Bn | 5.85 Bn | - | -280.93 Mn |
| 10 | Ziff Davis | 1.98 Bn | -1.22 Bn | 241.03 Mn | 1.87 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 1.87 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 1.33 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.34 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 1.37 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 1.41 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.41 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.40 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.34 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.47 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.50 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.49 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.43 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.49 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.53 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.54 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 1.47 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 1.45 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.51 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.52 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 931.48 Mn |
API Access
Ziff Davis Retained Earnings API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=retained-earnings&ticker=ZD&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "retained-earnings", "ticker": "ZD", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=retained-earnings&ticker=ZD&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();