Growth Metrics

Ziff Davis (ZD) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Ziff Davis' Return on Invested Capital history spans 14 years, with the latest figure at 0.06% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital rose 3.0% year-over-year to 0.06%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.06%, up 3.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.05%, 2.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q4 2025 was 0.06% at Ziff Davis, down from 0.07% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.09% in Q3 2021 and bottomed at 0.02% in Q2 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.04% (2022), against an average of 0.05%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Invested Capital rose 7bps in 2022 before it dropped -4bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.07% in 2021, then tumbled by -47bps to 0.04% in 2022, then dropped by -2bps to 0.04% in 2023, then fell by -25bps to 0.03% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 99bps to 0.06% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for ZD's Return on Invested Capital are 0.06% (Q4 2025), 0.07% (Q3 2025), and 0.04% (Q2 2025).