Growth Metrics

Ziff Davis (ZD) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

Ziff Davis' Return on Sales history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.05% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Sales fell 10.0% year-over-year to 0.05%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.04%, changed 0.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.04%, N/A changed from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales for Q4 2025 was 0.05% at Ziff Davis, up from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.16% in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 0.14% in Q3 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Sales is 0.05% (2022), against an average of 0.03%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Sales decreased -24bps in 2021 before it rose 17bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.13% in 2021, then surged by 97bps to 0.0% in 2022, then surged by 3876bps to 0.16% in 2023, then decreased by -9bps to 0.15% in 2024, then plummeted by -67bps to 0.05% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for ZD's Return on Sales are 0.05% (Q4 2025), 0.01% (Q3 2025), and 0.06% (Q2 2025).