Growth Metrics

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

Ziff Davis (ZD) has disclosed Return on Sales for 17 consecutive years, with 0.05% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Sales fell 10.0% to 0.05% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.04% through Dec 2025, changed 0.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.04% for FY2025, N/A changed from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales hit 0.05% in Q4 2025 for Ziff Davis, up from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.16% in Q4 2023 to a low of 0.14% in Q3 2024.
  • Historically, Return on Sales has averaged 0.04% across 5 years, with a median of 0.04% in 2022.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Sales: decreased -12bps in 2022 and later grew 17bps in 2023.
  • Year by year, Return on Sales stood at 0.06% in 2021, then soared by 92bps to 0.0% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 3856bps to 0.16% in 2023, then fell by -9bps to 0.15% in 2024, then tumbled by -67bps to 0.05% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Sales for ZD at 0.05% in Q4 2025, 0.01% in Q3 2025, and 0.06% in Q2 2025.