Ziff Davis (ZD) Tax Rate (2009 - 2025)
Ziff Davis (ZD) posted Tax Rate of -1.84% for Q2 2026, down 1.09 percentage points from -0.76% a year earlier but up 78.65 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Ziff Davis (ZD) Tax Rate (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jun 30, 2026, Tax Rate at Ziff Davis was -63.80%, down 118.26 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 31.51%, down 12.88 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Tax Rate shows a five-year change of -17.43 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Ziff Davis' Tax Rate was 44.39% in FY2024 (+12.19 pp), 32.20% in FY2023 (-11.99 pp), 44.19% in FY2022 (+48.23 pp) and -4.04% in FY2021 (-52.99 pp).
- Quarterly Tax Rate has run from a low of -80.49% in Q1 2026 to a high of 139.77% in Q3 2025 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Tax Rate has declined in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.25 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Tax Rate in the past five years was Q3 2025, with a gain of 174.64 percentage points; the weakest was Q1 2026, with a drop of 133.70 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Tax Rate for the three prior quarters was -80.49% (Q1 2026), -1.03% (Q4 2025) and 139.77% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warner Bros. Discovery | 77.62 Bn | 63.29 Bn | 4.10 Bn | - |
| 2 | Fox | 27.00 Bn | 12.91 Bn | - | 24.43% |
| 3 | Omnicom | 20.21 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 1.30 Bn | 27.11% |
| 4 | News | 15.94 Bn | 8.14 Bn | - | 17.27% |
| 5 | Paramount Skydance | 11.45 Bn | 9.37 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | New York Times | 10.22 Bn | 7.71 Bn | 394.61 Mn | 25.40% |
| 7 | Pearson | 10.20 Bn | 7.34 Bn | - | - |
| 8 | Sirius Xm Holdings | 8.72 Bn | 8.30 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 23.40% |
| 9 | 36Kr Holdings | 5.91 Bn | 5.85 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Ziff Davis | 1.98 Bn | -1.22 Bn | 241.03 Mn | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2025 | 139.77% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 53.21% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 18.25% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 19.92% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 42.20% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 17.04% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 27.25% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 27.01% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 45.85% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 16.71% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.56% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 28.32% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 26.67% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 132.51% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 16.98% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 28.11% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 29.48% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 22.91% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 18.28% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 27.11% |
API Access
Ziff Davis Tax Rate 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=tax-rate&ticker=ZD&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "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=tax-rate&ticker=ZD&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();