Ziff Davis, Inc. (ZD)

Ziff Davis, Inc. (ZD) — VMCI valuation read

ZD prints VMCI 58/100 inside the Communication Services sector, where the median sits at 50. The 8-point above-median delta is the cleanest single-number summary of Ziff Davis, Inc.'s composite stance, and in the mid-cap bucket it places the share ahead of the typical peer on the five-pillar mix.

On ZD, the SEC EDGAR Form 4 stream shows no insider buys or sells in the past 30 days. Quiet tapes happen; they just remove a signal that bull and bear cases sometimes lean on for confirmation.

**Investor frame.** ZD trades at 24.0x earnings, 33% above the Communication Services median of 18.0x; that is the value line. ROIC of 14.0% sits 4.0pp above the Communication Services median (10.0%); that is the quality line. net debt to EBITDA of -0.1x leaves covenant headroom; that is the risk line for Ziff Davis, Inc. on the trailing financials.

ZD rose 1.2% over the trailing 7 days, with a -7.7% read on a 30-day basis.