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Ziff Davis (Ziff Davis) Operating Income : $189 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Ziff Davis Operating Income?

Ziff Davis's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $81 Mil. Its Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $189 Mil.

Operating Margin % is calculated as Operating Income divided by its Revenue. Ziff Davis's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $81 Mil. Ziff Davis's Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $390 Mil. Therefore, Ziff Davis's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 20.70%.

Good Sign:

Ziff Davis Inc operating margin is expanding. Margin expansion is usually a good sign.

Ziff Davis's 5-Year average Growth Rate for Operating Margin % was 0.80% per year.

Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition. Ziff Davis's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 10.53%. Ziff Davis's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 167.34%.


Ziff Davis Operating Income Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ziff Davis's Operating Income can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Ziff Davis Operating Income Chart

Ziff Davis Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Operating Income
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 88.22 138.34 199.97 226.31 189.46

Ziff Davis Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Operating Income Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 93.46 26.32 38.90 43.53 80.72

Ziff Davis Operating Income Calculation

Operating Income, is the profit a company earned through operations. All expenses, including cash expenses such as cost of goods sold (COGS), research & development, wages, and non-cash expenses, such as depreciation, depletion and amortization, have been deducted from the sales.

Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $189 Mil.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Ziff Davis  (NAS:ZD) Operating Income Explanation

1. Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition.

Ziff Davis's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

ROC % (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=NOPAT/Average Invested Capital
=Operating Income * ( 1 - Tax Rate % )/( (Invested Capital (Q: Sep. 2023 ) + Invested Capital (Q: Dec. 2023 ))/ count )
=322.88 * ( 1 - 17.04% )/( (2559.04 + 2530.535)/ 2 )
=267.861248/2544.7875
=10.53 %

where

Invested Capital(Q: Sep. 2023 )
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - Excess Cash
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - ( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities - max(0, Total Current Liabilities - Total Current Assets+Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities))
=3383.227 - 180.022 - ( 690.421 - max(0, 419.498 - 1063.663+690.421))
=2559.04

Invested Capital(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - Excess Cash
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - ( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities - max(0, Total Current Liabilities - Total Current Assets+Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities))
=3471.022 - 181.326 - ( 764.721 - max(0, 431.833 - 1190.994+764.721))
=2530.535

Note: The Operating Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) data.

2. Joel Greenblatt's definition of Return on Capital:

Ziff Davis's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=EBIT/Average of (Net fixed Assets + Net Working Capital)
=EBIT/Average of (Property, Plant and Equipment+Net Working Capital)
     Q: Sep. 2023  Q: Dec. 2023
=EBIT/( ( (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) + (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) )/ count )
=313.196/( ( (186.165 + max(-46.256, 0)) + (188.169 + max(-5.5600000000001, 0)) )/ 2 )
=313.196/( ( 186.165 + 188.169 )/ 2 )
=313.196/187.167
=167.34 %

where Working Capital is:

Working Capital(Q: Sep. 2023 )
=(Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Defer. Rev. + Other Current Liabilities)
=(291.485 + 0 + 81.757) - (180.022 + 182.741 + 56.735)
=-46.256

Working Capital(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=(Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Defer. Rev. + Other Current Liabilities)
=(337.703 + 0 + 88.57) - (181.326 + 184.549 + 65.958)
=-5.5600000000001

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBIT data.

3. Operating Income is also linked to Operating Margin %:

Ziff Davis's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Revenue (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=80.72/389.885
=20.70 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

4. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Operating Income growth rate using Operating Income per share data.


Be Aware

Compared with a company's EBITDA margin, Operating Margin can be manipulated by adjusting the rate of depreciation, depletion and amortization (DDA).

If a company is facing competition, its Operating Margin may decline. Often the Operating Margin declines well before the company's revenue or even profit decline. Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important indicator of whether the company is facing problems.

For instance, by 2012, Nokia (NOK)'s problems were well known and its stock had lost more than 90% of its market value since 2007. But Nokia's Operating Margin had already been in decline since 2002, although its earnings per share were still rising. Investors who paid attention to Operating Margin would have avoided this huge loss. The same can be said for Research-in-Motion (RIMM).

Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important screening filter for GuruFocus. GuruFocus's Buffett-Munger screener requires that the profit margin is either consistent or expanding. The Model Portfolio of the Buffett-Munger screener has outperformed the market every year since inception in 2009.


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Ziff Davis (Ziff Davis) Business Description

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Address
114 5th Avenue, 15th Floor New York, NY 10011
Ziff Davis is a vertically focused digital media and internet company whose portfolio includes leading brands in technology, entertainment, shopping, health, cybersecurity, and martech.
Executives
Vivek Shah director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O J2 GLOBAL, INC., 6922 HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD, SUITE 500, LOS ANGELES CA 90028
Sarah Ann Fay director 5 GORHAN AVENUE, BROOKLINE MA 02445
Layth Taki officer: Chief Accounting Officer 1 COURT SQUARE WEST, LONG ISLAND CITY NY 11101
W Brian Kretzmer director 26110 ENTERPRISE WAY, STE 200, LAKE FOREST CA 92630
Jeremy Rossen officer: VP/General Counsel ZIFF DAVIS INC, 114 5TH AVE,14TH AND 15TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10011
Bret Richter officer: Chief Financial Officer 11 PENNSYLVANIA PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10001
Teresa A Harris director 1820 E BIG BEAVER RD, TROY MI 48083
R Scott Turicchi officer: President C/O J2 GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC., 6922 HOLLYWOOD BLVD, 5TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90028
Douglas Y Bech director C/O J2 GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS INC, 6922 HOLLYWOOD BLVD/LEGAL DEPT - 5TH FL., LOS ANGELES CA 90028
Richard S Ressler director, 10 percent owner C/O J2 GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC., 6922 HOLLYWOOD BLVD, 5TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90028
Pamela Sutton-wallace director 197 VAN VORST ST, APT 1505, JERSEY CITY NJ 07302
Scott C Taylor director 20330 STEVENS CREEK BLVD., CUPERTINO CA 95014
Stephen Ross director
Robert J Cresci director
Jon Miller director C/O TRIPADVISOR, INC, 141 NEEDHAM STREET, NEWTON MA 02464