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ZIFF DAVIS, INC. (ZD) is currently considered not halal (non-compliant), per In-house ratio engine (last assessed 2026-08-28). See the full ratio breakdown and business-activity screen below for the reasoning.
⚠️ Financial ratios are only half the screen. A company whose core business is in an excluded sector — weapons/defense, alcohol, gambling, conventional (interest-based) finance, tobacco, pork, or adult entertainment — is non-compliant even if every debt and income ratio passes. So passing ratios below don't override this verdict; check the business-activity screen for the reason.
87 other Communication Services stocks pass this same screen. See compliant Communication Services stocks →
Computed from published company financials, balance sheet as of 2026-06-30. ZD files no SEC reports, so these ratios come from the issuer's own published statements rather than XBRL.
Business activity: cleared (no excluded categories detected)
| Ratio | Value | Threshold | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interest-bearing debt | 44.77% | 30.00% | Fail |
| Interest-bearing investments | 82.88% | 30.00% | Fail |
| Non-permissible income | 0.00% | 5.00% | Pass |
| Ratio | Value | Threshold | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interest-bearing debt | 21.70% | 33.00% | Pass |
| Interest-bearing investments | 40.17% | 33.00% | Fail |
| Non-liquid assets | 49.35% | at least 20.00% | Pass |
| Non-permissible income | 0.00% | 5.00% | Pass |
| Ratio | Value | Threshold | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interest-bearing debt | 21.70% | 33.33% | Pass |
| Cash + interest-bearing securities | 40.17% | 33.33% | Fail |
| Accounts receivable | 50.65% | 33.33% | Fail |
| Non-permissible income | 0.00% | 5.00% | Pass |
| Ratio | Value | Threshold | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interest-bearing debt | 21.70% | 33.33% | Pass |
| Cash + interest-bearing securities | 40.17% | 33.33% | Fail |
| Accounts receivable | 50.65% | 50.00% | Fail |
| Non-permissible income | 0.00% | 5.00% | Pass |
Scored against a trailing-average market cap (24-month), share-weighted by the issuer's own reported share counts — not today's market cap.
| Ratio | Value | Threshold | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interest-bearing debt | 55.04% | 33.00% | Fail |
| Cash + interest-bearing securities | 101.88% | 33.00% | Fail |
| Accounts receivable | 26.57% | 33.00% | Pass |
| Non-permissible income | 0.00% | 5.00% | Pass |
Scored against a trailing-average market cap (36-month), share-weighted by the issuer's own reported share counts — not today's market cap.
| Ratio | Value | Threshold | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interest-bearing debt | 46.92% | 33.00% | Fail |
| Cash + interest-bearing securities | 86.86% | 49.00% | Fail |
| Accounts receivable | 22.65% | 49.00% | Pass |
| Non-permissible income | 0.00% | 5.00% | Pass |
Scored against a trailing-average market cap (36-month), share-weighted by the issuer's own reported share counts — not today's market cap.
| Ratio | Value | Threshold | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interest-bearing debt | 46.92% | 33.33% | Fail |
| Cash + interest-bearing securities | 86.86% | 33.33% | Fail |
| Accounts receivable | 109.51% | 49.00% | Fail |
| Non-permissible income | 0.00% | 5.00% | Pass |
Research only, not investment advice. Thresholds are each standard-setter's published limits; a ratio marked “at least” is a floor, not a ceiling.
Every current reading against its own line, closest first. A verdict is only as durable as that distance.
Read from ZD's own filings. Every percentage on this page is one of these lines divided by another, so the inputs are shown rather than asserted.
| Line | Figure | As reported | Read from |
|---|---|---|---|
| RevenueTotal revenue for the period | $1.5B | 2026-06-30 | RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax |
| Interest-bearing debtShort and long-term borrowings | $867.6M | 2026-06-30 | LongTermDebtNoncurrent, LongTermDebtCurrent |
| Cash and interest-bearing securitiesCash, equivalents and marketable securities | $1.6B | 2026-06-30 | CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents |
| Total assetsBalance sheet total | $4.0B | 2026-06-30 | Assets |
| Market capDenominator for AAOIFI | $1.9B | live quote | price x shares |
| 36-month average market capDenominator for S&P Shariah and MSCI M-Series | $2.0B | 756 trading days | closes x shares |
| 24-month average market capDenominator for Dow Jones Islamic Market | $1.7B | 504 trading days | closes x shares |
| Non-permissible revenueInterest and excluded income | $0 | 2026-06-30 | no interest-income tag reported in 3+ years (treated as $0) |
Two dates, not one: a balance-sheet line and an income-statement line cover different windows by design, so each figure carries its own.
Verdict history for ZD. A verdict that never moved is recorded too, so a quiet history reads as measured rather than missing.
ℹ️ no compliance scan has run for 3 days - this is not a reading of today
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Standard indicator thresholds (RSI 30/70, Stochastic 20/80, CCI ±100, Williams %R −80/−20, MACD histogram sign, price vs. average) computed on daily bars. A summary of what common indicators say — not a recommendation, and not this site's own trading verdict.
| Indicator | Value | Signal |
|---|---|---|
| RSI (14) | 52.70 | NEUTRAL |
| Stochastic %K (14) | 60.32 | NEUTRAL |
| CCI (20) | -17.89 | NEUTRAL |
| Williams %R (14) | -39.68 | NEUTRAL |
| MACD (12,26,9) | -0.16 | SELL |
| ROC (10) | 0.02 | BUY |
| Momentum (10) | 0.01 | BUY |
| EMA (10) | 55.87 | BUY |
| SMA (10) | 55.64 | BUY |
| EMA (20) | 56.04 | BUY |
| SMA (20) | 56.69 | SELL |
| EMA (30) | 55.92 | BUY |
| SMA (30) | 56.37 | BUY |
| EMA (50) | 55.15 | BUY |
| SMA (50) | 55.68 | BUY |
| EMA (100) | 52.38 | BUY |
| SMA (100) | 52.27 | BUY |
| EMA (200) | 46.48 | BUY |
| SMA (200) | 45.76 | BUY |
Communication Services · Advertising Agencies
Ziff Davis, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a digital media and internet company in the United States and internationally. It offers online resources for laboratory-based product reviews, technology news, buying guides, and research papers under the PCMag and CNET brands; Mashable for publishing technology and culture content; Spiceworks provides digital content of IT products and services; RetailMeNot, a savings destination platform; VoucherCodes; Offers.com, a coupon and deals website; and event based properties, includes BlackFriday.com, TheBlackFriday.com, BestBlackFriday.com, and DealsofAmerica.com. It also offers gaming and entertainment platforms under the IGN Entertainment and Humble Bundle brands; and information on internet connectivity under the Speedtest, Ookla, Ekahau, Downdetector, and RootMetrics brands. The company also offers digital content and information services for health and wellness consumers under the Everyday Health, DailyOM, Lose It!, Castle Connolly, and Migraine Again brands; pregnancy and parenting content under the BabyCenter, Mom 2.0, Emma's Diary, Medpage Today, and What to Expect brands. In addition, it offers PRIME Education, a medical education program for healthcare professionals; and Health eCareers, a digital portal for healthcare professionals. Further, it provides endpoint and email security, security awareness training, secure backup and file sharing, and virtual private network solutions under the IPVanish, VIPRE, Livedrive, Inspired eLearning, and SugarSync brands; and email marketing and delivery solutions, search engine optimization tools, and voice and text communication services under the Campaigner, iContact, SMTP, Kickbox, Full Contact, MOZ Pro, MOZ Local, Stat Analytics, eVoice, and Line2 brands. The company was formerly known as j2 Global, Inc. and changed its name to Ziff Davis, Inc. in October 2021. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
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Weak — low conviction, small size or skip
Market structure by timeframe, read from real bars. A bias per timeframe rather than a forecast — timeframes disagreeing is information, not noise.
| Timeframe | Bias | Bars |
|---|---|---|
| 📅 Daily | RANGING | 42 |
| ⏰ 4H | RANGING | 35 |
| 🕐 1H | BULLISH | 98 |
| ⏱ 15-Min | BULLISH | 130 |
| ⏲ 5-Min | BULLISH | 234 |
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Insider transactions reported in the last ninety days. Insiders sell for reasons that have nothing to do with a view, so a sale on its own is not a signal.
NO DATA 0 buys · 0 sells
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NEUTRAL report date 2026-10-06 · Asset managers net 906615 (+2612)
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