---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001084048-22-000062"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ZD"
cik: "0001084048"
company_name: "ZIFF DAVIS, INC."
filed_at: "2022-11-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T00:35:13.992366+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ziff Davis Q3 revenue down 3.7% to $341.9M; adj. EPS up 6% to $1.58; revises FY22 guidance

## Summary
- Revenue $341.9M (-3.7% YoY); pro-forma revenue -1.1%. Digital Media +0.6%; Cybersecurity & Martech -15.8% actual.
- Adjusted non-GAAP net income from cont. ops $74.3M (+6.0%); Adjusted EBITDA $120.1M (+0.3%), margin 35.1%.
- Adjusted non-GAAP diluted EPS $1.58 (+6.0% YoY); GAAP net income $18.2M vs $6.8M in prior year.
- FY2022 guidance: revenue lowered to $1.39-1.40B (prior $1.41-1.435B); adj. EBITDA $507-513M; adj. EPS raised to $6.70-6.80.
- Ended Q3 with $801M cash; deployed $94.1M to repay senior notes and $19.3M for acquisitions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001084048-22-000062
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ZD
- cik: 0001084048
- company_name: ZIFF DAVIS, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-11-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1084048/000108404822000062/0001084048-22-000062-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1084048/000108404822000062/jcom-20221108.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001084048-22-000062.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  ZIFF DAVIS, INC. reported third quarter ended September 30, 2022 results: revenue $341.9 million, net income $18.2 million, EPS $0.39. Guidance lowered.
  - Period: third quarter ended September 30, 2022
  - Revenue: $341.9 million
  - Net income: $18.2 million
  - EPS: $0.39
  - Guidance: lowered
  - Result: preliminary results
  source text: during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, which are on a combined continuing and discontinued operations basis. Q3 2022 quarterly revenues decreased 3.7% to $341.9 million compared to $355.1 million for Q3 2021. On a pro-forma (1) basis, Q3 2022 quarterly revenues decreased 1.1% to $341.9 million as compared to $345.6 million for Q3 2021. GAAP net
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1084048/000108404822000062/0001084048-22-000062-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.