Basis of Presentation and Overview

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2025

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

The accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of Ziff Davis, Inc. and its direct and indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries (“Ziff Davis”, the “Company”, “our”, “us”, or “we”), were prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), and all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

The accompanying interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with instructions for Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The preparation of these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions. These estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, as well as the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates. All normal recurring adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of these interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements were made.

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 filed with the SEC on February 25, 2025 and other filings with the SEC.

The results of operations for this interim period are not necessarily indicative of the operating results that may be expected for the full year or for any future period.

Description of Business

Ziff Davis is a vertically focused digital media and internet company whose portfolio includes leading brands in technology, shopping, gaming and entertainment, health and wellness, connectivity, cybersecurity, and martech. Our business specializes in the technology, shopping, gaming and entertainment, healthcare, and connectivity markets, offering content, tools, and services to consumers and businesses, and provides internet-delivered cloud-based services to consumers and businesses including cybersecurity, privacy, and marketing technology.

Reclassifications

Certain prior year reported amounts have been reclassified to conform to the 2025 presentation. For the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company reclassified depreciation and amortization of $1.2 million and $47.3 million from ‘Direct costs’ and ‘General, administrative, and other related costs’, respectively, to ‘Depreciation and amortization’ to conform with current period presentation.

Significant Accounting Policies

The significant accounting policies followed by the Company are set forth in Note 1 to the Company's consolidated financial statements included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. For the three months ended March 31, 2025, there have been no new or material changes to the significant accounting policies discussed in the Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.

Accounts Receivable, net

Accounts receivable, net consisted of the following (in thousands):


	March 31, 2025		December 31, 2024
Settlement receivables, net	$	208,847	$	296,553
Trade receivables, net	309,016		363,670
Accounts receivable, net	$	517,863	$	660,223

Settlement receivables, net represent amounts due from third parties that are collected by the Company and passed through to our customers, net of a fee earned by the Company, related to services provided in the facilitation of gift card processing and program management.

Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses

Accounts payable and accrued expenses consisted of the following (in thousands):


	March 31, 2025		December 31, 2024
Accounts payable	$	140,909	$	164,352
Settlement payables, net	252,706		408,747
Accrued employee related costs	27,356		55,800
Other accrued liabilities	42,547		41,870
Total Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$	463,518	$	670,769

Settlement payables, net represent amounts owed to our customers related to services provided in the facilitation of gift card processing and program management whereby, as part of our services we collect from third-parties and pass through payment to our customers, net of a fee earned by the Company.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Recently issued applicable accounting pronouncements not yet adopted

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. The amendments in the update require public business entities on an annual basis to disclose specific categories in the rate reconciliation and provide additional information for reconciling items that meet a quantitative threshold of equal to or greater than 5% of the amount computed by multiplying pretax income by statutory income tax rate. The amendments also require that entities disclose on an annual basis information about the amount of income taxes paid disaggregated by federal, state, and foreign taxes and the amount of income taxes paid disaggregated by individual jurisdictions in which income taxes paid is equal to or greater than 5% of total income taxes paid. The amendments eliminate some of the previously required disclosures for all entities relating to estimates of the change in unrecognized tax benefits reasonably possible within twelve months. The amendments in this update are effective on a prospective basis for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted. This update will result in the required additional disclosures being included in our consolidated financial statements, once adopted.

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expenses Disaggregation Disclosure (Subtopic 220-40), which requires disaggregated disclosure of income statement expenses for public business entities. The amendments in this update do not change the expense captions an entity presents on the face of the income statement; rather, they require disaggregation of certain expense captions into specified categories, including but not limited to purchases of inventory, employee compensation, depreciation, amortization, and selling expenses. In January 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-01, Income Statements - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Clarifying the Effective Date. This update, as clarified by ASU 2025-01, is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and for interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. This update will result in the required additional disclosures being included in our consolidated financial statements, once adopted.