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Ziff Davis (ZD) guidance and outlook

Ziff Davis' 10-Q filed Nov 6, 2026 makes 15 forward-looking statements.

Guidance and outlook

Forward-looking statements, 10-Q filed Nov 6, 2026

• ◦ Acquire or divest businesses on acceptable terms, execute on our investment strategies, successfully manage our growth, and integrate and realize anticipated synergies from acquisitions;
• ◦ Realize the anticipated benefits from the divestiture of our Connectivity business;
• ◦ Meet any publicly announced guidance or other expectations about our business and future operating results; and
• Due to the nature of certain of the Company’s services, changes in our customer base are expected and do not have significant financial implications for the Company as the Company generally does not have significant upfront customer acquisition costs for these customers.
• During the three months ended June 30, 2026, the Company performed a quantitative fair value test on one reporting unit within the Health & Wellness reportable segment following reductions in forecasted revenue and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (“EBITDA”) in the reporting unit during the second quarter of 2026.
• During the three months ended September 30, 2026, the Company performed a quantitative fair value test on four reporting units within the Technology & Shopping, Health & Wellness, and Cybersecurity & Martech reportable segments following reductions in forecasted revenue and EBITDA in the reporting units during the third quarter of 2026.
• The discount rate the Company used represents the estimated weighted average cost of capital, which reflects the overall level of inherent risk involved in its reporting unit operations and the rate of return a market participant would expect to earn.
• During the three months ended June 30, 2026, the Company assessed the recoverability of certain of its assets in its Health & Wellness reportable segment following reductions in forecasted revenue and EBITDA in one of its asset groups and recorded an impairment of its internal-use-software of approximately $1.8 million within ‘General, administrative, and other related costs’ in the Condensed Consolidated…
• As a result, we expect to continue to take steps to improve the relevance of the ads displayed on our websites and applications and those included within our advertising networks, and improve the effectiveness of our content as well as our subscription services and licenses.
• As a result, we expect to continue to take steps to enhance our existing offerings and offer new services to continue to satisfy the evolving needs of our customers.
• We expect acquisitions to remain an important component of our strategy and use of capital across our Company; however, for a number of reasons, including macroeconomic conditions, in a given period, we may close greater or fewer acquisitions than in prior periods or acquisitions of greater or lesser significance than in prior periods.
• In the past, we have divested certain businesses that we determined were no longer consistent with the Company’s focus or that no longer aligned with the current or expected business performance of the Company’s other businesses.

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◦ Acquire or divest businesses on acceptable terms, execute on our investment strategies, successfully manage our growth, and integrate and realize anticipated synergies from acquisitions; ◦ Realize the anticipated benefits from the divestiture of our Connectivity business; ◦ Meet any publicly announced guidance or other expectations about our business and future operating results; and

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Updated Nov 8, 2026. Read automatically from SEC filings and public data; errors are possible. Not investment advice.