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Ziprecruiter (ZIP) guidance and outlook

Ziprecruiter's 10-Q filed Nov 9, 2026 makes 10 forward-looking statements.

Guidance and outlook

Forward-looking statements, 10-Q filed Nov 9, 2026

• We plan to continue to invest aggressively in our marketplace to improve functionality and drive growth for the foreseeable future.
• We expect cost of revenue to increase or decrease in absolute dollars in direct correlation to revenue in future periods due to payment processing fees, third-party hosting fees, personnel-related costs to support additional transaction volume, and amortization expense associated with our capitalized internal-use software and development cost.
• We expect our cost of revenue as a percentage of revenue to remain relatively flat from year to year but may vary from quarter to quarter as a percentage of our revenue due to the timing and extent of these expenses.
• We expect our gross margin to remain relatively flat from year to year but may vary from quarter to quarter as a percentage of our revenue due to the timing and extent of these expenses.
• We expect that sales and marketing expenses will decrease or increase on an absolute dollar basis as we adjust our highly variable sales and marketing spend budget throughout economic cycles to conserve or reallocate spend where we see the greatest returns.
• Additionally, sales and marketing expenses may vary from period to period as a percentage of revenue for the foreseeable future as we constantly measure the expected returns of specific sales and marketing initiatives and adjust spend levels up or down accordingly.
• We expect that these expenses will continue to be our largest operating expense category for the foreseeable future as we continue to invest in our sales and marketing efforts over time.
• The decrease was partially offset by a $3.5 million increase in marketing and advertising spend as we deployed marketing dollars towards campaigns we believe will drive a strong return on investment.
• If we raise additional funds by issuing equity or equity-linked securities, the ownership of our existing stockholders will be diluted.
• There can be no assurances that we will be able to raise additional capital.

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We plan to continue to invest aggressively in our marketplace to improve functionality and drive growth for the foreseeable future. We expect cost of revenue to increase or decrease in absolute dollars in direct correlation to revenue in future periods due to payment processing fees, third-party hosting fees, personnel-related costs to support additional transaction volume, and amortization expense associated with our capitalized internal-use software and development cost. We expect our cost of revenue as a percentage of revenue to remain relatively flat from year to year but may vary from qua

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Updated Nov 9, 2026. Read automatically from SEC filings and public data; errors are possible. Not investment advice.