Ziprecruiter, Inc.
ZIP NYSE Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. Financials FY2019βFY2025
What Ziprecruiter, Inc. does
No business description yet.
- Legal name
- ZIPRECRUITER, INC.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K Β· Feb 25, 2026
- Accession Β· CIK
- 0001617553-26-000016
0001617553
Revenue and margins
Ziprecruiter, Inc. had $449M of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 5.3% on the year before.
Net income and earnings per share
Loss periods are shown in red.
Returns on capital
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Cash flow
Free cash flow was $9.9M in fiscal 2025, 2.2% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.
Dividends, buybacks and share count
Ziprecruiter, Inc. returned $102M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 1,033% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 8.8%.
Balance sheet
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Ziprecruiter, Inc. can carry it.
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $255M | $570M | $520M | $506M | $409M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $0.0M | $542M | $543M | $544M | $545M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | β237.7x | β0.3x | 0.2x | 2.8x | β |
| Debt / equity | 0.0x | 18.9x | 64.9x | 40.5x | β |
| Interest coverage | β9.2x | 3.4x | 2.7x | 0.0x | β0.7x |
| Current ratio | 2.2x | 4.9x | 6.6x | 6.7x | 6.3x |
| Quick ratio | 2.2x | 4.9x | 6.6x | 6.7x | 6.3x |
| Total assets | $399M | $715M | $660M | $664M | $570M |
| Total liabilities | $164M | $686M | $651M | $651M | $647M |
| Shareholders' equity | $235M | $28.6M | $8.4M | $13.4M | β$77.2M |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | β$255M | β$28.8M | $22.5M | $37.8M | $136M |
Insider trades
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. 'Plan' marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
β
$0.0M
No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Piotroski F-score
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8β9 is strong, 0β2 weak.
| Test | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Return on assets rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Debt fell relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Current ratio rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Share count didn't rise | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Gross margin rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| F-score | β / 3 | β / 5 | 6 / 9 | 6 / 9 | 5 / 9 | 5 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
| Accruals ratio | β | β0.9% | β46.0% | β12.1% | β7.9% | β8.9% | β7.1% |
| Altman Z'' | β | 2.79 | 3.57 | 5.54 | 5.54 | 4.51 | 3.56 |
7 years of figures
US$ millions unless stated. Hover a ratio's name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | |||||||
| Revenue | $430M | $418M | $741M | $905M | $646M | $474M | $449M |
| Gross profit | $375M | $364M | $662M | $818M | $581M | $424M | $401M |
| Research and development | $65.4M | $69.4M | $110M | $128M | $142M | $135M | $125M |
| Operating income | β$6.3M | $64.4M | β$8.4M | $97.2M | $79.4M | $1.3M | β$19.4M |
| Interest expense | $0.6M | $1.0M | $0.9M | $28.5M | $29.4M | $29.6M | $29.6M |
| Pretax income | β$5.8M | $64.3M | β$9.3M | $74.1M | $70.6M | β$6.5M | β$30.6M |
| Income tax | $0.6M | β$21.7M | β$12.9M | $12.6M | $21.5M | $6.4M | $2.4M |
| Net income | β$6.3M | $86.0M | $3.6M | $61.5M | $49.1M | β$12.9M | β$33.0M |
| Net income to common | β$10.1M | $63.0M | $2.0M | $61.5M | $49.1M | β$12.9M | β$33.0M |
| Diluted EPS | β$0.13 | $0.70 | $0.02 | $0.51 | $0.46 | β$0.13 | β$0.37 |
| Diluted shares | 0.08B | 0.09B | 0.12B | 0.12B | 0.11B | 0.10B | 0.09B |
| Cash flow | |||||||
| Cash from operations | β$2.1M | $88.0M | $144M | $129M | $103M | $45.7M | $11.0M |
| Capital expenditure | $2.5M | $1.4M | $6.1M | $2.7M | $0.9M | $0.9M | $1.1M |
| Free cash flow | β$4.7M | $86.7M | $138M | $126M | $102M | $44.8M | $9.9M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $8.9M | $9.9M | $9.5M | $10.7M | $11.6M | $12.3M | $12.5M |
| Stock-based compensation | $6.7M | $5.8M | $107M | $77.0M | $84.2M | $64.4M | $47.6M |
| Acquisitions | β | β | β | $0.0M | $0.0M | $12.0M | $0.0M |
| Share buybacks | $0.0M | $19.0M | $2.8M | $339M | $148M | $40.3M | $102M |
| Dividends and buybacks | $0.0M | $19.0M | $2.8M | $339M | $148M | $40.3M | $102M |
| Balance sheet | |||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $35.5M | $115M | $255M | $570M | $520M | $506M | $409M |
| Total debt | β | $25.4M | $0.0M | $542M | $543M | $544M | $545M |
| Current assets | β | $145M | $311M | $632M | $562M | $544M | $449M |
| Current liabilities | β | $71.5M | $143M | $130M | $84.9M | $81.6M | $70.9M |
| Property and equipment, net | β | $5.0M | $8.7M | $8.1M | $6.2M | $4.9M | $4.1M |
| Goodwill | β | $1.7M | $1.7M | $1.7M | $1.7M | $8.5M | $8.5M |
| Intangible assets | β | $11.2M | $13.7M | $15.8M | $0.0M | $5.3M | $3.4M |
| Total assets | β | $212M | $399M | $715M | $660M | $664M | $570M |
| Total liabilities | β | $126M | $164M | $686M | $651M | $651M | $647M |
| Preferred stock | β | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Shareholders' equity | β$122M | β$50.3M | $235M | $28.6M | $8.4M | $13.4M | β$77.2M |
| Margins | |||||||
| Gross margin | 87.2% | 87.0% | 89.3% | 90.5% | 90.0% | 89.4% | 89.2% |
| Operating margin | β1.5% | 15.4% | β1.1% | 10.7% | 12.3% | 0.3% | β4.3% |
| EBITDA margin | 0.6% | 17.8% | 0.1% | 11.9% | 14.1% | 2.9% | β1.5% |
| Net margin | β1.5% | 20.6% | 0.5% | 6.8% | 7.6% | β2.7% | β7.3% |
| FCF margin | β1.1% | 20.7% | 18.6% | 13.9% | 15.8% | 9.5% | 2.2% |
| Returns | |||||||
| Return on capital | β | β | β | β | 179.3% | 1.9% | β26.2% |
| Return on capital employed | β | 45.8% | β3.3% | 16.6% | 13.8% | 0.2% | β3.9% |
| Return on equity | β | β | 3.9% | 46.7% | 265.5% | β118.0% | β |
| Return on assets | β | 40.6% | 1.2% | 11.0% | 7.1% | β1.9% | β5.3% |
| Return on tangible equity | β | β | 0.9% | 552.1% | 736.7% | β | β |
| Growth | |||||||
| Revenue growth | β | β2.7% | 77.2% | 22.1% | β28.6% | β26.6% | β5.3% |
| Net income growth | β | β | β95.8% | 1,608.2% | β20.2% | β126.2% | β |
| EPS growth | β | β | β97.1% | 2,450.0% | β9.8% | β128.3% | β |
| FCF growth | β | β | 59.3% | β8.6% | β18.9% | β56.2% | β78.0% |
| Share count change | β | 18.7% | 22.6% | 5.1% | β12.9% | β6.8% | β8.8% |
| Financial health | |||||||
| Net debt / EBITDA | β | β1.2x | β237.7x | β0.3x | 0.2x | 2.8x | β |
| Debt / equity | β | β | 0.0x | 18.9x | 64.9x | 40.5x | β |
| Interest coverage | β11.0x | 62.1x | β9.2x | 3.4x | 2.7x | 0.0x | β0.7x |
| Current ratio | β | 2.0x | 2.2x | 4.9x | 6.6x | 6.7x | 6.3x |
| Quick ratio | β | 2.0x | 2.2x | 4.9x | 6.6x | 6.7x | 6.3x |
| Capital allocation | |||||||
| Capex / revenue | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.8% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Stock comp / revenue | 1.6% | 1.4% | 14.5% | 8.5% | 13.0% | 13.6% | 10.6% |
| Payouts / FCF | β | 21.9% | 2.0% | 269.0% | 144.3% | 90.0% | 1,033.5% |
| Quality scores | |||||||
| Piotroski F-score | β | β | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| Altman Z'' | β | 2.8 | 3.6 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 3.6 |
| Accruals ratio | β | β0.9% | β46.0% | β12.1% | β7.9% | β8.9% | β7.1% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001617553). Data updated October 24, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only β not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.