ZIFF DAVIS, INC. (ZD) FY2026 YTD Q2 Statement of Cash Flows

Statement of Cash Flows

2026-01-01 to 2026-06-30

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ZIFF DAVIS, INC. cash flow reconciliation, Jan 1, 2026 through Jun 30, 2026One connected Sankey reconciles operating, investing and financing net cash flows through a shared cash pool, from beginning cash to ending cash. Ribbons flow left to right on one dollar scale. Activity totals are dark gray; beginning and ending cash are blue. Cash basis for beginning and ending balances and net cash change: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, including disposal groups and discontinued operations. Intermediate calculation bars are lighter gray. Net income is green for profit and red for loss. Identified asset purchases, sales and maturities are blue in either cash direction. Orange marks positive customer-advance and deferred-revenue changes that add to operating cash in the reconciliation. These are net changes, not gross customer receipts. Negative changes are neutral reconciliation adjustments; they do not by themselves identify cash payments. Purple identifies capital transactions such as borrowing, repayments, share issuance and dividends. Free cash flow is a separate comparison, not an added cash flow. Read chart description and values below for full signed amounts, including zero items.Net income → Net cash from operating activities: $118,916,000.00Net income → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $527,806,000.00Accounts receivable → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $204,820,000.00Income taxes payable → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $204,345,000.00Depreciation and amortization → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $96,656,000.00Goodwill impairment → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $54,839,000.00Share-based compensation → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $23,897,000.00Deferred revenue → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $7,402,000.00Other → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $3,826,000.00Other assets → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $3,480,000.00Provision for credit losses on accounts receivable → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $1,994,000.00Changes in fair value of contingent consideration → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $124,000.00Non-cash operating lease costs → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $3,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Gain on sale of businesses: $860,597,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Accounts payable and accrued expenses: $230,206,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Deferred income taxes, net: $22,542,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Other current liabilities: $7,870,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Income from equity method investments, net of tax: $5,005,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Prepaid expenses and other current assets: $2,972,000.00Proceeds from sale of businesses, net of cash divested → investing reconciliation: $1,134,081,000.00investing reconciliation → Net cash from investing activities: $1,057,716,000.00investing reconciliation → Purchases of property and equipment: $68,126,000.00investing reconciliation → Acquisitions, net of cash received: $8,030,000.00investing reconciliation → Other: $209,000.00Net cash used in financing activities → financing reconciliation: $173,784,000.00Issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan → financing reconciliation: $3,477,000.00financing reconciliation → Repurchase of common stock: $173,058,000.00financing reconciliation → Other: $3,041,000.00financing reconciliation → Deferred payments for acquisitions: $1,162,000.00Beginning cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, including disposal groups and discontinued operations → Cash sources and uses: $607,011,000.00Net cash from operating activities → Cash sources and uses: $118,916,000.00Net cash from investing activities → Cash sources and uses: $1,057,716,000.00Cash sources and uses → Exchange-rate effect: $3,747,000.00Cash sources and uses → Ending cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, including disposal groups and discontinued operations: $1,606,112,000.00Cash sources and uses → Net cash used in financing activities: $173,784,000.00Net income: $646,722,000.00Net income+$646.72 MDepreciation and amortization: $96,656,000.00Depreciation & amortization+$96.66 MNon-cash operating lease costs: $3,000.00Operating lease amortization+$3.00 KShare-based compensation: $23,897,000.00Stock-based compensation+$23.90 MProvision for credit losses on accounts receivable: $1,994,000.00Credit loss provision+$1.99 MIncome taxes payable: $204,345,000.00Income taxes payable+$204.35 MDeferred income taxes, net: -$22,542,000.00Deferred income taxes−$22.54 MChanges in fair value of contingent consideration: $124,000.00Contingent consideration change+$124.00 KIncome from equity method investments, net of tax: -$5,005,000.00Equity-method income, net−$5.01 MOther: $3,826,000.00Other operating, net+$3.83 MAccounts receivable: $204,820,000.00Accounts receivable+$204.82 MPrepaid expenses and other current assets: -$2,972,000.00Prepaid & other assets−$2.97 MOther assets: $3,480,000.00Other operating assets+$3.48 MAccounts payable and accrued expenses: -$230,206,000.00Payables & accrued liabilities−$230.21 MDeferred revenue: $7,402,000.00Unearned revenue+$7.40 MOther current liabilities: -$7,870,000.00Other current liabilities−$7.87 MGain on sale of businesses: -$860,597,000.00Business sale gain & loss−$860.60 MGoodwill impairment: $54,839,000.00Goodwill impairment+$54.84 MGain on investments, net: $0.00Net cash from operating activities: $118,916,000.00Operating cash+$118.92 MOperating adjustments reconciliation: $1,129,192,000.00Repurchase of common stock: -$173,058,000.00Common stock repurchases−$173.06 MIssuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan: $3,477,000.00Stock plan proceeds+$3.48 MDeferred payments for acquisitions: -$1,162,000.00Deferred acquisition payments−$1.16 MOther: -$3,041,000.00Other financing, net−$3.04 MNet cash used in financing activities: -$173,784,000.00. Cash required to fund net payments.Financing cash−$173.78 Mfinancing reconciliation: $177,261,000.00Purchases of property and equipment: -$68,126,000.00PP&E purchases−$68.13 MAcquisitions, net of cash received: -$8,030,000.00Acquisitions, net of cash−$8.03 MDistribution from equity method investment: $0.00Proceeds from sale of equity investments: $0.00Proceeds from sale of businesses, net of cash divested: $1,134,081,000.00Business sales, net of cash+$1.13 BOther: -$209,000.00Other investing, net−$209.00 KNet cash from investing activities: $1,057,716,000.00Investing cash+$1.06 Binvesting reconciliation: $1,134,081,000.00Cash sources and uses: $1,783,643,000.00Beginning cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, including disposal groups and discontinued operations: $607,011,000.00Beginning cash$607.01 MEnding cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, including disposal groups and discontinued operations: $1,606,112,000.00Ending cash$1.61 BExchange-rate effect: -$3,747,000.00FX effect−$3.75 MCASH RECONCILIATIONOperatingflowsInvestingflowsFinancingflowsFree cash flow$50.79 MOperating cash − cash spent on PP&ECash flow / Net income0.18×Operating cash flow ÷ net incomeNet cash change+$999.10 MEnding cash − beginning cash
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ZIFF DAVIS, INC. cash flow reconciliation, Jan 1, 2026 through Jun 30, 2026

Cash flows for Jan 1, 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. Cash basis: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, including disposal groups and discontinued operations. Beginning cash: Dec 31, 2025. Ending cash: Jun 30, 2026. Beginning and ending cash are dated balances. Positive cash flows add cash; negative cash flows reduce it.

Beginning cash on Dec 31, 2025
607,011,000 US dollars. Beginning cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, including disposal groups and discontinued operations
Operating activities
118,916,000 US dollars. Net cash provided.
Net income
646,722,000 US dollars
Depreciation and amortization
96,656,000 US dollars
Non-cash operating lease costs
3,000 US dollars
Share-based compensation
23,897,000 US dollars
Provision for credit losses on accounts receivable
1,994,000 US dollars
Income taxes payable
204,345,000 US dollars
Deferred income taxes, net
negative 22,542,000 US dollars
Changes in fair value of contingent consideration
124,000 US dollars
Income from equity method investments, net of tax
negative 5,005,000 US dollars
Other
3,826,000 US dollars
Accounts receivable
204,820,000 US dollars
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
negative 2,972,000 US dollars
Other assets
3,480,000 US dollars
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
negative 230,206,000 US dollars
Deferred revenue
7,402,000 US dollars
Other current liabilities
negative 7,870,000 US dollars
Gain on sale of businesses
negative 860,597,000 US dollars
Goodwill impairment
54,839,000 US dollars
Gain on investments, net
0 US dollars
Investing activities
1,057,716,000 US dollars. Net cash provided.
Purchases of property and equipment
negative 68,126,000 US dollars
Acquisitions, net of cash received
negative 8,030,000 US dollars
Distribution from equity method investment
0 US dollars
Proceeds from sale of equity investments
0 US dollars
Proceeds from sale of businesses, net of cash divested
1,134,081,000 US dollars
Other
negative 209,000 US dollars
Financing activities
negative 173,784,000 US dollars. Net cash used.
Repurchase of common stock
negative 173,058,000 US dollars
Issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan
3,477,000 US dollars
Deferred payments for acquisitions
negative 1,162,000 US dollars
Other
negative 3,041,000 US dollars
Operating adjustment reconciliation
1,129,192,000 US dollars. Intermediate calculation joining the operating reconciliation branches. Its gross amount includes any portion of net income routed through this junction. It is not an additional cash source or use.
financing gross reconciliation
177,261,000 US dollars. Gross amount at the activity's junction before offsetting its receipts and deductions. It is not an additional cash source or use.
investing gross reconciliation
1,134,081,000 US dollars. Gross amount at the activity's junction before offsetting its receipts and deductions. It is not an additional cash source or use.
Exchange-rate effect
negative 3,747,000 US dollars
Ending cash on Jun 30, 2026
1,606,112,000 US dollars. Ending cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, including disposal groups and discontinued operations
Cash sources and uses
1,783,643,000 US dollars. Opening cash plus net sources, equal to net uses plus ending cash.
Net cash change
999,101,000 US dollars. Ending cash minus beginning cash.
Cash flow / Net income
0.18×. Operating cash flow divided by reconciliation net income for the same period. Black from 0.90× through 1.10×; green above 1.10×; red below 0.90×. Color uses the unrounded ratio.
Operating cash flow
118,916,000 US dollars. Operating cash flow used in the free cash flow calculation.
Cash purchases of property, plant and equipment
68,126,000 US dollars. These cash purchases are already included in investing activities above.
Free cash flow
50,790,000 US dollars. A supplemental measure; finance-lease payments are excluded from this definition.

Chart connections

  • Beginning cash plus operating, investing and financing cash flows plus the exchange-rate effect equals ending cash. Negative amounts reduce cash.
  • Financing contributions meet at a reconciliation junction before connecting to the net cash total.
  • Investing contributions meet at a reconciliation junction before connecting to the net cash total.
  • Operating reconciliation adjustments are not all independent cash receipts.
  • Net income exceeds operating cash. The diagram allocates $118.92M of net income directly to operating cash and $527.81M to the adjustment junction, where it combines with other additions to reconcile deductions. This is an accounting presentation, not a tracing of cash receipts.
  • Each activity has one net cash bar connected to the shared cash pool. Positive activity totals enter the pool; negative activity totals leave the pool to fund that activity's net payments. The central pool does not assign a particular funding source to a particular payment.
  • The intermediate calculation bars include both sides of the displayed activity breakdowns; they are not additional cash flows.
  • Operating cash flow minus cash purchases of property, plant and equipment equals free cash flow: 118,916,000 US dollars minus 68,126,000 US dollars equals 50,790,000 US dollars.
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