ZDZiff Davis, Inc.Communication Services · Advertising Agenciesas of 2026-09-16
Horizon

Issued 2026-09-16 at $58.75 · now $58.75 (2026-09-16, +0.0% since)

Based on its own history, a month from the 2026-09-16 close, ZD has typically landed between $48.19 and $68.17 — a range of −18.0% to +16.0% from the issuance price $58.75.

Range of outcomes in historically similar periods — not a price prediction. Ranges are scored publicly on /methodology.
  • Actual close
  • Typical path (median)
  • Middle 50% of outcomes
  • 90% range

5,003 overlapping 1 month windows · 2006-09-26 – 2026-08-17 · basis climatology · forecast (batch). Probability up 53.9% (90% CI 51.7–56.1%, ≈1,408 obs).

The cone is anchored at the 2026-09-16 issuance close ($58.75) — the price the forecast resolves against on 2026-10-15, not the latest close. The drawn path shape is illustrative (bands widen with √t); every labeled number is real — the anchor, the scored batch p90/IQR endpoints, and the typical move.

Where ZD has typically landed a month from the 2026-09-16 close of $58.75 — the range is history, not a prediction.

$48.19worst · -18.0%$68.17best · +16.0%
  • now $58.75 (+0.0%)
  • typicalThe typical outcome — half of similar past periods did better and half did worse (not an average, so a few wild periods don't skew it). $58.16 (-1.0%)
  • middle 50%The central range of outcomes — half of similar past periods landed inside it, a quarter finished above, a quarter below. $54.11–$62.21
  • 90% rangeA nine-in-ten range — in about nine of every ten similar past periods the outcome stayed within these bounds. $48.19–$68.17
Actual 1-month windows behind the coneiEvery overlapping 1-month window in this security's own price history was ranked by realized return; shown are the 3 worst and 3 best of 5,003 windows spanning 2006-09-26 to 2026-09-16. Not cherry-picked — these are the extremes of the full sample. Max drop / max rise are the deepest and highest points reached within each window. See /methodology.
StartReturnMax dropMax rise
3 worst
2008-09-26−36.7%−36.7%+0.0%
2008-09-19−35.3%−37.2%+0.0%
2020-02-21−33.8%−33.8%+0.0%
3 best
2026-02-24+63.9%+0.0%+65.3%
2026-02-25+61.4%+0.0%+63.2%
2026-02-27+54.8%+0.0%+61.8%

5,003 overlapping windows · 2006-09-26 – 2026-09-16 · not cherry-picked

Seasonality · by month iHow this security has tended to do in each calendar month historically — a frequency, never a prediction.

iFor each calendar month, the share of years this security closed higher than the month before, and the average month-over-month return, over ~20 years of its own price history. Cells are shaded by average return. This is historical frequency, not a prediction — no month is a signal.
Jan
55%
+0.3%
n=20
Feb
50%
−0.6%
n=20
Mar
55%
+3.5%
n=20
Apr
60%
−1.1%
n=20
May
45%
+0.8%
n=20
Jun
60%
+1.1%
n=20
Jul
65%
+1.4%
n=20
Aug
50%
+2.2%
n=20
Sep
40%
−0.4%
n=20
Oct
60%
+0.3%
n=20
Nov
70%
+3.1%
n=20
Dec
60%
+0.8%
n=20

Up-frequency and average month-over-month return · historical frequency, not a prediction

Reported insider & political trades

Every Form 4 the people closest to this company have filed with the SEC — plotted against the share price, aggregated by month, and shown with the gap between when each trade happened and when it was disclosed. A public record, not advice.

Share price & reported tradesMonthly open-market valueReporting lag — trade date to filing date2026-092026-082026-072026-062026-052026-042026-032026-022026-012025-122025-112025-102025-092025-08$59$272026-08-18: 1 insider sale, $139K — KRETZMER W BRIAN2026-08-12: 1 insider sale, $77K — TANSLEY LORI A.2026-08-10: 1 insider sale, $210K — ROSSEN JEREMY2026-06-10: 1 insider sale, $844K — RICHTER BRET2026-06-08: 2 insider sales, $50K — McDonald Kirk P …2026-06-05: 1 insider sale, $376K — ROSSEN JEREMY2026-06-03: 1 insider sale, $151K — Barsten Jana2026-06-02: 1 insider sale, $88K — KRETZMER W BRIAN2026-05-28: 1 insider sale, $199K — ROSSEN JEREMY2025-09-15: 1 insider purchase, $50K — FAY SARAH ANN2025-09: 1 open-market purchase, $50K2026-05: 1 open-market sale, $199K2026-06: 6 open-market sales, $1.5M2026-08: 3 open-market sales, $425K↑ buys↓ salesdirector KRETZMER W BRIAN — Sale on 2026-08-18, filed 2 days after the tradeofficer TANSLEY LORI A. — Sale on 2026-08-12, filed 1 day after the tradeofficer ROSSEN JEREMY — Sale on 2026-08-10, filed 1 day after the tradeofficer RICHTER BRET — Sale on 2026-06-10, filed 1 day after the tradedirector McDonald Kirk P — Sale on 2026-06-08, filed same daydirector McDonald Kirk P — Sale on 2026-06-08, filed same dayofficer ROSSEN JEREMY — Sale on 2026-06-05, filed same daydirector Barsten Jana — Sale on 2026-06-03, filed same daydirector KRETZMER W BRIAN — Sale on 2026-06-02, filed 1 day after the tradeofficer ROSSEN JEREMY — Sale on 2026-05-28, filed 1 day after the tradedirector FAY SARAH ANN — Purchase on 2025-09-15, filed same day
DatePersonRoleActionShares @ priceValueOwnership Δvs S&P 1mvs S&P 6mOwned afterFiling
2026-08-18KRETZMER W BRIANdirectorSale2,513 @ $55.31$139K−11.2% of holdingnot yet — horizon still opennot yet — horizon still open20,000Form 4 · filed 2 days after the trade
2026-08-12TANSLEY LORI A.officerSale1,400 @ $54.76$77K−64.6% of holding+3.4%not yet — horizon still open767Form 4 · filed 1 day after the trade
2026-08-10ROSSEN JEREMYofficerSale3,819 @ $54.93$210K−26.4% of holding+3.2%not yet — horizon still open10,643Form 4 · filed 1 day after the trade
2026-06-10RICHTER BRETofficerSale18,000 @ $46.88$844K−38.1% of holding+9.7%not yet — horizon still open29,244Form 4 · filed 1 day after the trade
2026-06-08McDonald Kirk PdirectorSale975 @ $46.65$45K−6.7% of holding+11.5%not yet — horizon still open13,568Form 4 · filed same day
2026-06-08McDonald Kirk PdirectorSale100 @ $46.66$5K−0.7% of holding+11.5%not yet — horizon still open13,468Form 4 · filed same day
2026-06-05ROSSEN JEREMYofficerSale8,000 @ $47.00$376K−35.6% of holding+12.1%not yet — horizon still open14,462Form 4 · filed same day
2026-06-03Barsten JanadirectorSale3,347 @ $45.00$151K−21.1% of holding+20.9%not yet — horizon still open12,513Form 4 · filed same day
2026-06-02KRETZMER W BRIANdirectorSale1,968 @ $44.51$88K−8.0% of holding+17.1%not yet — horizon still open22,513Form 4 · filed 1 day after the trade
2026-05-28ROSSEN JEREMYofficerSale4,347 @ $45.75$199K−16.2% of holding+17.4%not yet — horizon still open22,462Form 4 · filed 1 day after the trade
2025-09-15FAY SARAH ANNdirectorPurchase1,354 @ $36.89$50K+6.1% of holding+0.7%+13.4%23,619Form 4 · filed same day
2025-03-06KRETZMER W BRIANdirectorPurchase653 @ $38.33$25K+5.3% of holding−3.0%−16.4%12,968Form 4 · filed same day
2025-03-05RICHTER BRETofficerPurchase2,500 @ $39.21$98K+18.1% of holding+0.4%−14.1%16,339Form 4 · filed 1 day after the trade
2025-03-05ROSSEN JEREMYofficerPurchase1,000 @ $38.02$38K+100.0% of holding+0.4%−14.1%2,000Form 4 · filed same day
2025-03-04Shah VivekdirectorPurchase12,636 @ $39.56$500K+4.7% of holding+0.7%−17.0%282,063Form 4 · filed 2 days after the trade
2025-03-04FAY SARAH ANNdirectorPurchase1,282 @ $39.00$50K+7.4% of holding+0.7%−17.0%18,655Form 4 · filed same day
2025-03-04Barsten JanadirectorPurchase1,000 @ $38.08$38K+29.9% of holding+0.7%−17.0%4,347Form 4 · filed 1 day after the trade
2025-02-27Harris Teresa AdirectorPurchase593 @ $42.11$25K+6.9% of holding−2.9%−21.3%9,233Form 4 · filed 1 day after the trade

The vs-S&P columns are a labeled look-back on what the stock did after each filing, measured against the index over the same window. Descriptive history, not a claim about the person or a reason to trade.

134 award / exercise / gift records — not counted as purchases

Awards, option exercises, gifts and tax-withholding disposals are shown separately and never counted as open-market purchases or sales — they carry no conviction information.

DatePersonRoleActionSharesOwned afterFiling
2026-05-07Ray Neville RdirectorOption exercise7,90314,569Form 4
2026-05-07TAYLOR SCOTT CdirectorOption exercise7,90322,161Form 4
2026-05-07KRETZMER W BRIANdirectorOption exercise7,90324,481Form 4
2026-05-07McDonald Kirk PdirectorOption exercise7,90314,543Form 4
2026-05-07FAY SARAH ANNdirectorOption exercise7,90331,522Form 4
2026-05-07Harris Teresa AdirectorOption exercise7,90320,746Form 4
2026-05-07Barsten JanadirectorOption exercise7,90315,860Form 4
2026-05-06FAY SARAH ANNdirectorAward / grant5,7235,723Form 4
2026-05-06KRETZMER W BRIANdirectorAward / grant5,7235,723Form 4
2026-05-06Harris Teresa AdirectorAward / grant5,7235,723Form 4
2026-05-06Barsten JanadirectorAward / grant5,7235,723Form 4
2026-05-06Ray Neville RdirectorAward / grant5,7235,723Form 4
2026-05-06McDonald Kirk PdirectorAward / grant5,7235,723Form 4
2026-05-06TAYLOR SCOTT CdirectorAward / grant5,7235,723Form 4
2026-03-11Shah VivekdirectorAward / grant122,790122,790Form 4
2026-03-11TANSLEY LORI A.officerAward / grant7,3687,368Form 4
2026-03-11ROSSEN JEREMYofficerAward / grant22,71722,717Form 4
2026-03-11RICHTER BRETofficerAward / grant42,97742,977Form 4
2026-03-08RICHTER BRETofficerWithheld for tax2,04747,244Form 4
2026-03-08ROSSEN JEREMYofficerWithheld for tax64821,969Form 4
2026-03-08ROSSEN JEREMYofficerOption exercise1,80822,617Form 4
2026-03-08RICHTER BRETofficerOption exercise3,69549,291Form 4
2026-03-08ROSSEN JEREMYofficerOption exercise1,8081,808Form 4
2026-03-08RICHTER BRETofficerOption exercise3,6953,696Form 4
2026-03-06Shah VivekdirectorWithheld for tax12,085360,282Form 4
2026-03-06RICHTER BRETofficerWithheld for tax4,67445,596Form 4
2026-03-06ROSSEN JEREMYofficerWithheld for tax1,18420,809Form 4
2026-03-06Shah VivekdirectorOption exercise23,67423,675Form 4
2026-03-06Shah VivekdirectorOption exercise23,674372,367Form 4
2026-03-06ROSSEN JEREMYofficerOption exercise3,3023,302Form 4
2026-03-06RICHTER BRETofficerOption exercise8,72250,270Form 4
2026-03-06RICHTER BRETofficerOption exercise8,7228,722Form 4
2026-03-06ROSSEN JEREMYofficerOption exercise3,30221,993Form 4
2026-03-05Shah VivekdirectorWithheld for tax22,139348,693Form 4
2026-03-05RICHTER BRETofficerWithheld for tax8,23241,548Form 4
2026-03-05ROSSEN JEREMYofficerWithheld for tax2,95023,038Form 4
2026-03-05TANSLEY LORI A.officerWithheld for tax9052,167Form 4
2026-03-05ROSSEN JEREMYofficerOption exercise8,07816,156Form 4
2026-03-05TANSLEY LORI A.officerOption exercise2,1833,072Form 4
2026-03-05Shah VivekdirectorOption exercise43,66487,329Form 4

Source: SEC Form 4 filings. Each row links to its original filing.

Across 2012–2021, stocks where a CEO, C-suite officer, or director had recently made an open-market common-stock purchase ran about +28 bp per month above the universe average (n=34,268 stock-weeks). A historical tendency, not a prediction.

Congressional disclosures

No congressional trades disclosed for this company.

Research tool, not investment advice — historical frequencies, not recommendations. A product of Marovel Technologies LLC. Full terms.