Dividend Power Score
A single, comprehensive score designed to measure the true strength of a company’s dividend.
This score combines three essential pillars of dividend quality:
Consistency – Measures how reliable the dividend has been over time, focusing on payment history, stability, and the absence of cuts or suspensions.
Payability – Assesses the company’s financial ability to sustain its dividend, taking into account cash flow, earnings coverage, balance sheet strength, and overall financial health.
Growth – Evaluates the long-term growth of both the dividend and the company’s share price, highlighting businesses that consistently increase payouts while creating shareholder value.
Higher scores identify companies that have historically delivered dependable income alongside sustained dividend growth and long-term capital appreciation.
Company Overview
Ziff Davis, Inc. is a digital media and internet services company operating primarily in the technology, shopping, gaming, health, and cybersecurity information markets. The company focuses on creating, acquiring, and monetizing high-intent digital content and subscription-based services that support consumer decision-making and enterprise needs. Its revenue is driven mainly by digital advertising, affiliate commerce, and recurring subscription services.
Founded in 1927 as a print publisher, Ziff Davis evolved over decades from traditional magazines into a digitally focused media and services platform. Through a series of divestitures, restructurings, and acquisitions—particularly after its separation from J2 Global—the company repositioned itself around data-driven digital brands with strong audience loyalty and monetization efficiency. Its strategy emphasizes owning authoritative niche properties with defensible market positions.
Business Operations
Ziff Davis operates through several core business segments, including Technology & Gaming, Shopping, Health, and Cybersecurity & Martech. These segments encompass well-known digital properties such as PCMag, IGN, Mashable, RetailMeNot, Healthline, and Speedtest by Ookla. Revenue is generated through programmatic and direct digital advertising, affiliate referral fees, data licensing, and subscription services.
The company maintains both domestic and international operations, with content production, technology development, and commercial activities spanning North America, Europe, and parts of Asia-Pacific. Ziff Davis controls proprietary content platforms, audience data assets, and performance analytics technologies. Its operations also include wholly owned subsidiaries formed through acquisitions, with limited reliance on joint ventures.
Strategic Position & Investments
Ziff Davis’s strategic direction centers on expanding recurring revenue streams, deepening first-party data capabilities, and acquiring digital brands with strong organic traffic and monetization potential. Growth initiatives include investment in subscription cybersecurity tools, performance marketing platforms, and health information services, alongside continued optimization of affiliate commerce and advertising yield.
The company has made several notable acquisitions to strengthen its portfolio, including RetailMeNot, Healthline Media, Ookla, and Humble Bundle, integrating them as operating subsidiaries. Ziff Davis is also involved in emerging areas such as consumer privacy tools, internet performance intelligence, and SaaS-based marketing technologies, leveraging its scale and data infrastructure to enhance long-term cash flow stability.
Geographic Footprint
Ziff Davis is headquartered in the United States, with its principal executive offices in New York City. The company has a significant operational presence across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, supported by regional offices, editorial teams, and technology centers.
Its digital properties reach global audiences, with localized content and services tailored to key international markets. Through acquisitions and organic expansion, Ziff Davis maintains international influence in digital media, internet measurement, and e-commerce referral markets, while the majority of revenue continues to be generated from the U.S.
Leadership & Governance
Ziff Davis is led by an experienced executive team with a focus on disciplined capital allocation, data-driven decision-making, and long-term shareholder value creation. Leadership emphasizes operating efficiency, selective acquisitions, and the development of defensible digital platforms supported by proprietary data.
Key executives include:
- Vivek Shah – Chief Executive Officer
- Bryan Kennedy – Chief Financial Officer
- Sam Ziff – President of Technology & Gaming
- Michael G. Brown – President of Cybersecurity & Martech
- Neil Vogel – Chief Executive Officer of Dotdash Meredith and former senior executive advisor (historical strategic influence)
The company is governed by a board that includes independent directors with backgrounds in media, technology, finance, and corporate governance, aligning oversight with its diversified digital portfolio.