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Ziff Davis acquisitions, on the record
The businesses Ziff Davis bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.
Deals its annual reports describe
| Business | Deal | When | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
ConsensusWord for word“The Separation was achieved through the Company’s distribution of 80.1% of the shares of Consensus common stock to holders of Company common stock as of the close of business on October 1, 2021, the record date for the distribution.” 10-K for 2023 | divestiture | — | — |
four acquisitions during 2024Word for word“The Company has made more than 90 acquisitions between 2012 and 2024, including four during 2024 (exclusive of any acquisitions that were part of businesses we have since divested).” 10-K for 2024 | acquisition | during 2024 | — |
| Fiscal year ended | Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired) | Cash received from selling businesses | Goodwill from acquisitions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-12-31 | $580.7 million | $0 | $333.2 million |
| 2017-12-31 | $175 million | $58.3 million | $121.8 million |
| 2018-12-31 | $312.4 million | $0 | $194.3 million |
| 2019-12-31 | $415.3 million | $0 | $253.1 million |
| 2020-12-31 | $482.2 million | $0 | $202.9 million |
| 2021-12-31 | $141.1 million | $259.1 million | $97 million |
| 2022-12-31 | $104.1 million | $0 | $95.7 million |
| 2023-12-31 | $9.5 million | $0 | $6.5 million |
| 2024-12-31 | $217.6 million | — | $129.2 million |
| 2025-12-31 | $67.3 million | — | $30.6 million |
Deal filings since 2016
- 2026-06-17 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2026-06-17 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
- 2026-03-04 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2024-07-16 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2024-06-25 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-10-08 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-10-08 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
- 2021-09-22 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-06-03 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-04-09 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-10-07 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2019-11-27 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2019-11-15 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2019-08-16 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2019-07-01 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2019-01-09 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2018-02-08 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2017-09-28 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2017-06-27 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2016-12-05 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2016-12-05 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
- 2016-10-27 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Read from Ziff Davis’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-24. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.