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Employees: 800
Size ZipRecruiter (ZIP) is a United States Information Technology company (Internet Software/Services) with a market value of $309M, the 3092nd largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $3.76 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 3.9%, against -6.7% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 7th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 0.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +8.4%); the operating margin is 0.3% (peer median 2.6%).
Valuation It trades at 0.9× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 3.1× (6th cheapest of 18).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 45% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +1%, so the hurdle is +44 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 7.1 points below its cost of capital (9.3% WACC).
Short interest Short interest is 4.7% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 9 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $452M | $449M | $474M | $646M | $905M |
| Revenue growth | — | -5% | -27% | -29% | — |
| Gross profit | $403M | $401M | $416M | $574M | $818M |
| EBITDA | $13.6M | -$6.90M | $13.6M | $98.7M | $108M |
| Net income | $28.0M | -$33.0M | -$12.9M | $49.1M | $61.5M |
| Free cash flow | $21.4M | $9.88M | $44.8M | $102M | $126M |
| Capital expenditure | $7.18M | $7.47M | $9.53M | $10.7M | $10.5M |
| Total debt | $265M | $558M | $553M | $556M | $560M |
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| Measure | ZIP | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -5.5% | -0.9% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +3.9% | -6.7% | 7th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -33.0% | -36.4% | 9th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +0.4% | +8.4% | 5th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 0.3% | 2.6% | 9th lowest of 20 |
| EV / Sales | 0.9× | 3.1× | 6th cheapest of 18 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 45.4% | 8.9% | most demanding of 13 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +1.4% | +9.7% | lowest of 13 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +44.0 pp | -2.5 pp | most demanding of 13 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -7.1 pp | -5.4 pp | 7th lowest of 15 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 6.7× | -2.8× | most indebted of 12 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZipRecruiter ZIP | United States | $309M | +4% | 0% | 0% | 0.9× | 45.4% | +1.4% |
| Bairong 6608.HK | Hong Kong | $311M | -27% | -29% | -26% | 0.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Sichuan Hezong Medicine Easy-to-buy Pharmaceutical 300937.SZ | China | $304M | -24% | +4% | 0% | 0.5× | n/a | n/a |
| note 5243.T | Japan | $315M | +5% | +32% | 19% | 8.1× | 18.7% | +22.1% |
| Sublime China Information 301299.SZ | China | $318M | -35% | +10% | 19% | 5.5× | 9.0% | +10.4% |
| Sohu.com Limited Sponsored ADR SOHU | United States | $361M | -12% | +9% | -7% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Perion Network PERI | United States | $370M | +3% | +3% | -4% | 0.3× | -19.5% | +6.0% |
| GA technologies 3491.T | Japan | $375M | -6% | +28% | 2% | 0.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Sichuan Newsnet Media (Group) 300987.SZ | China | $386M | -13% | -13% | 3% | 7.1× | 16.2% | +9.6% |
| Trade-Van Information Services 6183.TW | Taiwan | $406M | -3% | +8% | 26% | 3.8× | -4.7% | +7.7% |
| GIBO GIBO | United States | $428M | +412% | -100% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| LITALICO 7366.T | Japan | $455M | +67% | +17% | 13% | 2.2× | 8.8% | +107.1% |
| Digital Arts 2326.T | Japan | $461M | -8% | +17% | 47% | 3.8× | -10.9% | +9.7% |
| Taboola.com TBLA | United States | $540M | -62% | +2% | 4% | 0.3× | -7.3% | +753.1% |
| Zhejiang NetSun 002095.SZ | China | $583M | -5% | -2% | -2% | 6.0× | 20.0% | +6.6% |
| Just Dial JUSTDIAL.NS | India | $610M | +24% | +9% | 25% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shanghai Able Digital Science&Tech 2687.HK | Hong Kong | $612M | -50% | +19% | 10% | 4.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Digital Garage 4819.T | Japan | $654M | -10% | +4% | -6% | 2.1× | 30.0% | +7.1% |
| SiteMinder SDR.AX | Australia | $666M | +14% | +19% | -2% | 3.5× | 21.9% | +21.4% |
| Jumia Technologies AG Sponsored ADR JMIA | United States | $676M | -29% | +27% | -27% | 3.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Cars.com CARS | United States | $715M | +14% | +1% | 11% | 1.6× | 5.7% | +5.7% |