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Zillow Group, Inc. Class C Z
$27.41 -1.23% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $6.59B
Weak trend
Next earnings report: Oct 29, 2026
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Three things to know
- Over the past year the stock returned -62.7%, behind the S&P 500 by 77.8 percentage points.
- The stock is 65% below its highest close of the past year.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Communication Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth67Positive
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 20%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 29%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 34%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 33%
Quality60Neutral
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 31%
- Gross marginTop 21%
- Operating marginBottom 28%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 17%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 39%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 21%
- Interest coverBottom 39%
Value39Weak
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 50%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 38%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 45%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 39%
Momentum6Very weak
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 11%
- 6-month returnBottom 9%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 9%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 10%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 18%
Revisions74Positive
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 44%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 34%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 37%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 10%
Stability43Weak
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 39%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 28%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 37%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 21%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 16.8% | 17.7% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 75.8% | 72.9% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -5.6% | 0.4% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 14.7% | 8.9% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 17.7% | 16.8% | ↑ | Top 20% |
| Gross margin | 72.9% | 75.8% | ↓ | Top 21% |
| Operating margin | 0.4% | -5.6% | ↑ | Bottom 28% |
| Net margin | 2.0% | -2.6% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 8.9% | 14.7% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 0.2% | — | Bottom 31% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 9.7% | — | Top 34% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -6.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 12.9%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +325.4 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -0.04×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 0.7×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 16.11%
- Shareholder yield
- 16.11%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -5.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.8%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +8.9%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $60.33
- Target vs current price
- +120.1%
- Analysts with a rating
- 46
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 46%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | +16.6% | -0.5% | -5.9% | -7.8% | — |
| May 6, 2026 | +23.3% | +2.3% | -9.0% | -18.4% | -21.8% |
| Feb 10, 2026 | -7.1% | +0.8% | -19.0% | -18.8% | -18.0% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | +2.8% | +0.3% | +2.1% | +4.1% | -6.9% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | -5.6% | +3.3% | -2.8% | +1.2% | -13.3% |
| May 7, 2025 | +10.9% | +1.0% | +4.6% | +4.5% | +19.4% |
| Feb 11, 2025 | +3.8% | -1.9% | -8.4% | -20.2% | -22.8% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | +22.5% | -6.6% | +18.4% | +31.4% | +34.5% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | $0.52 | $0.45 | +16.6% | $772.0M |
| May 6, 2026 | $0.53 | $0.43 | +23.3% | $708.0M |
| Feb 10, 2026 | $0.39 | $0.42 | -7.1% | $654.0M |
| Oct 30, 2025 | $0.44 | $0.43 | +2.8% | $676.0M |
| Aug 6, 2025 | $0.40 | $0.42 | -5.6% | $655.0M |
| May 7, 2025 | $0.41 | $0.37 | +10.9% | $598.0M |
| Feb 11, 2025 | $0.27 | $0.26 | +3.8% | $554.0M |
| Nov 6, 2024 | $0.35 | $0.29 | +22.5% | $581.0M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 124.1× | — | — | Top 50% |
| P/E (forward) | 12.3× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 18.8× | — | — | Bottom 45% |
| EV / Sales | 2.34× | — | — | Bottom 39% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 3.80% | — | — | Bottom 38% |
| Earnings yield | 0.81% | — | — | Top 50% |
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -9.0%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -16.5%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -35.9%
- RSI (14)
- 33.9
- Relative volume
- 0.76×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 52.6%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 60th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.09
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.37
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -64.9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -70.0%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 2021 | Oct 14, 2022 | -86.5% | 420 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 5, 2020 | Oct 30, 2020 | -19.5% | 19 days | 5 days (Nov 6, 2020) |
| Nov 6, 2020 | Nov 10, 2020 | -15.2% | 2 days | 21 days (Dec 10, 2020) |
| Jan 20, 2021 | Jan 27, 2021 | -14.2% | 5 days | 6 days (Feb 4, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $6.59B
- P/E (TTM)
- 124.1
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.22
- Revenue (TTM)
- $2.81B
- 52-week range
- $26.67 – $79.40
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.13B | $1.96B | $1.95B | $2.24B | $2.58B |
| Gross profit | $1.81B | $1.59B | $1.52B | $1.71B | $1.92B |
| Operating income | $239.0M | -$93.0M | -$270.0M | -$197.0M | -$32.0M |
| Net income | -$528.0M | -$101.0M | -$158.0M | -$112.0M | $23.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$2.11 | -$0.42 | -$0.68 | -$0.48 | $0.09 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $581.0M | $554.0M | $598.0M | $655.0M | $676.0M | $654.0M | $708.0M | $772.0M |
| Net income | -$20.0M | -$52.0M | $8.0M | $2.0M | $10.0M | $3.0M | $46.0M | -$4.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.09 | -$0.22 | $0.03 | $0.01 | $0.04 | $0.01 | $0.19 | -$0.02 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$3.18B | $4.50B | $354.0M | $428.0M | $368.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$105.0M | -$140.0M | -$165.0M | -$143.0M | -$133.0M |
| Free cash flow | -$3.28B | $4.36B | $189.0M | $285.0M | $235.0M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $243.0M | -$947.0M | -$424.0M | -$301.0M | -$482.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $682.0M
- Total assets
- $5.30B
- Total liabilities
- $997.0M
- Total debt
- $558.0M
- Net debt
- -$14.0M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $4.31B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 12,436,888
- Days to cover
- 3.96
- Change vs previous report
- +8.5%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.