Stocks · Industrials · Staffing & Employment Services
ZipRecruiter, Inc. ZIP
$3.55 -0.28% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $306.2M
Inexpensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- At 10.1× trailing earnings, the shares trade at the lowest P/E of the company's past five years.
- The diluted share count fell 8.7% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 70 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 22%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 30%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 2%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 28%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 27%
- Gross marginTop 1%
- Operating marginBottom 25%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 10%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 9%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 35%
- Interest coverBottom 24%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 4%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 36%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 1%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 20%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 6%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 43%
- 6-month returnTop 4%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 29%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 32%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 42%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 4%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 45%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 9%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 47%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 15%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 7%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 9%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 35%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -3.3% | 0.4% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 89.5% | 89.1% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -5.7% | 0.3% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 4.0% | 3.1% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 0.4% | -3.3% | ↑ | Bottom 22% |
| Gross margin | 89.1% | 89.5% | ↓ | Top 1% |
| Operating margin | 0.3% | -5.7% | ↑ | Bottom 25% |
| Net margin | 6.2% | -7.9% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 3.1% | 4.0% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 0.4% | — | Bottom 27% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -20.8% | — | Bottom 2% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 0.79×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 1.8%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 8.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +2.0 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.03×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 0.0×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 8.79%
- Shareholder yield
- 8.79%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -8.7%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -7.8%
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
- +100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $4.75
- Target vs current price
- +33.8%
- Analysts with a rating
- 8
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 25%
- 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 | +983.3% | -5.3% | +9.6% | -8.0% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | +60.0% | -0.6% | +26.0% | +6.4% | +34.6% |
| Feb 25, 2026 | -110.6% | +0.0% | -29.5% | -21.1% | +33.5% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | +26.7% | -0.7% | +12.7% | +31.7% | -41.2% |
| Aug 11, 2025 | +23.1% | -12.8% | +8.8% | +27.8% | +4.3% |
| May 8, 2025 | +23.5% | +7.3% | -3.0% | +19.2% | -26.5% |
| Feb 25, 2025 | +0.0% | -3.4% | -20.5% | -12.6% | -23.0% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | +70.0% | +6.2% | +9.6% | -11.8% | -18.5% |
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 | $0.53 | -$0.06 | +983.3% | $118.1M |
| May 7, 2026 | -$0.06 | -$0.15 | +60.0% | $107.5M |
| Feb 25, 2026 | -$0.01 | $0.09 | -110.6% | $111.7M |
| Nov 5, 2025 | -$0.11 | -$0.15 | +26.7% | $115.0M |
| Aug 11, 2025 | -$0.10 | -$0.13 | +23.1% | $112.2M |
| May 8, 2025 | -$0.13 | -$0.17 | +23.5% | $110.1M |
| Feb 25, 2025 | -$0.11 | -$0.11 | +0.0% | $111.0M |
| Nov 6, 2024 | -$0.03 | -$0.10 | +70.0% | $117.1M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 10.1× | 33.1× | 0th | Top 4% |
| P/E (forward) | 7.6× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 3.3× | — | — | Top 1% |
| EV / Sales | 0.98× | — | — | Top 20% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 4.51% | — | — | Top 36% |
| Earnings yield | 9.86% | — | — | Top 4% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 12.1× – 321.4× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
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
- 70
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.3%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -14.9%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +7.3%
- RSI (14)
- 40.8
- Relative volume
- 0.59×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 74.8%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 81th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 2.22
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.37
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -35.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -88.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 2021 | Feb 12, 2026 | -94.7% | 1063 days | Not yet recovered |
| Aug 12, 2021 | Sep 8, 2021 | -18.5% | 18 days | 46 days (Nov 11, 2021) |
| Jun 3, 2021 | Jun 16, 2021 | -16.5% | 9 days | 10 days (Jun 30, 2021) |
| Jul 2, 2021 | Jul 19, 2021 | -11.4% | 10 days | 5 days (Jul 26, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $306.2M
- P/E (TTM)
- 10.1
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.35
- Revenue (TTM)
- $452.3M
- 52-week range
- $1.65 – $5.61
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $741.1M | $904.6M | $645.7M | $474.0M | $449.0M |
| Gross profit | $661.5M | $818.4M | $581.4M | $423.9M | $400.7M |
| Operating income | -$8.4M | $97.2M | $79.4M | $1.3M | -$19.4M |
| Net income | $3.6M | $61.5M | $49.1M | -$12.9M | -$33.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.02 | $0.51 | $0.46 | -$0.13 | -$0.37 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $117.1M | $111.0M | $110.1M | $112.2M | $115.0M | $111.7M | $107.5M | $118.1M |
| Net income | -$2.6M | -$10.8M | -$12.8M | -$9.5M | -$9.8M | -$835,000 | -$4.7M | $43.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.03 | -$0.11 | -$0.13 | -$0.10 | -$0.11 | -$0.01 | -$0.06 | $0.53 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $144.1M | $128.8M | $103.2M | $45.7M | $11.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$13.3M | -$10.5M | -$918,000 | -$922,000 | -$1.1M |
| Free cash flow | $130.8M | $118.3M | $102.3M | $44.8M | $9.9M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$2.8M | -$339.3M | -$147.6M | -$40.3M | -$97.6M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $173.8M
- Total assets
- $321.3M
- Total liabilities
- $355.1M
- Total debt
- $265.0M
- Net debt
- $135.3M
- Shareholders’ equity
- -$33.8M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 3,024,282
- Days to cover
- 3.35
- Change vs previous report
- +4.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.