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Zillow Group, Inc. Class C

$Z·$8.1B·Internet Content & Information·Communication Services
$34.78-3.2%1Y-59.2%
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ZZ
$ZZillow Group, Inc. Class C
$34.78-3.17%291 posts+14%
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AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersWinding up for a moveAI verdict · as of 2026-08-15

Trading in a tight range and building pressure — a move looks likely soon, but the direction isn't clear yet.

Zillow's Q2 was a beat but the multiple has compressed after a -60% year-over-year drawdown — the preferred-monetization catalyst is what the tape is waiting on.

Zillow Group operates the largest US residential real-estate marketplace — Zillow, Trulia, StreetEasy — plus mortgages and title/escrow services. It's down ~60% year-over-year as the housing-market slowdown compressed monetization, and the tape is now waiting on preferred-monetization to be the specific catalyst.

Where it stands:

  • Q2 was a substantive beat: revenue of $772M grew 18% year-over-year, EPS of $0.52 beat $0.45 by 17% — the business is growing above the housing-market backdrop, which is the specific reason Zillow trades at 145x trailing but 15x consensus 2027 EPS.
  • Preferred monetization is the bull-case setup: the specific Seeking Alpha framing is that Zillow's premium-agent-referral program is the monetization lever that scales as agent-count consolidation continues — the securities class-action lawsuits with an August lead-plaintiff deadline (multiple firms filed) are the litigation overhang that's kept the multiple compressed.
  • The valuation is depressed relative to peer comps: 2.9x sales and 5% free cash flow yield for a real-estate marketplace with 73% gross margin — the multiple compression reflects both the housing-market cyclical setup and the class-action legal overhang, so the setup depends on both resolving.

The story restarts if October 29 Q3 shows the +18% growth continuing and the class-action wave resolves without material settlement. What flips it: another quarter of the housing-market cyclical dragging revenue growth below +15%, or a settlement that resets 2027 estimates on litigation reserves. Sentiment data was not available for this window.

What to watch: October 29 Q3 earnings and any class-action settlement disclosure over the next 6-12 months: sustained +18% revenue growth and the class-action wave resolving without material settlement restarts the setup. Another housing-market-driven revenue growth deceleration or a settlement that resets 2027 estimates is what flips the run.

On the calendar: 2026-10-29 — Q3 2026 earnings

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

US digital real estate marketplace operating Zillow and Trulia for home search, listing leads, mortgage origination, and rentals.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Internet Content & Information sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $Z.

Internet Content & Information · Communication Services

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Top industry ETF

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Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
145.3How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
0.2%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
0.4%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
5.3%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
2.9Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
1.2%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
72.9%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.1Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 5, 2026$0.52$0.45+16.6%
Q1 2026May 6, 2026$0.53$0.43+23.3%
Q4 2025Feb 10, 2026$0.39$0.42-7.1%
Q3 2025Oct 30, 2025$0.44$0.43+2.8%
Next earningsThu, Oct 29·consensus EPS $0.58

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q2 FY26$772.0M+17.9%72.8%-1.3%$-0.02$141.0M
Q1 FY26$708.0M+18.4%73.3%5.1%$0.20$164.0M
Q4 FY25$654.0M+18.1%72.8%-1.7%$0.01$44.0M
Q3 FY25$676.0M+16.4%72.6%-0.4%$0.04$65.0M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 17 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$3.0B$2.9B – $3.0B$2.27$2.12 – $2.407
FY27$3.3B$3.2B – $3.5B$2.95$2.69 – $3.5817
FY28$3.8B$3.7B – $3.9B$3.84$3.74 – $4.028
FY29$4.3B$4.2B – $4.5B$4.78$4.65 – $5.0013
FY30$4.6B$4.5B – $4.7B$5.60$5.45 – $5.858

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.7×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.9%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+5.3%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-29.9%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatHigh float · 210.0M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today1.3% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.985-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellAug 11Cormier Thielke ClaireDirector1.2K sh$39KSellJun 8Erik C BlachfordDirector791 sh$28KSellMay 22Jeremy WacksmanCEO9.1K sh$331KSellMay 18Jeremy HofmannCFO5.5K sh$206KSellMay 18Dan SpauldingChief People Officer3.1K sh$115KSellMay 15Bradley D. OwensGeneral Counsel3.4K sh$125KSellMay 14Dan SpauldingChief People Officer2.1K sh$78KSellMay 14Jeremy HofmannCFO3.7K sh$139KSellMay 14Jeremy WacksmanCEO6.1K sh$229KSellMay 14Jun ChooCOO1.2K sh$47K
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+ 17 other (15 awards · 1 exempt · 1 other) in window

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KOfficer or director changeAug 58-K — Item 2.02: Earnings release · Item 5.02: Officer or director change
AI summary

ZILLOW GROUP, INC. (Z) reported Q2 2026 financial results on 2026-08-05, reporting results detailed in attached press release. The press release notes: mission (“SEC”) on April 15, 2026. Additional items: Item 5.02. Quarterly earnings are a material disclosure; investors should review the full press release for segment details and management commentary.

SC 13D/AActivist amendmentJun 15SC 13D/A
AI summary

Richard N amended its 13D filing disclosing a beneficial ownership position of 9.2% in Z (Z) as of 2026-06-15. The filer indicated plans: purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that sec. This is a material ownership disclosure indicating significant shareholder interest that may signal activist or strategic intent. Investors should monitor for further 13D amendments, which could indicate evolving positions or demands on management.

8-KShareholder voteJun 38-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote · Item 8.01: Other event
8-KPress release / Reg FDMar 58-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD · Item 8.01: Other event
SC 13D/AActivist amendmentFeb 18SC 13D/A
+ 21 other (15 13Gs · 2 10-Qs · 2 proxys · 1 earnings 8-K) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

The Big 3: SE, Z, VRTyoutube.com·3d agoRent burden hits families with children hardestprnewswire.com·3d agoZillow Group: Preferred Monetization Drives The Bull Caseseekingalpha.com·4d agoIs Zillow (Z) Stock a Buy After Falling Nearly 13% in 1 Day?fool.com·5d agoZILLOW DEADLINE TODAY: ROSEN, LEADING INVESTOR COUNSEL, Encourages Zillow Group, Inc. Investors to Secure Counsel Before Important Deadline in Securities Class Action First Filed by the Firm - Z, ZGglobenewswire.com·6d ago

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