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Zillow Group, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Zillow Group, Inc. had return on equity of 0.5%, an operating margin of -1.3%, debt equal to 7.5% of equity and a current ratio of 3.13. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Zillow Group, Inc.: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year2013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Gross margin90.5%91.0%90.7%91.8%92.1%88.5%43.7%84.3%84.8%81.3%78.4%76.4%74.1%72.9%
Operating margin−8.6%−13.7%−23.2%−22.8%−15.0%−9.7%−9.0%6.7%11.2%−4.7%−13.9%−8.8%−1.3%0.4%
Net margin−6.3%−13.4%−23.1%−26.0%−8.8%−9.0%−11.1%−10.0%−24.8%−5.2%−8.1%−5.0%0.9%2.0%
Free-cash-flow margin4.7%4.3%−4.7%−6.3%17.8%−4.7%−24.8%20.8%−152.5%224.2%11.3%12.7%9.1%9.2%
Return on equity−2.2%−7.5%−9.1%−8.5%−3.6%−4.0%−9.1%−4.0%−10.5%−2.1%−3.5%−2.4%0.5%1.2%
Return on assets—−6.7%−7.9%−7.0%−3.0%−3.2%−5.9%−2.4%−5.8%−1.2%−2.4%−1.8%0.4%1.0%
Asset turnover—0.500.340.270.340.350.530.240.230.230.290.360.450.51
Current ratio—8.167.145.997.116.583.815.461.9813.343.242.813.131.92
Debt to equity0.0%—8.6%14.5%14.5%26.0%66.2%48.2%26.8%37.9%37.6%11.6%7.5%—
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)——n/mn/mn/mn/mn/m0.8x1.9xn/mn/mn/mn/m0.7x
Effective tax rate————————−1.0%———8.0%8.3%
R&D as % of revenue24.6%26.0%28.6%30.2%29.7%30.8%12.8%20.0%19.7%25.4%28.8%26.2%23.5%21.7%
Capital spending as % of revenue11.2%9.7%8.2%7.3%6.2%5.0%2.4%5.2%3.5%5.9%6.9%6.4%5.1%4.6%
Free cash flow ÷ net income————————————>999%469.1%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow———————0.0%—21.6%193.6%105.6%285.1%424.8%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

2 of 3 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $5.3bn
Short-term assets $1.7bnLonger-term assets $3.6bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $5.3bn
Short-term liabilities $906mLonger-term liabilities $91mShareholders' equity $4.3bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.7bn of assets due within a year against $906m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $1.7bn short-term assets against $91m of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $12m against $18m of interest.

From Zillow Group, Inc.'s latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

53 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Zillow Group's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 8 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 7.3% of total assets over 6 years.

  • Pricing power 19 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 78.3%, moving by 3.2 percentage points (standard deviation) across 6 years.

  • Durability 10 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median -7.4%; its worst year was -14.1%.

  • Cash conversion 13 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 8 of 10 years, at a median 9.8% of revenue.

  • Discipline 8 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 4.0% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 12.1% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (58 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Zillow Group, Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Zillow Group, Inc.