“The cash outflows were partially offset by $33 million of proceeds from the exercise of option awards and $28 million of net borrowings on our master repurchase agreements related to Zillow Home Loans.”10-Q · May 6, 2026 ↗
Zillow Group, Inc.
Z
Market read
Zillow Group, Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 16 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 4 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 18.4% versus the comparable filing period.
- Gross margin fell 3.5 percentage points.
- Z's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if Z's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 16 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 4 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 18.4% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin improved 6.6 percentage points.
- Net income increased 475.0% versus the comparable filing period.
- Gross margin fell 3.5 percentage points.
- Operating cash flow was 4.35x net income; review non-cash and one-time items before treating this as recurring conversion.
- Z's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Latest annual revenue changed +15.5% year over year.
- Operating margin changed +7.5 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Net margin changed +5.9 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Operating cash flow covered net income at 16.00x in the latest annual period.
- Diluted shares increased 8.6% in the latest annual period.
- P/E is 3581% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
- EV/sales is 42% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 10, 2026
31.23Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“While our seasonality in revenue has been impacted by the aforementioned macroeconomic factors in recent years, the effects of our strategic initiatives have continued to partially offset seasonality impacts in 2025 due to product growth across our revenue ca…”10-K · Feb 11, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 3.1× · EV/sales 2.8×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 12:10 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for Z. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Latest filing assessment · baseline
Fundamentals strengthened in the latest filing
10-Q filed 2026-05-06 against the comparable filing from 2025-05-07.
What improved
- Revenue increased 18.4% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin improved 6.6 percentage points.
- Net income increased 475.0% versus the comparable filing period.
What weakened
- Gross margin fell 3.5 percentage points.
- Operating cash flow was 4.35x net income; review non-cash and one-time items before treating this as recurring conversion.
Filing receipts
“The changes in operating assets and liabilities are primarily related to a $38 million increase in prepaid expenses and other current assets primarily due to an increase in accrued revenue, a $26 million increase in mortgage loans held for sale due to an increase in purchase loan origination volume, an $11 million increase in accounts receivable primarily due to an increase in revenue from products and services billed in arrears, a $7 million increase in contract cost assets primarily due to an increase in capitalized sales commissions, a $5 million decrease in accrued compensation and benefits driven by the timing of payments, and a $2 million decrease in lease liabilities due to contractu...”
“These changes were partially offset by a $64 million increase in prepaid expenses and other assets primarily due to an increase in accrued revenue, a $6 million increase in contract cost assets primarily due to an increase in capitalized sales commissions, a $4 million increase in accounts receivable primarily due to an increase in revenue from products and services billed in arrears, and a $4 million decrease in lease liabilities due to contractual lease payments.”
“This was primarily driven by net income of $46 million, adjusted by share-based compensation of $81 million, depreciation and amortization of $65 million, amortization of contract cost assets of $6 million, and $16 million in other adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities.”
Retrospective baseline calibration. It was generated after the filing date and is not part of Jodie's live track record.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind Z
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
APPFAppFolio, Inc.partnerFeb 11, 2026 ▾
“Our listing syndication agreements with Realtor.com and Redfin, and strategic partnerships with AppFolio and Esusu, extend our reach and help us provide a more comprehensive marketplace for consumers, add value for property managers, and drive more traffic, i…”
FLEXFlex Ltd.partnerFeb 11, 2026 ▾
“In 2025, we announced Zillow Preferred, the next chapter for our Flex program, the invite-only, pay-when-you-close program for top real estate agent teams that recognizes agent partners for delivering outstanding customer experiences and provides them access…”
ROADConstruction Partners, Inc.partnerFeb 11, 2026 ▾
“Our portfolio of affiliates, subsidiaries and brands includes Zillow, Zillow Premier Agent, Zillow Home Loans, our mortgage origination operations and affiliate lender, Zillow Rentals, Zillow New Construction, Trulia, StreetEasy, Out East, HotPads, Follow Up…”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
Z is currently a Follower in the organic co-movement group Software - Application. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.