ZipRecruiter

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Staffing & Employment Services · Industrials

Winston Score

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Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

How the score breaks down

Quality

Mixed

Growth

Weak

Cash Flow

Mixed

Stability

Weak

Valuation

Strong

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Winston Score History

The full picture

ZipRecruiter is an online job marketplace that connects employers looking to hire workers with people searching for jobs. It sells access to its hiring platform mainly to small and medium-sized businesses across the United States. The company is known for using automated matching technology to suggest job candidates to employers and job listings to applicants.

ZipRecruiter makes money by charging employers subscription fees or pay-per-contact fees to post jobs and reach candidates. It operates almost entirely in the U.S. market and generates very high gross margins, but the business is currently running at a small operating loss. The biggest risk ZipRecruiter faces is competition from much larger platforms like Indeed and LinkedIn, which have greater resources and brand recognition, while a slowdown in hiring activity across the broader economy can quickly reduce the number of employers willing to pay for recruiting services.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+5.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+630.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

Insider Activity

30.3%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$174M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

ZipRecruiter is growing revenue at 5% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

89.3%

Premium pricing power — 89.3% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

3.5%

Thin — 3.5% operating margin

Return on the money invested

ROCE

1.9%

Weak — 1.9% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales growth

Sales YoY

+0.4%

Nearly flat sales (+0.4% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

N/A

Data not available

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

3/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

67%

Modest — 67% of profit becomes cash

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

2.3%

Thin free cash flow (2.3%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

N/A

Data not available

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

0.03x

Dangerous — barely covers interest (0.0x)

Interest coverage below 1. Their profits don't cover the interest bill.

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

14.2x

no trend

Attractive valuation — P/E 14.2

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year

P/E vs Forward

+3.3

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (14.2 → 10.9)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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