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BZFD Financials BuzzFeed, Inc.

7 years of revenue, profit, cash flow and balance-sheet history through FY2025, from SEC filings — with a computed, factual read of the trend. Updated Overview →

Growth & profitability

  • Revenue has declined 10.4% per year over the past 5 years.
  • Operating margin has contracted, at -25.8% in the latest year.

Financial health

  • Total debt ($58M) exceeds cash ($8M); net debt is $50M.
  • Total debt has grown faster than revenue (23.4% vs -10.4% per year).
  • Operating income covered interest expense -8.4× in the latest year.
  • The company is unprofitable and has less than a year of cash runway at its current free-cash-flow burn.
Revenue & net income
-$201M $91M $384M $0 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
RevenueNet income
Margins (gross / operating / net)
-62% -28% 6% 0% 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
GrossOperatingNet
Free cash flow (CFO − capex)
-$21M $737500 $23M $0 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Free cash flow
Cash vs total debt
$0 $79M $159M 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
CashTotal debt
Cash flow: operating / investing / financing
-$208M -$13M $182M $0 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
OperatingInvestingFinancing

Key annual figures

FYRevenueNet incomeGross MOp MFCFTotal debtCash
2025 $185M -$58M 0.0% -25.8% -$21M $58M $8M
2024 $190M -$10M 0.0% -12.4% -$21M $26M $22M
2023 $230M -$89M 0.0% -19.5% -$7M $159M $11M
2022 $326M -$201M 0.0% -35.2% -$13M $152M $56M
2021 $384M $25M 0.0% -6.2% -$4M $142M $80M
2020 $321M $10M 0.0% 3.8% $23M $20M $91M
2019 $318M -$37M 0.0% -12.7% -$21M

Valuation over time

How the market has priced BZFD against its own fundamentals since 2023-03 — each month-end's share price set against the most recent annual filing, so the multiple moves as price runs ahead of (or behind) earnings. Split-adjusted.

Price / sales (P/S)
0.0 0.4 0.7 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/S

Frequently asked questions

Is BZFD growing its revenue and profit?

Over the past 5 years, BuzzFeed, Inc.'s revenue has declined 10.4% per year. These are computed facts, not advice.

How much debt does BZFD have?

As of FY2025, BuzzFeed, Inc. reported $58M of total debt against $8M of cash; operating income covered interest expense -8.4×.

What is BZFD's profit margin?

In FY2025, gross margin was —, operating margin -25.8%, and net margin -31.2%.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are extracted from the company’s SEC EDGAR/XBRL filings — 10-K annual reports and 10-Q quarterly reports (use the Annual / Quarterly toggle). Quarterly figures are derived from the as-filed statements (year-to-date amounts are differenced into discrete quarters). Growth rates and ratios are computed by tradmap; nothing here is investment advice.

Source: SEC EDGAR / XBRL (10-K + 10-Q filings) · prices EOD (Databento), corporate-action-adjusted · growth rates, valuation multiples & ratios computed by tradmap. Valuation uses each month-end price against the latest annual filing. Informational only — not investment advice.