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ZIPRECRUITER INC CLASS A (ZIP)

Communication Services · Online Employment Marketplace / Human Capital Technology · NYSE

ZipRecruiter is an AI-driven online marketplace that acts as an intelligent matchmaker to connect job seekers with employers at scale.

What ZIPRECRUITER INC CLASS A does

ZipRecruiter operates an AI-powered online employment marketplace that connects job seekers with employers. The platform utilizes sophisticated algorithms to curate job opportunities for seekers and match qualified candidates to employers, replacing manual job searching and candidate sourcing with an automated, data-driven matching system. Employers use the marketplace on either a flat-rate or performance-based pricing model to recruit talent.

Recent developments

In Q2 2026, the company opportunistically repurchased $294.6 million of senior unsecured notes at a $65 million discount to par value. The company continues to project revenue growth and year-over-year margin expansion for Q3 2026.

From ZIPRECRUITER INC CLASS A's filing of 2026-08-05.

Themes: AI infrastructure / Generative AI, online recruitment / talent acquisition, marketplace platform economy

Fundamentals

  • Price$3.69 as of 2026-09-09 close
  • Market cap$413M as of 2026-09-02
  • 1-year return-23.1% 2025-09-09 close $4.80 → 2026-09-09 close $3.69
  • P/E10.70 as of 2026-09-09
  • Net margin-7.3% FY2025, SEC XBRL
  • Gross margin+89.2% FY2025, SEC XBRL
  • Debt / equity40.48 as of 2026-09-02
  • Revenue growth (YoY)+0.4% as of 2026-09-02
  • Revenue CAGR (3y)-20.8% SEC XBRL
  • Beta1.50 as of 2026-09-02
  • Last reported earnings2026-08-05 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)

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How ZIP compares in its sector

  • price-to-earnings ratiobottom 25% 69 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-09-09
  • net profit marginmiddle range 126 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-09-02
  • operating marginmiddle range 122 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-09-02
  • gross margintop 10% 24 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-09-02
  • 3-year revenue CAGRbottom 10% 122 covered Communication Services peers
  • free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)bottom 25% 114 covered Communication Services peers, as of FY2025

Position among covered Communication Services companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.

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How ZIPRECRUITER INC CLASS A looks technically

ZIPRECRUITER INC CLASS A (ZIP) is trading 6.9% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 40 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 18, below the 25 that marks a real trend), though sellers have been pushing harder than buyers lately — pressure, not a trend. Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 36, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). It just made a new 20-day low, its first since 2026-06-24, breaking below its recent trading range. It is 34.2% below its highest point of the past year.

Trend

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Distance from the 200-dayit is trading 6.9% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend+6.9%
50-day moving averageits average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $4.27$4.27
200-day moving averageits average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $3.45$3.45
Swing structureeach recent peak has been higher than the one before it and each dip has been shallower — the pattern chart-watchers call an uptrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes nexthigher highs and higher lows
Last swing turnits last significant turn was a swing low 16 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on16 sessions
Since the 50/200 crossits 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 40 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal40 sessions
Trend strength (14-day ADX)there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 18, below the 25 that marks a real trend), though sellers have been pushing harder than buyers lately — pressure, not a trend18.4

Momentum

3
14-day RSImomentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 36, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30)36.2
Position in its 14-day rangeit is trading right at the bottom of its 14-day range ($3.65 to $5.29) — its "stochastic" reading is 3 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been slipping within that range over the last few sessions.2.7
Since the MACD crossed zeroMACD, a trend-momentum gauge, is in negative territory (momentum leaning bearish)13 sessions

Range

12
52-week highits highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $5.61$5.61
From the 52-week highit is 34.2% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year)-34.2%
Above the 52-week lowit is 123.6% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year)+123.6%
Below the 52-week highit is 34.2% below its highest point of the past year34.2%
Since a 20-day breakoutit just made a new 20-day low, its first since 2026-06-24, breaking below its recent trading range1 session
Since a 55-day breakoutit made a new 55-day high about 14 trading days ago14 sessions
All-time highits highest closing price on record is $32.90 (set on 2021-11-17)$32.90
Given back of the 52-week moveover the past year its closes ranged ($1.69 to $5.49), and it has recovered around half of its fall from last year’s high — 53% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $4.04 to $4.16. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast.52.6%
From the all-time highit is 88.8% below its all-time high-88.8%
Nearest price levelit is trading 1.7% below a resistance level at $3.75 — a price it turned at four times since 2025-10-09, most recently on 2026-07-31. Since 2024-09-09 it has 2 such levels below the current price and 14 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go.+1.7%
All-time lowits lowest closing price on record is $1.65 (set on 2026-02-12)$1.65
Above the all-time lowit is 123.6% above its all-time low+123.6%

Volatility

5
Band width vs its own 6 monthsday-to-day price swings are about average versus its own recent 6-month history34th percentile
Typical daily rangein a typical session it travels about $0.3425 between its high and its low — about 9.3% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was$0.3425
Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ)most of its recent trading has stayed between about $3.72 and $5.20 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles$3.72 – $4.46 – $5.20
Typical daily range (% of price)its price moves about 9.3% in a typical session — among the most volatile in the catalog. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price9.3%
Stretch from the 200-day averageit is trading 0.7 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (6.9% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale0.7 daily ranges above its 200-day average

Volume

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Volume vs its 30-day averagetrading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average0.72×

Analyst

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Change in the average price targetanalysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading0.0%
Change in the consensus ratingnot available for this company yetn/a

Candlestick patterns

3
Since a doji5 sessions ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level5 sessions ago
Since a hammer2 sessions ago, after a stretch of decline, it sold off hard during the session and then closed back near its high — a "hammer", the long lower wick showing the drop was bought back before the close2 sessions ago
Since a bullish engulfing7 sessions ago it opened below the previous session's close and finished above that session's open — a "bullish engulfing" pair, where one up day more than undid the down day before it7 sessions ago

Price gaps

2
Gap at the openit opened on 2026-09-09 at essentially the same price it closed at the session before — no meaningful overnight gap0.0%
Gap filleda 2.8% gap down opened on 2026-09-01 has been "filled" 5 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it closed again during the very session that opened it5 sessions ago

Price streaks

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Closing streakit has closed lower 2 sessions in a row, a -12.56% move over the run — an unbroken run of down days, which describes what has already happened and says nothing about the next session2 sessions down

Relative strength

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vs market, 1 monthover the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 26.8 percentage points (the stock lost 28.2% while the market lost 1.4%)-26.8%
vs market, 3 monthsover the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 11.8 percentage points (the stock gained 15.0% while the market gained 3.1%)+11.8%
vs market, 6 monthsover the past 6 months this stock beat the market by 19.9 percentage points (the stock gained 32.3% while the market gained 12.4%)+19.9%
vs market, 12 monthsover the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 40.4 percentage points (the stock lost 23.1% while the market gained 17.2%)-40.4%

Signal agreement

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Bullish technical signals4 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, outperforming the market over 6 months, near the bottom of its 14-day range (oversold) — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast4 of 9
Bearish technical signals3 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a fresh 20-day low, MACD momentum is negative, trading below the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast3 of 9

Trend (Ichimoku cloud)

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Vs the Ichimoku cloudtrading 1.5% below the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-08-03 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established downtrend, with the band above acting as the level that would have to be cleared. The band itself is thick, spanning 10.6% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that has held for a while and takes effort to cross.-1.5%

Volume-weighted price

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Vs this year’s average price paidthe price is 19% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $3.10 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 167 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP.+19.0%
Vs the average paid since it last reportedthe price is 18% below the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-08-05 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $4.51 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 25 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP.-18.1%

Price levels it has turned at before

ZIP last closed at $3.69 on 2026-09-09. Since 2024-09-09 it has turned at 2 prices below its last close and 14 above; the 2 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.

LevelSideDistanceEvidence
$3.75Resistance1.7% above the last closeturned there four times · 2025-10-09 to 2026-07-31
$4.01Resistance8.6% above the last closeturned there three times · 2025-11-05 to 2026-08-24
$4.13Resistance11.9% above the last closeturned there three times · 2026-05-13 to 2026-07-07
$3.02Support18.2% below the last closeturned there twice · 2026-03-13 to 2026-05-22
$1.68Support54.4% below the last closeturned there twice · 2026-03-02 to 2026-03-27

A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.

Wave structure

No Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings: the recent highs and lows do not satisfy the three rules a five-wave count has to obey, so there is no count to show rather than a count we are unsure about.

Read from daily closes as of 2026-09-09.

An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.

Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-09-09. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.

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Analyst consensus

  • Consensus ratingHold (2.60 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 2 analysts
  • Mean price target$4.75 range $4.50 – $5.00

Analyst estimates, as of 2026-09-09. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.

Analyst EPS estimate for ZIP

  • Consensus EPS estimate$0.01416 next reporting period, as of 2026-09-09
  • Estimate change, 30 days-$0.1041 (-88.0%) from $0.1183, on 2026-08-10, 30-day window
  • Readings revised upward0% of 4 comparable readings

The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.

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Key risks (from latest filing)

["High dependence on macroeconomic conditions and the overall demand for labor, which significantly impacts hiring activity and revenue.","Operating in a highly competitive, fragmented market with well-established rivals and low barriers to entry for new technology-driven entrants.","Reliance on third-party mobile operating systems and cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS) to deliver its platform services."]

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What changed in the latest 10-Q

AI-assisted comparison of ZIP's 10-Q filed 2026-05-07 against the prior one filed 2025-11-05.

Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)

  • Added:
    • Newer filing adds metric data for December 31, 2025 and March 31, 2026 (Quarterly Paid Employers: 59,104 and 63,329; Revenue per Paid Employer: $1,889 and $1,698)
    • Newer filing adds financial results for Q1 2026: revenue $107.5 million, net loss $4.7 million, Adjusted EBITDA $9.7 million
    • Newer filing includes comparison to Q1 2025 results (revenue $110.1 million, net loss $12.8 million, Adjusted EBITDA $5.9 million)
    • Newer filing adds analysis stating Quarterly Paid Employers increased 7% comparing Q1 2026 to Q4 2025
    • Newer filing adds explanation that Revenue per Paid Employer declined in Q1 2026 compared to Q4 2025 due to seasonal new employer ramp-up
    • Newer filing adds detailed reconciliation table for Q1 2026 vs Q1 2025 showing net loss, stock-based compensation, depreciation, interest, other income/expense, and tax benefit
    • Newer filing adds net loss margin tables showing (4)% for Q1 2026 vs (12)% for Q1 2025
    • Newer filing adds Adjusted EBITDA margin table showing 9% for Q1 2026 vs 5% for Q1 2025
  • Removed:
    • Older filing references to September 30, 2025 and September 30, 2024 quarterly results removed from Overview section
    • Older filing references to nine-month period results (September 30, 2025 and 2024) removed
    • Older filing metric table showing data from March 31, 2024 through September 30, 2025 replaced with table showing March 31, 2025 through March 31, 2026
    • Older filing reconciliation table for Q3 2025/2024 and nine-month periods removed
    • Older filing net loss margin and Adjusted EBITDA margin tables comparing Q3 2025 vs Q3 2024 and nine-month periods removed
    • Older filing narrative about Q3 2025 Quarterly Paid Employers increasing 1% vs Q2 2025 removed
    • Older filing narrative about Q3 2025 Revenue per Paid Employer increasing vs Q2 2025 removed
  • Reworded:
    • Older filing describes job seeker matching using 'artificial intelligence-powered career advisor, Phil' that 'proactively sends alerts for new opportunities where they are a Great Match'; newer filing simplifies to 'our artificial intelligence-powered platform curates jobs and helps job seekers discover new opportunities' without specific mention of Phil or Great Match designation
    • Older filing describes older filing discusses older matches as 'increasingly higher quality matches'; newer filing states same concept
    • Macroeconomic Conditions section in newer filing adds specific reference to 'cybersecurity incidents' and 'changes in laws, regulations and administrative policy, including those that impact trade agreements and tariffs, and the impacts of the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East' not present in older filing excerpt
  • Notes:
    • Older filing excerpt is cut off at the end (incomplete revenue table for nine-month periods), preventing full comparison of closing content
    • Two filings cover different quarterly periods (Q1 2026 vs Q3 2025), making some comparisons reflect period-over-period changes rather than narrative restatements

Risk Factors

  • Added:
    • Added phrase 'banking instability' moved to earlier position in list of volatility factors in newer filing (2026-05-07)
    • Added new paragraph beginning 'Recently, the U.S. government has enacted...' discussing ongoing trade policy evaluation and potential tariff changes in newer filing (2026-05-07)
    • Added phrase about 'Meta' as a competitor in newer filing (2026-05-07)
  • Removed:
    • Removed historical context sentence 'Prior to 2020, the United States had largely experienced positive economic and employment trends since our founding in 2010 and therefore we do not have a significant operating history in periods of weak economic environments and cannot predict how our business will perform in such periods.' from older filing (2025-11-05)
    • Removed competitors 'CareerBuilder' and 'Monster' from older filing (2025-11-05)
    • Removed phrase 'as well as from newer entrants such as Google or Facebook' from older filing (2025-11-05)
    • Removed phrase 'including actual or perceived instability in the banking industry' from first paragraph describing economic conditions in older filing (2025-11-05)
  • Reworded:
    • Changed 'If general economic conditions significantly deviate from present levels' in older filing (2025-11-05) to 'If there is a significant or prolonged decline in economic conditions' in newer filing (2026-05-07)
    • Reordered list of volatility factors: older filing (2025-11-05) lists 'banking instability' first, newer filing (2026-05-07) lists 'global conflict' first
    • Changed from 'We also compete with companies that utilize emerging technologies' in older filing (2025-11-05) to 'We also compete with other companies that utilize emerging technologies' in newer filing (2026-05-07)
    • Changed 'Google' from parenthetical as 'newer entrant' to listed alongside Craigslist, Glassdoor, Indeed, LinkedIn as established competitor in newer filing (2026-05-07)
    • Changed 'While we also may utilize such technologies, these competitors' in newer filing (2026-05-07) versus original text structure in older filing (2025-11-05)
  • Notes:
    • Text appears truncated at end of both filings; comparison limited to provided excerpts
    • The newer filing (2026-05-07) appears to have reorganized and expanded content related to trade policy, which may represent addition of new standalone paragraph or restructuring of existing content

AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.

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Insider activity (SEC Form 4)

0 open-market purchases and 16 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days, of which we have read Form 4 filings through 2026-08-18. The 23 days since 2026-08-18 have not been checked yet.

  • Last 30 days · read to 2026-08-180 buys · 2 sells ($53366) — 2 selling insiders
  • Last 90 days · read to 2026-08-180 buys · 16 sells ($626095) — 4 selling insiders
  • Last 180 days · read to 2026-08-180 buys · 24 sells ($792031) — 4 selling insiders

Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)

Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-08-25. Based on Form 4 filings read through 2026-08-18; anything filed since is not yet included.

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Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.

Institutional ownership (13F)

5 institutional 13F filers reported holding ZIP as of 2026-06-30 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).

  • Distinct 13F filers 5
  • Reported shares held 12,510,644
  • Reported value $46,914,917

reported quarterly holdings change (2026-03-31 → 2026-06-30): 0 new, 3 increased, 2 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".

Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.

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Short interest (FINRA)

ZIP had 3,944,579 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-08-14 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).

Short interest as a percent of shares outstanding is not shown for ZIP because we do not hold a verified share count to divide it by. The reported figures above are unaffected.

  • Reported short interest (shares) 3,944,579
  • Prior settlement (shares) 4,160,282
  • Reported change -5.18%
  • Days to cover (reported) 4.2

Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-08-14 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.

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Competitors & peers

  • Indeed (Recruit Holdings)
  • LinkedIn (Microsoft)
  • Glassdoor (Recruit Holdings)
  • Monster (Randstad)
  • CareerBuilder
  • Upwork (UPWK)
  • Fiverr (FVRR)

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Frequently asked questions

What does ZIPRECRUITER INC CLASS A (ZIP) do?

ZipRecruiter operates an AI-powered online employment marketplace that connects job seekers with employers. The platform utilizes sophisticated algorithms to curate job opportunities for seekers and match qualified candidates to employers, replacing manual job searching and candidate sourcing with an automated, data-driven matching system. Employers use the marketplace on either a flat-rate or performance-based pricing model to recruit talent.

What sector is ZIPRECRUITER INC CLASS A (ZIP) in?

ZIPRECRUITER INC CLASS A (ZIP) is classified in the Communication Services sector. Its industry is Online Employment Marketplace / Human Capital Technology. It trades on NYSE.

Who are ZIPRECRUITER INC CLASS A's (ZIP) competitors?

Notable peers of ZIPRECRUITER INC CLASS A (ZIP) include Indeed (Recruit Holdings), LinkedIn (Microsoft), Glassdoor (Recruit Holdings), Monster (Randstad) and CareerBuilder. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.

Is ZIPRECRUITER INC CLASS A (ZIP) overbought or oversold right now?

ZIPRECRUITER INC CLASS A (ZIP) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 36, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-09-09). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.

Where does stocks-llm's data on ZIP come from?

Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-02 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-02; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.

Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-02 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.

Last updated 2026-09-09.

Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.