BuzzFeed, Inc.

NasdaqCM:BZFD Stock Report

Market Cap: US$104.0m

BuzzFeed Management

Management criteria checks 1/4

We currently do not have sufficient information about the CEO.

Key information

Byron Allen

Chief executive officer

n/a

Total compensation

CEO salary percentagen/a
CEO tenureless than a year
CEO ownershipn/a
Management average tenure3.5yrs
Board average tenureless than a year

Recent management updates

Recent updates

Seeking Alpha • Jun 11

BuzzFeed: Sum Of The Parts Upside Has Yet To Play Out

Summary I reiterate a Buy rating on BuzzFeed at ~$1.40/share, citing undervalued assets and improved liquidity post-Byron Allen transaction. The market underappreciates BZFD’s $100M promissory note, potential monetization of Studios and Tasty, and strategic partnership with Allen Family Digital. Management is preparing Studios and Tasty as a new independent entity, signaling a likely liquidity event or asset sale to unlock value. Risks include speculative asset valuations, uncertain monetization timing, and ongoing core business challenges in a tough digital media environment. Read the full article on Seeking Alpha
Seeking Alpha • Sep 11

BuzzFeed, Inc.: The Elephant In The Room Can Pirouette

Summary BuzzFeed's Q3 FY 2024 guidance is the highest ever, showcasing a strong business turnaround with significant improvements in engagement and advertising revenues. The $120 million 8.5% convertible debt put option due December 3, 2024, poses a major risk, but management has multiple strategies to address it. Selling First We Feast, refinancing the debt, or extending the put option with warrants are viable solutions to defuse the debt issue. The 2024 Presidential election cycle and Kamala Harris's nomination could drive substantial free cash flow in the second half of 2024 for BuzzFeed. Read the full article on Seeking Alpha
Seeking Alpha • Apr 11

My Best Current Micro-Cap Idea: BuzzFeed, Inc.

Summary BuzzFeed sold its Complex business for $114 million or 2X revenue, in late February 2024. This transforms the balance sheet. The market is irrationally fearful of BZFD's $120 million 8.5% 12/3/2026 convertible, which has a 12/3/24 lender put option. Selling complex means everyone can row in the same direction, coupled with $23 million of FY 2024 cost savings, and this stock is (super mis-priced), at its current valuation. Read the full article on Seeking Alpha
Analysis Article • Mar 15

Things Look Grim For BuzzFeed, Inc. (NASDAQ:BZFD) After Today's Downgrade

The analysts covering BuzzFeed, Inc. ( NASDAQ:BZFD ) delivered a dose of negativity to shareholders today, by making a...
Seeking Alpha • Sep 01

BuzzFeed Has Lost Its Buzz

Summary BuzzFeed's stock price has declined 84% in just nine months. Since coming into the spotlight between 2011 and 2015, BuzzFeed has steadily lost relevance over time. Even at 0.5x sales, BuzzFeed is not an attractive investment as future prospects remain weak. BuzzFeed's (BZFD) stock price has experienced a free fall since its SPAC in November 2021 where it traded at ~$10 a share. Today, BuzzFeed trades at just $1.50. Top-line growth is dwindling while net losses are widening - operating costs are rising more aggressively than sales. Even at current prices, I do not see BuzzFeed as an attractive investment. Future prospects look dim; new content isn't resonating with consumers, and the company is battling against a poor advertising backdrop. BuzzFeed may appear cheap at 0.5x FY22 sales, but don't be fooled - margins are moving in the wrong direction, with little evidence that this will change as the company unsuccessfully tries to turn the ship around. Sell. Why has BuzzFeed stock fallen? BuzzFeed's performance has fallen victim to the same fate as many other 2021 SPACs due to an over-optimistic (to put it lightly) initial valuation. Take a look at Bloomberg's De-SPAC index as a quick measure of what I mean by this SPAC 'fate'. Bloomberg It, therefore, isn't too surprising to see a significant slowdown in the SPAC activity in 2022; the number of SPAC IPOs dropped more than 80% in the first half of 2022 compared to the prior year. For BuzzFeed's pre-IPO shareholders, it appears they got the merger away at a good time (before the big crumble). But even under more accommodating SPAC conditions, BuzzFeed had little demand from investors. When the company merged with blank-check company 890 Avenue Partners Inc, 94% of the money raised by the SPAC was withdrawn as investors started to rotate away from SPACs, leaving BuzzFeed with just $16M. This general consensus move foreboded what was to come, just nine months later and the BuzzFeed stock price is down 84%. Like the initial valuation, BuzzFeed's guidance was likely aggressive. The firm expected a revenue CAGR of 25% annually through 2024. Just a year later and this expectation has been revised, the market now expects BuzzFeed to achieve a CAGR of just 10% through '24. This slower growth has come despite a stark increase in marketing spend. In Q2, BuzzFeed reported 20% revenue growth while sales and marketing expenses increased 61%. This was only slightly higher than the overall jump in total costs (47%). These higher costs drove BuzzFeed to a net loss of $23.7M. Loss of reader traction A key aspect of BuzzFeed's business is the YouTube channel, and the statistics on this account can provide a good insight into the overall performance and traction of BuzzFeed content. Purely looking at subscriber count, it's clear for a long period BuzzFeed experienced consistent exemplary channel growth. Trackalytics But there has been a notable slowdown in this growth since 2019. It appears the BuzzFeed channel is starting to reach maturity. 20 Million is a lot of subscribers, but it means very little without similar levels of engagement Trackalytics The above Trackalytics feature gives estimates of Ad revenue over time. The revenue estimates are very broad but do show a gradual decline in earnings since late 2018. Google trends paint a similar story. Google Of course, these stats aren't a complete reflection of BuzzFeed's performance but they do provide a good overview of the brand's potentially diminishing relevance. Is BuzzFeed undervalued now? The US and global economy are slowing down and that does not spell good news for BuzzFeed. Nearly half of Q2 revenue came from advertising, therefore weak guidance was expected against this poor backdrop (~6% growth expected in Q2 Y/Y). BuzzFeed is expecting sequentially deeper losses in Q3. The company has guided for Adjusted EBITDA in the range of $5-10M. Investors should also strap in for greater net losses as stock-based compensation is expected to be between $3.5-$4.5M.
Analysis Article • Aug 13

Time To Worry? Analysts Are Downgrading Their BuzzFeed, Inc. (NASDAQ:BZFD) Outlook

Market forces rained on the parade of BuzzFeed, Inc. ( NASDAQ:BZFD ) shareholders today, when the analysts downgraded...
Analysis Article • Apr 11

BuzzFeed's (NASDAQ:BZFD) Solid Earnings Have Been Accounted For Conservatively

The market seemed underwhelmed by last week's earnings announcement from BuzzFeed, Inc. ( NASDAQ:BZFD ) despite the...
Analysis Article • Mar 24

Analysts Have Made A Financial Statement On BuzzFeed, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:BZFD) Annual Report

Investors in BuzzFeed, Inc. ( NASDAQ:BZFD ) had a good week, as its shares rose 5.1% to close at US$4.91 following the...
Seeking Alpha • Dec 10

BuzzFeed Needs To Scale To Grow And Be Profitable

BuzzFeed has gone public, making it the first publicly traded purely digital media company. BuzzFeed went public via a merger with a SPAC that suffered a spate of investor withdrawals on the eve of BuzzFeed’s listing. Growth has slowed down at BuzzFeed, and the company needed the Complex acquisition that came with the SPAC deal, to fuel growth. Without acquisitions, it is debatable just how much. Having had its growth and profitability hit by the pandemic, the company has returned to growth and profitability. The company’s strategy remains one of buying its way into profitability, by acquiring companies like Complex, although this strategy may have been hurt by the SPAC withdrawals. After all, BuzzFeed said it needed this deal to make it more able to chase down targets, so having a smaller war chest cannot have been a good thing.

CEO

Byron Allen (65 yo)

less than a year
Tenure

Mr. Byron Allen founded Allen Media Group, LLC in 1993 and serves as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. He serves as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman at BuzzFeed Inc. since May 26, 2026. Mr. All...

Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Jonah Peretti
Founder20.4yrsUS$263.08k2.09%
$ 2.2m
Matthew Omer
Chief Financial Officer2.7yrsUS$817.29k0.51%
$ 525.4k
David Arroyo
Chief Legal & Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary4.4yrsUS$826.52k0.29%
$ 306.6k
Byron Allen
CEO & Chairmanless than a yearno datano data
Juliana Clifton
Vice President of Communications & Chief of Staff2.4yrsno datano data
Chandler Bondan
Chief People Officer4.4yrsno datano data
Richard Reid
President of Studio4.4yrsno datano data
Jessica Probus
GM, Publisher & Head of Content and Tech2.4yrsno datano data
3.5yrs
Average Tenure
55yo
Average Age

Experienced Management: BZFD's management team is considered experienced (3.5 years average tenure).

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Jonah Peretti
Founder20.4yrsUS$263.08k2.09%
$ 2.2m
Byron Allen
CEO & Chairmanless than a yearno datano data
Janet Rolle
Independent Director5.7yrsUS$226.11k0.40%
$ 413.2k
Adam Rothstein
Lead Independent Director4.5yrsUS$427.94k1.53%
$ 1.6m
Sydnie Karras
Directorless than a yearno datano data
Christopher Malone
Directorless than a yearno datano data
Terence Hill
Directorless than a yearno datano data
Eric Gould
Directorless than a yearno datano data
0.08yrs
Average Tenure
56yo
Average Age

Experienced Board: BZFD's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 0.1 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/06/26 21:34
End of Day Share Price 2026/06/26 00:00
Earnings2026/03/31
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

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Market Prices30 years
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Ownership10 years
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Management10 years
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  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
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Analyst Sources

BuzzFeed, Inc. is covered by 2 analysts. 0 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Brent NavonBofA Global Research
John BlackledgeTD Cowen