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ZW Data Action Technologies Inc. (CNET)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for ZW Data Action Technologies Inc. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q2 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About ZW Data Action Technologies Inc.

ZW Data Action Technologies Inc. provides technology services in blockchain technology, intellectual property services, and internet advertising. The company develops software platforms and applications related to these areas. It serves businesses seeking solutions in digital technology and online advertising.

Snapshot

Revenue
$4.6M
Revenue growth (YoY)
-70.1%
Net income
$-1.8M
Diluted EPS
Gross margin
7.7%
Operating margin
-42.3%
Net margin
-38.4%
FCF margin
-21.5%
ROE
-40.2%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$5.2M
Long-term debt / equity
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at ZW Data Action Technologies

  • Revenue fell 70.1% to $5M in FY2025, after a 49.5% decline the year before.
  • Operating margin is -42.3% in FY2025, -13.6 pp against -28.7% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q2 FY2026: revenue $652000, up 19.0% from Q2 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was negative $994000 in FY2025.
  • Net loss narrowed to $2M in FY2025, from $4M in FY2024.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where ZW Data Action Technologies’s fundamentals sit among the 332 software companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin7.7%
2nd percentile of 264
Operating margin-42.3%
7th percentile of 303
Net margin-38.4%
8th percentile of 307
FCF margin-21.5%
7th percentile of 285
Revenue growth (YoY)-70.1%
1st percentile of 325
ROE-40.2%
15th percentile of 285
Short interest2.04d
30th percentile of 330

ZW Data Action Technologies’s revenue growth of -70.1% ranks in the 1st percentile of the 325 software companies reporting it. ZW Data Action Technologies’s gross margin of 7.7% ranks in the 2nd percentile of the 264 software companies reporting it. ZW Data Action Technologies’s operating margin of -42.3% ranks in the 7th percentile of the 303 software companies reporting it.

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Percentiles describe where a figure sits among industry peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 1 quant / multi-strat book among the superinvestors we track; no conviction manager currently reports a position.

Conviction investors
0
+1 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
1
1 new, 0 added
Reduced / exited
0
0 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$15,752
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$15,75212.7KNew

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
62.9K
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
-56.5%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
2.04
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
30.9K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-1462.9K-56.5%2.04
2026-07-31144.6K+495.6%1.00
2026-07-1524.3K-76.1%1.00
2026-06-30101.5K-9.7%1.00
2026-06-15112.4K+146.6%1.00
2026-05-2945.6K-15.2%7.87
2026-05-1553.7K+2.7%5.10
2026-04-3052.3K-33.7%6.32

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$4.6M$15.4M$30.6M$26.2M$47.3M
Gross profit$353,000$446,000$-436,000$-194,000$98,000
Operating income$-2.0M$-3.8M$-6.0M$-11.1M$-13.6M
Net income$-1.8M$-3.8M$-6.0M$-9.8M$-2.8M
Diluted EPS

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$970,000$812,000$817,000$4.4M$7.2M
Current assets$7.6M$9.2M$9.0M$12.3M$19.9M
Total assets$9.7M$9.7M$11.2M$19.7M$32.6M
Current liabilities$5.1M$5.8M$4.9M$5.7M$8.8M
Long-term debt
Total liabilities$5.3M$6.0M$5.0M$7.4M$10.9M
Total equity$4.4M$3.7M$6.3M$12.3M$21.8M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$-929,000$-2.1M$-2.0M$-3.2M$-8.8M
Capital expenditure$65,000$3,000$81,000$0$334,000
Free cash flow$-994,000$-2.1M$-2.1M$-3.2M$-9.2M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q2 FY2026$652,00019.0%$-350,000
Q1 FY2026$383,000-76.8%$126,000
Q4 FY2025$697,000-69.0%$-494,000
Q3 FY2025$1.7M-47.0%$-108,000
Q2 FY2025$548,000-91.5%$-637,000
Q1 FY2025$1.7M-53.2%$-531,000
Q4 FY2024$2.2M-57.3%$-781,000
Q3 FY2024$3.2M-64.7%$-1.9M

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNasdaq
SectorTechnology
SIC industryServices-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc.
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ2 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2006
SEC CIK1376321

Selected SEC filings

10-K2026-03-31
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10-K2025-04-15
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10-Q2026-08-14
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10-Q2026-05-15
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10-Q2025-11-14
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10-Q2025-08-14
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8-K2026-08-18
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8-K/A2026-08-06
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.