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Zacks

U.S. market-focused, financially oriented, no clear political lean

Owned byZacks Investment Research is a privately held, family-owned firm (founded and led by Len Zacks, with family members in senior roles). Its content appears on Yahoo Finance, which is owned by Yahoo Inc., itself majority-owned (approximately 90%) by funds managed by Apollo Global Management since September 2021; Verizon retained a minority stake.
FundingRevenue from subscription products, proprietary data licensing to institutional clients and platforms (including Fidelity, Nasdaq, and Yahoo Finance), and advertising on its own site. Estimated annual revenue around $78 million. Apollo Global Management, a private equity firm, funds Yahoo Inc. through its acquisition structure.
On the administrationmostly neutral

Background

Len Zacks, holding a PhD from MIT, founded Zacks Investment Research in Chicago in 1978 after identifying that earnings estimate revisions are a powerful predictor of stock price movements. That insight became the foundation of the Zacks Rank, a quantitative stock-rating system still central to the firm's product line. In 1992, the company launched Zacks Investment Management as a wholly owned subsidiary focused on portfolio management. The firm has remained privately held and family-run, with roughly 400 employees and a team of more than 70 equity analysts. Zacks distributes its research broadly through data licensing deals with brokerages (including Fidelity), financial databases, and content partnerships with platforms such as Yahoo Finance and Nasdaq. Yahoo Finance, through which Zacks content widely reaches retail investors, is owned by Yahoo Inc., which Apollo Global Management acquired for approximately $5 billion in September 2021. Zacks' editorial approach is data-driven and investor-focused; it does not carry opinion columns or political commentary, and coverage of government policy is framed around portfolio impact rather than political stance. No major editorial controversies are on record.

Sources

  1. About Us - Zacks Investment Research
  2. Zacks Investment Research - Crunchbase Company Profile
  3. Zacks Investment Research: Revenue, Worth, Valuation & Competitors 2026
  4. Apollo Funds Complete Acquisition of Yahoo | Apollo Global Management
  5. Yahoo, taken private by Apollo Global, finds a new renaissance
  6. Trump Tariffs: Trade Wars, Volatility, & Market Resilience - Zacks.com
  7. Zacks Analyst Blog on Yahoo Finance
  8. Zacks Investment Research | Research firm details & methodology | Fidelity

Profile compiled 2026-07-17; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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