LZ vs. MARA, QMMM, FOUR, ETSY, AMTM, STNE, WPP, FTDR, DGNX, and DLO
Should you be buying LegalZoom.com stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LegalZoom.com include Marathon Digital (MARA), QMMM (QMMM), Shift4 Payments (FOUR), Etsy (ETSY), Amentum (AMTM), StoneCo (STNE), WPP (WPP), Frontdoor (FTDR), Diginex (DGNX), and DLocal (DLO). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
LegalZoom.com vs. Its Competitors
LegalZoom.com (NASDAQ:LZ) and Marathon Digital (NASDAQ:MARA) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Marathon Digital had 17 more articles in the media than LegalZoom.com. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Marathon Digital and 5 mentions for LegalZoom.com. LegalZoom.com's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Marathon Digital's score of 0.79 indicating that LegalZoom.com is being referred to more favorably in the media.
LegalZoom.com has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marathon Digital has a beta of 6.33, meaning that its share price is 533% more volatile than the S&P 500.
82.0% of LegalZoom.com shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.5% of Marathon Digital shares are held by institutional investors. 5.9% of LegalZoom.com shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Marathon Digital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Marathon Digital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than LegalZoom.com. Marathon Digital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LegalZoom.com, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Marathon Digital has a net margin of 85.02% compared to LegalZoom.com's net margin of 4.07%. LegalZoom.com's return on equity of 20.36% beat Marathon Digital's return on equity.
LegalZoom.com presently has a consensus price target of $10.83, suggesting a potential upside of 2.73%. Marathon Digital has a consensus price target of $24.20, suggesting a potential upside of 22.36%. Given Marathon Digital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Marathon Digital is more favorable than LegalZoom.com.
Summary
Marathon Digital beats LegalZoom.com on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:LZ) was last updated on 10/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff