LZ vs. LYFT, ETSY, WPP, AMTM, WSC, LIF, QBTS, SEZL, STNE, and FTDR
Should you be buying LegalZoom.com stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LegalZoom.com include Lyft (LYFT), Etsy (ETSY), WPP (WPP), Amentum (AMTM), WillScot (WSC), Life360 (LIF), D-Wave Quantum (QBTS), Sezzle (SEZL), StoneCo (STNE), and Frontdoor (FTDR). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
LegalZoom.com vs. Its Competitors
Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) and LegalZoom.com (NASDAQ:LZ) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
Lyft has a beta of 2.2, suggesting that its stock price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LegalZoom.com has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
LegalZoom.com has a net margin of 4.39% compared to Lyft's net margin of 0.95%. LegalZoom.com's return on equity of 28.00% beat Lyft's return on equity.
LegalZoom.com has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lyft. LegalZoom.com is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lyft, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lyft presently has a consensus target price of $16.78, indicating a potential upside of 13.37%. LegalZoom.com has a consensus target price of $9.08, indicating a potential upside of 1.89%. Given Lyft's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lyft is more favorable than LegalZoom.com.
In the previous week, Lyft had 20 more articles in the media than LegalZoom.com. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Lyft and 2 mentions for LegalZoom.com. LegalZoom.com's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Lyft's score of 0.08 indicating that LegalZoom.com is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
83.1% of Lyft shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.0% of LegalZoom.com shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Lyft shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of LegalZoom.com shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Lyft and LegalZoom.com tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:LZ) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff