LZ vs. OI, ALG, AMBP, MWA, AIN, ATMU, EPAC, ESE, KMT, and AZZ
Should you be buying LegalZoom.com stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LegalZoom.com include O-I Glass (OI), Alamo Group (ALG), Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMBP), Mueller Water Products (MWA), Albany International (AIN), Atmus Filtration Technologies (ATMU), Enerpac Tool Group (EPAC), ESCO Technologies (ESE), Kennametal (KMT), and AZZ (AZZ). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
LegalZoom.com (NASDAQ:LZ) and O-I Glass (NYSE:OI) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
O-I Glass received 427 more outperform votes than LegalZoom.com when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.32% of users gave O-I Glass an outperform vote while only 35.21% of users gave LegalZoom.com an outperform vote.
LegalZoom.com has a net margin of 2.11% compared to O-I Glass' net margin of -3.45%. O-I Glass' return on equity of 18.25% beat LegalZoom.com's return on equity.
In the previous week, O-I Glass had 21 more articles in the media than LegalZoom.com. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for O-I Glass and 11 mentions for LegalZoom.com. LegalZoom.com's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat O-I Glass' score of 0.22 indicating that LegalZoom.com is being referred to more favorably in the media.
LegalZoom.com has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, O-I Glass has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
82.0% of LegalZoom.com shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of O-I Glass shares are held by institutional investors. 10.5% of LegalZoom.com shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of O-I Glass shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
LegalZoom.com has higher earnings, but lower revenue than O-I Glass. O-I Glass is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LegalZoom.com, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
LegalZoom.com currently has a consensus price target of $14.36, indicating a potential upside of 19.15%. O-I Glass has a consensus price target of $19.56, indicating a potential upside of 46.43%. Given O-I Glass' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe O-I Glass is more favorable than LegalZoom.com.
Summary
O-I Glass beats LegalZoom.com on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get LegalZoom.com News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for LZ and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding LZ and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
LegalZoom.com Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
