SOHU vs. LZ, OLO, ACVA, RAMP, DGNX, VVX, ASTH, FLYW, TASK, and DFIN
Should you be buying Sohu.com stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sohu.com include LegalZoom.com (LZ), OLO (OLO), ACV Auctions (ACVA), LiveRamp (RAMP), Diginex (DGNX), V2X (VVX), Astrana Health (ASTH), Flywire (FLYW), TaskUs (TASK), and Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Sohu.com vs. Its Competitors
Sohu.com (NASDAQ:SOHU) and LegalZoom.com (NASDAQ:LZ) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and dividends.
In the previous week, LegalZoom.com had 3 more articles in the media than Sohu.com. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for LegalZoom.com and 2 mentions for Sohu.com. LegalZoom.com's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Sohu.com's score of 0.48 indicating that LegalZoom.com is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sohu.com has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LegalZoom.com has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
33.0% of Sohu.com shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.0% of LegalZoom.com shares are held by institutional investors. 21.1% of Sohu.com shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of LegalZoom.com shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
LegalZoom.com has higher revenue and earnings than Sohu.com. Sohu.com is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LegalZoom.com, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sohu.com has a net margin of 22.70% compared to LegalZoom.com's net margin of 4.07%. LegalZoom.com's return on equity of 20.36% beat Sohu.com's return on equity.
Sohu.com currently has a consensus price target of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.39%. LegalZoom.com has a consensus price target of $10.83, suggesting a potential downside of 1.69%. Given Sohu.com's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Sohu.com is more favorable than LegalZoom.com.
Summary
LegalZoom.com beats Sohu.com on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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.
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This page (NASDAQ:SOHU) was last updated on 9/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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