SOHU vs. LZ, RAMP, ALIT, FIVN, ACVA, OLO, FLYW, ASTH, GDRX, and TASK
Should you be buying Sohu.com stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sohu.com include LegalZoom.com (LZ), LiveRamp (RAMP), Alight (ALIT), Five9 (FIVN), ACV Auctions (ACVA), OLO (OLO), Flywire (FLYW), Astrana Health (ASTH), GoodRx (GDRX), and TaskUs (TASK). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Sohu.com vs. Its Competitors
LegalZoom.com (NASDAQ:LZ) and Sohu.com (NASDAQ:SOHU) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, LegalZoom.com had 1 more articles in the media than Sohu.com. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for LegalZoom.com and 3 mentions for Sohu.com. LegalZoom.com's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Sohu.com's score of 0.30 indicating that LegalZoom.com is being referred to more favorably in the media.
LegalZoom.com presently has a consensus price target of $10.83, indicating a potential upside of 6.94%. Sohu.com has a consensus price target of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 39.37%. Given Sohu.com's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sohu.com is more favorable than LegalZoom.com.
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.
82.0% of LegalZoom.com shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.0% of Sohu.com shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.9% of LegalZoom.com shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.1% of Sohu.com shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
LegalZoom.com has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sohu.com has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 10/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
