LZ vs. MARA, SEZL, AMTM, ETSY, WSC, LIF, QBTS, STNE, FTDR, and HRI
Should you be buying LegalZoom.com stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LegalZoom.com include Marathon Digital (MARA), Sezzle (SEZL), Amentum (AMTM), Etsy (ETSY), WillScot (WSC), Life360 (LIF), D-Wave Quantum (QBTS), StoneCo (STNE), Frontdoor (FTDR), and Herc (HRI). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
LegalZoom.com vs. Its Competitors
Marathon Digital (NASDAQ:MARA) and LegalZoom.com (NASDAQ:LZ) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Marathon Digital had 11 more articles in the media than LegalZoom.com. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Marathon Digital and 0 mentions for LegalZoom.com. Marathon Digital's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat LegalZoom.com's score of 0.00 indicating that Marathon Digital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
44.5% of Marathon Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.0% of LegalZoom.com shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Marathon Digital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of LegalZoom.com shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Marathon Digital currently has a consensus price target of $20.94, indicating a potential upside of 19.55%. LegalZoom.com has a consensus price target of $8.64, indicating a potential downside of 4.07%. Given Marathon Digital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Marathon Digital is more favorable than LegalZoom.com.
LegalZoom.com has a net margin of 4.39% compared to Marathon Digital's net margin of -46.68%. LegalZoom.com's return on equity of 28.00% beat Marathon Digital's return on equity.
Marathon Digital has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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 beta of 6.53, meaning that its stock price is 553% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LegalZoom.com has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Marathon Digital and LegalZoom.com tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:LZ) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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