LegalZoom.com (LZ) Competitors

MARA (NASDAQ:MARA) and LegalZoom.com (NASDAQ:LZ) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Which has more volatility and risk, MARA or LZ?

MARA has a beta of 5.76, meaning that its share price is 476% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LegalZoom.com has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MARA or LZ more profitable?

MARA has a net margin of 27.48% compared to LegalZoom.com's net margin of 3.61%. LegalZoom.com's return on equity of 32.88% beat MARA's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MARA	27.48%	-8.40%	-6.92%
LegalZoom.com	3.61%	32.88%	9.31%

Does the media prefer MARA or LZ?

In the previous week, MARA had 27 more articles in the media than LegalZoom.com. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for MARA and 4 mentions for LegalZoom.com. MARA's average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat LegalZoom.com's score of 0.10 indicating that MARA is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
MARA	8 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
LegalZoom.com	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, MARA or LZ?

MARA has higher earnings, but lower revenue than LegalZoom.com. MARA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LegalZoom.com, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MARA	$387.51M	12.84	$261.17M	$0.79	18.56
LegalZoom.com	$660.73M	2.27	$13.95M	$0.13	66.70

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MARA or LZ?

MARA received 278 more outperform votes than LegalZoom.com when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.77% of users gave MARA an outperform vote while only 32.22% of users gave LegalZoom.com an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MARA	Outperform Votes 307 53.77%	Underperform Votes 264 46.23%
LegalZoom.com	Outperform Votes 29 32.22%	Underperform Votes 61 67.78%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in MARA or LZ?

44.5% of MARA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.0% of LegalZoom.com shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of MARA shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.5% of LegalZoom.com shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate MARA or LZ?

MARA presently has a consensus target price of $25.67, indicating a potential upside of 75.08%. LegalZoom.com has a consensus target price of $9.06, indicating a potential upside of 4.53%. Given MARA's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe MARA is more favorable than LegalZoom.com.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MARA	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
LegalZoom.com	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Summary

MARA beats LegalZoom.com on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.