Stocks · Technology · Software - Application
LegalZoom.com, Inc. LZ
$5.87 +4.82% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $961.2M
High qualityWeak trendInexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.09, down 43.5% year over year.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- Over the past year the stock returned -42.7%, behind the S&P 500 by 58.4 percentage points.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 50%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 20%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 44%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 50%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 34%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 27%
- Gross marginTop 31%
- Operating marginBottom 49%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 11%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 6%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 21%
- Interest coverTop 17%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 45%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 7%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 10%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 14%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 38%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 16%
- 6-month returnBottom 24%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 15%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 19%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 25%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 19%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 31%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 5%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 14%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 17%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 47%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 25%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 21%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 12.9% | 12.3% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -65.0% | -43.5% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 65.7% | 66.7% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 5.0% | 4.4% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 18.5% | 18.9% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 12.3% | 12.9% | ↓ | Top 50% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -43.5% | -65.0% | ↑ | Bottom 20% |
| Gross margin | 66.7% | 65.7% | ↑ | Top 31% |
| Operating margin | 4.4% | 5.0% | ↓ | Bottom 49% |
| Net margin | 2.1% | 4.1% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 18.9% | 18.5% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 9.9% | — | Top 27% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 6.8% | — | Top 50% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -34.0%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 12.4%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +13.1 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -1.73×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 19.7×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 15.34%
- Shareholder yield
- 15.34%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -5.1%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -4.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -6.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $11.42
- Target vs current price
- +94.5%
- Analysts with a rating
- 12
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 25%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | +4.3% | -3.6% | -35.2% | -26.9% | — |
| May 6, 2026 | -7.7% | -6.4% | -8.2% | -9.8% | +17.3% |
| Feb 19, 2026 | -5.6% | +1.1% | -6.0% | -10.2% | -15.6% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | -15.0% | +2.6% | +2.0% | -4.2% | -8.1% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | +0.0% | -2.2% | +25.4% | +26.8% | +16.1% |
| May 7, 2025 | +0.0% | -0.3% | +30.8% | +26.7% | +19.3% |
| Feb 26, 2025 | +18.8% | -1.7% | +12.3% | +4.0% | +4.8% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | +6.3% | +7.8% | +11.4% | +8.5% | +20.0% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | $0.16 | $0.15 | +4.3% | $205.3M |
| May 6, 2026 | $0.12 | $0.13 | -7.7% | $206.8M |
| Feb 19, 2026 | $0.17 | $0.18 | -5.6% | $190.3M |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $0.17 | $0.20 | -15.0% | $190.2M |
| Aug 7, 2025 | $0.15 | $0.15 | +0.0% | $192.5M |
| May 7, 2025 | $0.13 | $0.13 | +0.0% | $183.1M |
| Feb 26, 2025 | $0.19 | $0.16 | +18.8% | $161.7M |
| Nov 6, 2024 | $0.17 | $0.16 | +6.3% | $168.6M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 64.9× | 80.3× | 42th | Top 45% |
| P/E (forward) | 8.1× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 9.2× | — | — | Top 10% |
| EV / Sales | 1.02× | — | — | Top 14% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 15.57% | — | — | Top 7% |
| Earnings yield | 1.54% | — | — | Top 45% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 52.4× – 250.8× since Sep 30, 2023. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -42.7%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -43.5%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +71.2%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -7.6%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -5.0%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -5.7%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -14.9%
- RSI (14)
- 49.1
- Relative volume
- 1.45×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 89.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 97th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.05
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.29
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -46.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -60.0%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2021 | Aug 12, 2026 | -86.4% | 1256 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jul 22, 2021 | Jul 27, 2021 | -10.4% | 3 days | 10 days (Aug 10, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $961.2M
- P/E (TTM)
- 64.9
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.09
- Revenue (TTM)
- $792.5M
- 52-week range
- $5.22 – $12.40
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $575.1M | $620.0M | $660.7M | $681.9M | $756.0M |
| Gross profit | $385.7M | $408.9M | $421.5M | $441.8M | $498.1M |
| Operating income | -$85.1M | -$41.7M | $21.1M | $35.6M | $14.4M |
| Net income | -$108.7M | -$48.7M | $14.0M | $30.0M | $15.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.55 | -$0.25 | $0.07 | $0.16 | $0.08 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $168.6M | $161.7M | $183.1M | $192.5M | $190.2M | $190.3M | $206.8M | $205.3M |
| Net income | $11.1M | $12.9M | $5.1M | -$266,000 | $4.5M | $6.1M | $1.1M | $5.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.06 | $0.07 | $0.03 | -$0.00 | $0.02 | $0.03 | $0.01 | $0.03 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $54.2M | $73.8M | $124.3M | $135.6M | $178.2M |
| Capital expenditure | -$11.7M | -$22.1M | -$31.6M | -$35.7M | -$30.3M |
| Free cash flow | $42.4M | $51.7M | $92.7M | $99.9M | $147.9M |
| Dividends paid | -$112,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $666.9M | -$95.1M | -$54.9M | -$165.0M | -$34.8M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $167.2M
- Total assets
- $466.4M
- Total liabilities
- $339.2M
- Total debt
- $15.1M
- Net debt
- -$152.1M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $127.2M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 2011 | $0.36 | Sep 9, 2011 |
| May 6, 2011 | $0.36 | Jun 10, 2011 |
| Feb 8, 2011 | $0.36 | Mar 10, 2011 |
| Nov 8, 2010 | $0.36 | Dec 10, 2010 |
| Aug 6, 2010 | $0.36 | Sep 10, 2010 |
| May 6, 2010 | $0.36 | Jun 10, 2010 |
| Feb 8, 2010 | $0.31 | Mar 10, 2010 |
| Nov 6, 2009 | $0.31 | Dec 10, 2009 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 11,612,092
- Days to cover
- 4.38
- Change vs previous report
- -7.7%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.