LegalZoom.com, Inc. (LZ)Industrials | Specialty Business Services | Mountain View, United States | NasdaqGS
6.15 USD
+0.10
(1.653%)
⇧
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 6.15 |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 3:34 a.m. EDT
The investment case for LegalZoom is currently fractured between a deteriorating price trend and a fragile operational recovery. While the company recently posted a massive 73% revenue surge, the stock has erased nearly 70% of its value over the last four years, leaving it trading at a steep discount to its book value despite a high P/E ratio. The recent earnings miss on EPS, even with rising top-line numbers, highlights the difficulty in translating growth into profitability in this low-margin environment. For the short term, the technical picture is grim. The stock is trading well below its 50-day and 200-day moving averages, confirming a downtrend that has yet to reverse. The heavy concentration of put options suggests traders are bracing for further volatility or a breakdown, making this a poor environment for momentum plays. Long-term investors face a binary choice: believe the premium subscription model can eventually drive margins up to justify the current valuation, or accept that the market has permanently downgraded the brand's growth potential. Given the lack of dividends and the multi-year structural decline in share price, the risk-reward profile remains skewed toward caution until the balance sheet strengthens and consistent earnings growth is demonstrated. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.149890 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.153634 |
| AutoETS | 0.153634 |
| AutoTheta | 0.153874 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 39% |
| H-stat | 4.81 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.110 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.54 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Industrials |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 11.903 |
| Revenue per Share | 4.473 |
| Market Cap | 1,053,278,656 |
| Trailing P/E | 68.33 |
| Forward P/E | 7.63 |
| Beta | 1.29 |
| Profit Margins | 2.13% |
| Website | https://www.legalzoom.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 3:34 a.m. EDT: Speculators are heavily positioned for downside protection, with significant open interest in deep out-of-the-money puts (strikes 3.0 and 5.0) expiring in late 2026 and early 2027. This 'insurance' positioning suggests a fear of further decline rather than a bullish bet on recovery. Conversely, call volume is concentrated in strikes far above the current price (10.0 and 11.0), indicating speculative hopes for a sharp rebound to previous highs, but the heavy put weight implies the market views these rallies as risky or temporary.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.44239634 |
| Address1 | 954 Villa Street |
| All Time High | 40.94 |
| All Time Low | 5.22 |
| Ask | 6.15 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 3 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 2,475,090 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 2,828,737 |
| Average Volume | 2,828,737 |
| Average Volume10Days | 2,475,090 |
| Beta | 1.293 |
| Bid | 6.12 |
| Bid Size | 1 |
| Board Risk | 8 |
| Book Value | 0.759 |
| City | Mountain View |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 9 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 6.15 |
| Current Ratio | 0.667 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 6.27 |
| Day Low | 6.05 |
| Debt To Equity | 11.903 |
| Display Name | LegalZoom.com |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,785,961,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,785,961,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,785,960,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,822,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,822,400 |
| Ebitda | 44,483,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.05613 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 20.259 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 1.137 |
| Enterprise Value | 901,187,584 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.71114 |
| Eps Forward | 0.80569 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.09 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 6.6617 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.5116997 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.07681218 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -44.239635 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 12.4 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -6.2499995 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.50403225 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 5.22 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.9300003 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.17816098 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 5.22 - 12.4 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,625,059,800,000 |
| Float Shares | 116,461,785 |
| Forward Eps | 0.80569 |
| Forward P E | 7.633209 |
| Free Cashflow | 124,770,128 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 1,196 |
| Fullday Change | 0.0999999 |
| Fullday Change Percent | 1.65289 |
| Fullday Price | 6.15 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,785,542,400 |
| Gross Margins | 0.66700995 |
| Gross Profits | 528,604,992 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.0515 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.97493 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 171,264,812 |
| Industry | Specialty Business Services |
| Industry Disp | Specialty Business Services |
| Industry Key | specialty-business-services |
| Ipo Expected Date | 2,021-06-30 |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | LegalZoom.com, Inc. together with its subsidiaries, operates an online platform that supports the legal, compliance, and business management needs of small businesses and consumers in the United States. The company's platform offers business formation products, such as limited liability company, incorporation of C and S corporations, nonprofit formations, doing-business-as, corporate changes and filings, business licenses, legal forms, and beneficial ownership information reports; and intellectual property products consisting of trademark and patent applications, and copyright registrations. It also provides consumer, estate planning, and other services comprising last will and testament, living will, living trust, power of attorney, and legal forms. In addition, the company offers subscriptions services, including registered agent, compliance, small business attorney advice through our legal plans, compliance concierge, compliance and legal concierge, reinstatement concierge and compliance concierge, business concierge, business and legal concierge, consumer attorney advice through legal plans, business licenses, virtual mail and check deposit services, estate planning bundle, bookkeeping, e-signature, and trademark monitoring. The company was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California. |
| Long Name | LegalZoom.com, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 1,053,278,656 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_11677383 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | 16,853,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 1,037,864,760 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 5 |
| Open | 6.05 |
| Operating Cashflow | 175,184,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.05372 |
| Overall Risk | 8 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 323 962 8600 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 6.15 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,959,805 |
| Previous Close | 6.05 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 8.648087 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 8.102767 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 1.3290683 |
| Profit Margins | 0.021270001 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.617 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.0999999 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 1.65289 |
| Regular Market Day High | 6.27 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 6.05 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 6.05 - 6.27 |
| Regular Market Open | 6.05 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 6.05 |
| Regular Market Price | 6.15 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,201 |
| Regular Market Volume | 1,527,554 |
| Return On Assets | 0.042340003 |
| Return On Equity | 0.104940005 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.066 |
| Revenue Per Share | 4.473 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20504117 |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Sector Disp | Industrials |
| Sector Key | industrials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 8 |
| Shares Outstanding | 171,264,812 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0723 |
| Shares Short | 12,377,296 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 13,916,665 |
| Short Name | LegalZoom.com, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.1067 |
| Short Ratio | 4.16 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | CA |
| Symbol | LZ |
| Target High Price | 9.0 |
| Target Low Price | 6.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 7.6 |
| Target Median Price | 7.0 |
| Total Cash | 167,227,008 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.976 |
| Total Debt | 15,136,000 |
| Total Revenue | 792,494,016 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.09 |
| Trailing P E | 68.33333 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 7.373675 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -1.2236748 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.16595182 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 1,527,554 |
| Website | https://www.legalzoom.com |
| Zip | 94,041 |