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How LegalZoom.com, Inc. stacks up
LZ · against 468 other Industrials companies listed in US-listed
Profitability
38/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #299 of 469 · scores higher than 35% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score35 peers with a profitability score of 30–39, including LZ · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 38?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly because of its operating margin, which is weaker than most Industrials peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 71% of peers. Operating margin: 4.1% vs peer median 7.7%
- Return on invested capital is not reported, so it is left out of the score.
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 3.6% vs peer median 3.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = LZ, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | LZ | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 456 reported | Not reported | 8.2% | — | — | 33% |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 465 reported | 4.1% | 8.5% | 31% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 462 reported | 3.6% | 4.4% | 44% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 438 reported | 10.5% | 11.5% | 47% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 475 reported | 66.7% | 30.1% | 95% | Context only |
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around LZ| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 536M USD | 100 | 80 | |
| 1 | 25.6B USD | 100 | 50 | |
| 3 | 7.8B USD | 99 | 82 | |
| 3 | 4.1B USD | 99 | 59 | |
| 3 | 60.0B USD | 99 | 71 | |
| 294 | 21.3B USD | 39 | 49 | |
| 299 | 3.0B USD | 38 | 51 | |
| 299 | 1.3B USD | 38 | 38 | |
| 299 | 5.7B USD | 38 | 49 | |
| 299 | 1.1B USD | 38 | 39 | |
| 299 | 964M USD | 38 | 60 | |
| 304 | 3.1B USD | 37 | 51 | |
| 304 | 3.7B USD | 37 | 48 | |
| 304 | 5.5B USD | 37 | 29 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score