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How LegalZoom.com, Inc. stacks up
LZ · against 867 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
38/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #538 of 868 · scores higher than 37% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score93 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 · 833 reported | Not reported | 6.7% | — | — | 33% |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 866 reported | 4.1% | 7.7% | 26% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 823 reported | 3.6% | 3.0% | 56% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 815 reported | 10.5% | 7.7% | 63% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 869 reported | 66.7% | 25.2% | 97% | 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 LZScores 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