Company Analysis

LegalZoom.com, Inc. (LZ)

Nasdaq: LZ · Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation · Mountain View, CA · filing with the SEC since 2004
Grade5.6
◀ Past 5.8● Present 5.0▶ Future 6.1

The grade of LegalZoom.com, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.6/10
◀ Past5.830% of the headline
● Present5.040% of the headline
▶ Future6.130% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.8/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
3.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2023-02-27.

weight 33% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 77 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

LegalZoom.com, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 2 warning events: a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, 2 times, the latest 2023-02-27) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
6.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+10.8% a year over 7 filed years; profitable in 5 of 7.

weight 45% of this tense · 68th percentile among 64 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

LegalZoom.com, Inc.'s 7 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $408 million in fiscal 2019 to $756 million in fiscal 2025, up 10.8% a year; it rose in 6 of 6 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 5 of 7 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span10.8%bottom 44% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 21% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 30% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
7.7/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 1.9% a year. 69% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 10 sales, 1 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 77th percentile among 43 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, LegalZoom.com, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 1.9% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 69% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 10 sales (8 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 1 purchase of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30, buying about $769 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 24% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 22% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.0/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.7/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 9%: 9¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 66%: owes 66¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 57th percentile among 69 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, LegalZoom.com, Inc. earned about 9 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 97 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 66 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 1.0% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 32% of its family
  • return on equitytop 43% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 14% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 46% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
5.1/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 49% of 68 in its family; net margin 2%.

weight 45% of this tense · 51st percentile among 68 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

LegalZoom.com, Inc.'s standing among 68 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $756 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 40% by size; a net margin of 2% ranks in the bottom 45%; revenue growth of 6.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 49% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$756Mtop 40% of its family
  • net margin2.0%bottom 45% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth6.8%bottom 49% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
3.4/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 34% of 38 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2024.

weight 22% of this tense · 34th percentile among 38 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

LegalZoom.com, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Stibel, Jeffrey M (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2024-07-10, 2.3 years (bottom 30% of its family); the 8 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.3 years (top 39%); 9 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 8 people in charge now (bottom 11%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge9 in three years among 8 peoplebottom 11% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.3 yearstop 39% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record2.3 yearsbottom 30% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.1/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
6.8/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 32% of 68 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 68th percentile among 68 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

LegalZoom.com, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $203 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 39.7% of its assets as net cash, top 25% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 19.6% of revenue (top 24%); a gross margin of 65.9% (top 47%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets39.7%top 25% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue19.6%top 24% of its family
  • gross margin65.9%top 47% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
5.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 45% of 64 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 55th percentile among 64 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

LegalZoom.com, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 6.8% a year over the last three filed years against 10.8% over all 7, slowing (bottom 41% of its family); the newest year grew 10.9% (top 45%); capital spending grew 11.1% a year (top 30%) (its annual reports). LegalZoom.com, Inc. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-4.0 points a yearbottom 41% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth10.9%top 45% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending11.1%top 30% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
6.4/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 36% of 54 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 64th percentile among 54 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

LegalZoom.com, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $756 million in fiscal 2025 came in 5.7% above the $715 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 40% of its family); net income of $15 million against a prior three-year average of $2 million (top 7%); a net margin of 2% against -0.5% before (bottom 40%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace5.7%top 40% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' averagefive times its prior average or moretop 7% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+2.5 pointsbottom 40% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton LZ · research, not advice