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MetricLZLEGALZOOM.COM, INC.TICTIC Solutions, Inc.INODINNODATA INCICFIICF International, Inc.Median of the restexcluding LZ
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$7.12▲ 0.52 (7.88%)
$9.55▲ 0.36 (3.92%)
$59.69▼ 0.87 (1.44%)
$93.33▲ 3.38 (3.76%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.4.7/102.0/1010.0/107.0/107.0/10
Market value$1.26B$2.11B$1.93B$1.70B
Revenue$756.0M$1.53B$251.7M$1.87B
Profit$15.4M-$87.1M$32.2M$91.6M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.10.9%—47.6%-7.3%20.2%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.65.9%29.4%39.5%37.2%37.2%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.3.3%-1.1%15.8%7.8%7.8%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.2.0%-5.7%12.8%4.9%4.9%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.19.6%4.0%14.2%6.4%6.4%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.9.0%-4.0%30.0%8.9%8.9%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.—-0.4%124.3%8.4%8.4%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.81.98x—59.98x18.59x39.29x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.—20.34x—10.31x15.32x
Price to book7.36x0.97x18.01x1.66x1.66x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.1.98x1.02x0.57x0.99x0.99x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.5/82/66/87/96.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distressgreysafesafe

How LZ compares with the others

  • LZ's operating margin of 3.3% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (7.8%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: 10.9% against 20.2%.
  • It trades at a higher P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 82.0x against 39.3x.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 2.0x against 1.0x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.