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LEGALZOOM.COM, INC. (LZ)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for LEGALZOOM.COM, INC. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q2 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About LEGALZOOM.COM, INC.

LegalZoom.com, Inc. operates an online platform that provides legal services primarily to individuals and small businesses across the United States. Its offerings include business formation, compliance management, intellectual property protection, and ongoing business support such as virtual mail, legal forms, bookkeeping, and estate planning. The company combines technology, artificial intelligence, and access to a network of attorneys to deliver both do-it-yourself and full-service legal solutions, serving customers in all 50 states.

Snapshot

Revenue
$756.0M
Revenue growth (YoY)
10.9%
Net income
$15.4M
Diluted EPS
$0.08
Gross margin
65.9%
Operating margin
3.3%
Net margin
2.0%
FCF margin
19.6%
ROE
9.0%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
68.3×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$1.05B
Long-term debt / equity
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Legalzoom.com

  • Revenue grew 10.9% to $756M in FY2025, faster than the 3.2% the year before.
  • Operating margin turned positive at 3.3% in FY2025, from a 14.8% operating loss in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q2 FY2026: revenue $205M, up 6.6% from Q2 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $148M in FY2025, 19.6% of revenue.
  • Net income fell 48.5% to $15M in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Legalzoom.com’s fundamentals sit among the 332 software companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin65.9%
45th percentile of 264
Operating margin3.3%
54th percentile of 303
Net margin2.0%
49th percentile of 307
FCF margin19.6%
61st percentile of 285
Revenue growth (YoY)+10.9%
50th percentile of 325
ROE9.0%
63rd percentile of 285
P/E68.3×
85th percentile of 169
Short interest2.94d
45th percentile of 330

Legalzoom.com’s P/E of 68.3 ranks in the 85th percentile of the 169 peers with a meaningful P/E.

No reported insider purchases (code P) in the last 90 days; 4 insider sales totaling $3.4M. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among industry peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 1 of the superinvestors we track (plus 5 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F; periods vary by investor (newest: Q2 2026).

Conviction investors
1
+5 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
3
1 new, 2 added
Reduced / exited
5
3 trimmed, 2 exited
Combined position
$40.7M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$24.2M3.9MReduced
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$14.4M2.3MAdded
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$1.2M201.6KNew
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$531,47186.7KReduced
Gotham Asset ManagementQ2 2026$203,34433.2KAdded
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$152,09824.8KReduced

No longer held by: Maverick Capital (as of Q2 2026), Point72 Asset Management (as of Q2 2026)

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
0
code P
Bought (90d)
code P value
Sells (90d)
4
$3.4M
Reported activity
Net selling
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-08-21
Watson Noel BertramChief Operating Officer & CFOSell83.6K$5.83$488K
2026-08-20
filed 2026-08-21
Watson Noel BertramChief Operating Officer & CFOSell416.4K$5.91$2.5M
2026-08-18
Miller NicoleCHIEF LEGAL OFFICERSell33.5K$5.51$184K
2026-08-17
filed 2026-08-18
Miller NicoleCHIEF LEGAL OFFICERSell44.0K$5.51$242K
2026-05-19
Miller NicoleCHIEF LEGAL OFFICERSell19.2K$6.58$126K
2026-05-18
filed 2026-05-19
Watson Noel BertramChief Operating Officer & CFOSell15.0K$6.45$97K
2026-05-11
Stibel Jeffrey MChief Executive OfficerBuy125.0K$6.15$769K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S) — which may be open-market or private; excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
12.4M
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
-7.5%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
2.94
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
4.2M
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-1412.4M-7.5%2.94
2026-07-3113.4M-3.9%6.77
2026-07-1513.9M-11.9%4.47
2026-06-3015.8M-3.9%5.71
2026-06-1516.4M+9.3%6.99
2026-05-2915.0M-1.2%5.29
2026-05-1515.2M+16.5%4.18
2026-04-3013.1M+2.6%7.17

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$756.0M$681.9M$660.7M$620.0M$575.1M
Gross profit$498.1M$441.8M$421.5M$408.9M$385.7M
Operating income$25.0M$35.6M$21.1M$-41.7M$-85.1M
Net income$15.4M$30.0M$14.0M$-48.7M$-108.7M
Diluted EPS$0.08$0.16$0.07$-0.25$-0.67

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$203.1M$142.1M$225.7M$189.1M$239.3M
Current assets$241.9M$191.2M$275.3M$241.7M$266.5M
Total assets$511.5M$373.9M$447.8M$405.4M$431.0M
Current liabilities$318.5M$265.6M$264.0M$249.2M$229.0M
Long-term debt$0
Total liabilities$339.6M$280.6M$279.0M$263.0M$233.5M
Total equity$171.9M$93.3M$168.8M$142.4M$197.6M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$178.2M$135.6M$124.3M$73.8M$54.2M
Capital expenditure$30.3M$35.7M$31.6M$22.1M$11.7M
Free cash flow$147.9M$99.9M$92.7M$51.7M$42.4M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q2 FY2026$205.3M6.6%$5.2M$0.03
Q1 FY2026$206.8M12.9%$1.1M$0.01
Q4 FY2025$190.3M17.7%$6.1M$0.03
Q3 FY2025$190.2M12.8%$4.5M$0.02
Q2 FY2025$192.5M8.5%$-266,000$0.00
Q1 FY2025$183.1M5.1%$5.1M$0.03
Q4 FY2024$161.7M1.9%$12.9M$0.07
Q3 FY2024$168.6M0.8%$11.1M$0.06

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNasdaq
SectorTechnology
SIC industryServices-Computer Processing & Data Preparation
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ2 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2004
SEC CIK1286139

Selected SEC filings

10-K2026-02-23
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10-Q2026-08-05
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10-Q2026-05-06
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8-K2026-08-05
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8-K2026-06-04
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8-K2026-05-06
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8-K2026-02-19
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.