LegalZoom.com, Inc. (LZ) vs Spire Global, Inc. (SPIR)

LegalZoom.com, Inc. and Spire Global, Inc. are both Specialty Business Services companies. LegalZoom.com, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $967.7M against $508.6M — 1.9× the size. Spire Global, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; LegalZoom.com, Inc. trades at 58.4×. LegalZoom.com, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 12.3% against −33.1%. LegalZoom.com, Inc. has the higher net margin (2.13% vs −145.2%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs −105.3%). Across the 18 metrics below, LegalZoom.com, Inc. leads on 14 and Spire Global, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric LZ SPIR Specialty Business Services median
P/E 58.36 n/m 23.86
P/S 1.21 7.42 1.06
P/B 7.52 3.21 2.37
Price to free cash flow 6.39 n/m 16.54
EV/EBITDA 9.84 n/m 11.51
EV/Sales 1.01 7.63 1.51
Earnings yield 1.71% (22.10%) 2.14%
Free cash flow yield 15.65% (21.53%) 1.55%

Profitability

Metric LZ SPIR Specialty Business Services median
Gross margin 66.70% 37.74% 35.31%
Operating margin 4.10% (142.09%) 3.43%
Net margin 2.13% (145.22%) 1.67%
Free cash flow margin 18.88% (159.67%) 3.28%
Return on equity 10.49% (61.72%) 0.58%
Return on assets 3.34% (38.86%) 0.33%
Return on invested capital 0.00% (105.29%) 0.65%

Growth

Metric LZ SPIR Specialty Business Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 12.26% (33.13%) 6.04%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (50.00%) 134.98% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 9.94% 20.22% 7.66%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 16.26% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric LZ SPIR Specialty Business Services median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.21
Current ratio 0.67 1.87 1.62
Net debt to EBITDA (2.80) 1.02 1.16

Dividend

Metric LZ SPIR Specialty Business Services median
Dividend yield — — 1.61%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric LZ SPIR Specialty Business Services median
Market cap 967.65m 508.59m 879.14m

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