Online legal service provider LegalZoom (NASDAQ:LZ) will be reporting earnings tomorrow after the bell. Here's what you need to know.
Last quarter LegalZoom reported revenues of $165.9 million, up 6.76% year on year, beating analyst revenue expectations by 6.94%. It was a "beat and raise" quarter for the company, with a solid beat of analyst estimates. Revenue and adjusted EBITDA guidance for the next quarter surpassed expectations, and the full-year revenue guidance was lifted.
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This quarter analysts are expecting LegalZoom's revenue to grow 1.92% year on year to $167 million, slowing down from the 8.93% year-over-year increase in revenue the company had recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.10 per share.
Majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last thirty days, suggesting they are expecting the business to stay the course heading into the earnings. The company only missed Wall St's revenue estimates once over the last two years, and has on average exceeded top line expectations by 2.95%.
Looking at LegalZoom's peers in the consumer internet segment, only PlayStudios has so far reported results, delivering top-line growth of 13.8% year on year, and beating analyst estimates by 0.68%. The stock was down 2.81% on the results. Read our full analysis of PlayStudios's earnings results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the consumer internet segment, with the stocks up on average 4.95% over the last month. LegalZoom is up 24.8% during the same time, and is heading into the earnings with analyst price target of $12.2, compared to share price of $15.48.
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