LegalZoom.com (NASDAQ:LZ) vs. Presidio Property Trust (NASDAQ:SQFT) Head to Head Comparison

LegalZoom.com (NASDAQ:LZ) and Presidio Property Trust (NASDAQ:SQFT) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for LegalZoom.com and Presidio Property Trust, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LegalZoom.com	1	5	2	0	2.13
Presidio Property Trust	0	0	0	0	0.00

LegalZoom.com presently has a consensus target price of $9.9167, indicating a potential downside of 7.23%. Given LegalZoom.com’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe LegalZoom.com is more favorable than Presidio Property Trust.

Profitability

This table compares LegalZoom.com and Presidio Property Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LegalZoom.com	4.07%	20.36%	6.05%
Presidio Property Trust	-63.99%	-21.64%	-5.45%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

82.0% of LegalZoom.com shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.9% of Presidio Property Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 5.9% of LegalZoom.com shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.0% of Presidio Property Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares LegalZoom.com and Presidio Property Trust”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
LegalZoom.com	$681.88 million	2.83	$29.96 million	$0.16	66.81
Presidio Property Trust	$18.92 million	0.38	-$25.63 million	($11.63)	-0.43

LegalZoom.com has higher revenue and earnings than Presidio Property Trust. Presidio Property Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LegalZoom.com, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility and Risk

LegalZoom.com has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Presidio Property Trust has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

LegalZoom.com beats Presidio Property Trust on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About LegalZoom.com

LegalZoom.com, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates an online platform that supports the legal, compliance, and business management needs of small businesses and consumers in the United States. The company’s platform offers business formation products, such as limited liability company, incorporation of C and S corporations, nonprofit formations, doing-business-as, corporate changes and filings, business licenses, legal forms, and beneficial ownership information reports; intellectual property products consisting of trademark and patent applications, and copyright registrations; and tax services, including business and personal tax preparations. It also provides consumer, estate planning, and other services comprising last will and testament, living will, living trust, power of attorney, and name change. In addition, the company offers subscriptions services, including registered agent, compliance, attorney advice, tax advice and preparation, eSignature, virtual mail and check deposit services, trademark monitoring, and estate planning bundle. The company was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

About Presidio Property Trust

Presidio Property Trust, Inc. (we, our, us or the Company) is an internally-managed real estate investment trust (REIT), with holdings in office, industrial, retail and model home properties. We were incorporated in the State of California on September 28, 1999, and in August 2010, we reincorporated as a Maryland corporation. In October 2017, we changed our name from NetREIT, Inc., to Presidio Property Trust, Inc. Through Presidio Property Trust, Inc., its subsidiaries, and its partnerships, we own 12 commercial properties in fee interest, two of which we own as a partial interest in various affiliates, in which we serve as general partner, member and/or manager, and a special purpose acquisition company (until deconsolidation in September 2023). The Company has determined that the limited partnerships in which it owns less than 100% should be included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements as the Company directs their activities and has control of such limited partnerships.