Carriage Services vs LegalZoom
LegalZoom reported revenue of $756 million in fiscal 2025, 1.8 times Carriage Services' $417 million in fiscal 2025. Carriage Services' revenue grew 3.3% in its latest year, and LegalZoom's grew 10.9%. Carriage Services had an operating margin of 23.4%, against 3.3% at LegalZoom. Free cash flow was $40 million at Carriage Services and $148 million at LegalZoom.
Side by side
| Carriage Services | LegalZoom | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest fiscal year | FY2025, Dec 31, 2025 | FY2025, Dec 31, 2025 |
| Revenue | $417M | $756M |
| Revenue growth | 3.3% | 10.9% |
| Revenue growth a year, last 5 years | 4.8% | 9.9% |
| Gross margin | 35.1% | 65.9% |
| Operating margin | 23.4% | 3.3% |
| Net margin | 12.3% | 2.0% |
| Free cash flow | $40M | $148M |
| Free cash flow margin | 9.6% | 19.6% |
| Return on capital | 29.3% | — |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 0.1x | −3.3x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $7M | $80M |
| Change in diluted share count | 1.2% | 1.0% |
| Last close | $26.80 | $5.24 |
| P/E at the last close | 9.1× | 43.6× |
| Insider trades, last 12 months | — | bought $768,750, sold $4.2 million |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 of 9 | 6 of 9 |
Amounts in each company's own currency, US$ unless marked (a foreign company may report in another), each company's latest fiscal year from its 10-K, or 20-F or 40-F for a foreign company. Growth rates compare with the year before; the five-year rate is the average a year. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending; return on capital is after-tax operating income over the money invested in the business; P/E is the last close over the latest earnings per share. Banks are measured differently (return on equity, efficiency ratio), so some rows apply to one company only.
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Source: the companies' Form 10-K filings, from SEC EDGAR, and the last close. For information only, not investment advice: the figures describe results, not which company is the better investment. The Filing Desk is not affiliated with either company. Full figures on the Carriage Services and LegalZoom pages.