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LegalZoom LZ

US equityMarket cap rank #3249Specialty Business Services

$5.80 +$0.03 (+0.52%)

Market closed · Oct 8, 7:00 am ET · Last extended-hours $5.80 0.00%

Open$5.76

Prev close$5.77

Day range$5.74 – $5.88

Volume2.83M

Market cap$993.34M

P/E (TTM)64.4

Dividend yield–

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership96.6%-2.40 pts vs. prior quarter

Institutions holding295+0 vs. prior quarter

Insider trades (recent)13 buys / 37 sellsNet selling

Short interest6.78% of floatDays to cover 4.4 · as of 15 Sep 2026

Short-sale volume share22.1%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$1.90M (12 inflow days, 8 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.

The five largest holders on file together own 47.8% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

Francisco Partners Management, L.P.16.71%
BlackRock10.51%
TCMI Inc.9.57%
Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC6.31%
Jeffrey Stibel4.65%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC4.26%
State Street Global Advisors2.66%
Renaissance Technologies Corp.2.30%

By investor type

Mutual Fund52.50%
VC/PE Fund26.83%
Hedge Fund9.04%
Individual/Insider5.35%
Public Company4.51%
Government Pension Fund1.77%
Private Company1.01%
Sovereign Wealth Fund0.45%

Reported short interest has fallen from 9.21% to 6.78% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Recent institutional activity

Holder	Type	Period	Share change	New stake
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+1,585,750	1.2%
La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec	Government Pension Fund	2026/Q3	+1,209,371	0.9%
AQR Capital Management	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+799,015	1.4%
Acadian Asset Management LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+697,066	1.7%
Morgan Stanley	Public Company	2026/Q3	+516,456	1.3%
Balyasny Asset Management L.P.	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+499,414	0.3%
SEB Funds AB	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+464,700	0.5%
Mackenzie Financial Corporation	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+415,794	0.5%
Capital Fund Management S.A.	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+373,740	0.4%
UBS Asset Management	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+350,296	1.2%
Numerai GP LLC	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+345,682	0.3%
Centerbook Partners LP	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+342,217	0.2%
Tabor Asset Management, LP	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+309,936	0.7%
Landscape Capital Management, LLC	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+292,293	0.2%
ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+289,791	0.2%

Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.

Insider transactions

Date	Insider	Title	Transaction	Shares	Price	Held after
20 Aug 2026	Noel Watson	Chief Financial Officer	Intent to Sell (Form 144)	-83,629	$5.84	–
20 Aug 2026	Noel Watson	Chief Financial Officer	Open Market Disposition	-500,000	$5.91	451,393
19 Aug 2026	Noel Watson	Chief Financial Officer	Intent to Sell (Form 144)	-416,371	$5.91	–
17 Aug 2026	Nicole Miller	General Counsel	Intent to Sell (Form 144)	-33,479	$5.51	–
17 Aug 2026	Nicole Miller	General Counsel	Automatic Disposition	-77,475	$5.51	393,245
16 Aug 2026	Nicole Miller	General Counsel	Intent to Sell (Form 144)	-43,996	$5.51	–
14 Aug 2026	Jeffrey Stibel	Independent Chairperson	Sale to Issuer	-110,321	$5.62	7,957,036
14 Aug 2026	Noel Watson	Chief Financial Officer	Sale to Issuer	-82,501	$5.62	951,393
14 Aug 2026	Charles Thomas	Chief Accounting Officer	Sale to Issuer	-3,777	$5.62	33,126
14 Aug 2026	Nicole Miller	General Counsel	Sale to Issuer	-46,749	$5.62	393,245
8 Jul 2026	Noel Watson	Chief Financial Officer	Sale to Issuer	-51,545	$7.21	880,977
8 Jul 2026	Nicole Miller	General Counsel	Sale to Issuer	-51,545	$7.21	430,823
2 Jun 2026	Nathan Gooden	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+35,585	–	58,374
2 Jun 2026	Elizabeth Hamren	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+35,585	–	35,585
2 Jun 2026	Sivan Whiteley	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+35,585	–	35,585
18 May 2026	Nicole Miller	General Counsel	Automatic Disposition	-19,199	$6.58	386,827
17 May 2026	Noel Watson	Chief Financial Officer	Automatic Disposition	-15,000	$6.45	836,981
14 May 2026	Jeffrey Stibel	Independent Chairperson	Sale to Issuer	-110,321	$6.00	7,862,874
14 May 2026	Noel Watson	Chief Financial Officer	Sale to Issuer	-82,501	$6.00	836,981
14 May 2026	Charles Thomas	Chief Accounting Officer	Sale to Issuer	-3,777	$6.00	26,377

From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.

Short interest, by report

Report date	Shares short	% of float	Days to cover
15 Sep 2026	11,612,092	6.8%	4.4
31 Aug 2026	12,578,661	7.3%	5.3
14 Aug 2026	12,377,296	7.2%	2.9
31 Jul 2026	13,378,251	7.8%	6.8
15 Jul 2026	13,916,665	8.1%	4.5
30 Jun 2026	15,802,098	9.2%	5.7

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