LZ — what changed in the latest 10-Q
A section-by-section comparison of LZ's newest periodic SEC filing (10-K/10-Q) against the prior same-form filing: paragraphs added and removed per section, with verbatim excerpts. Purely a deterministic text diff — no similarity scores, no directional read, not investment advice.
Comparing 10-Q · 2026-05-06 vs the prior 10-Q · 2025-11-05
| Section | Outcome | Added | Removed | Minor | Unchanged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD&A | Text added/removed | +48 | −72 | ~28 | 37 |
| Market risk (Item 3) | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~4 | 2 |
| Controls & procedures | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~2 | 1 |
| Legal proceedings | No paragraph-level changes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Risk factors | Text added/removed | +22 | −27 | ~59 | 123 |
Counts are paragraphs; added/removed means text added or removed vs the prior filing — no direction or judgement implied.
Not shown (absent or not faithfully extractable): Other information
Representative excerpts
Up to 5 excerpts of about 300 characters per section, quoted verbatim from the two SEC filings.
MD&A
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-06
•Ability to enhance customer lifetime value. Our future performance depends on our ability to integrate new products and services into our LegalZoom ecosystem and to increase recurring revenue through subscription offerings. We are continuing to optimize our subscription business, including by testi…
We define the number of business formations in a given period as the number of limited liability company (“LLC”), incorporation, not-for-profit and doing business as (“DBA”) orders placed on our platform in such period. We consider the number of business formations to be an important metric consider…
We experienced an 8% increase in business formation transactions during the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2025, primarily due to an increase in formations through our partnership channel as well as the inclusion of a full quarter of formations from Fo…
We experienced a 10% increase in the number of transactions during the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2025, primarily due to an increase in Annual Report filings within our compliance offerings as a result of filing automation and an increase in busine…
Average order value increased 5% for the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2025. This increase was primarily driven by the impact of bundling changes within our business formation products and a decline in lower value beneficial ownership information repo…
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2025-11-05
•Ability to enhance customer lifetime value. Our future performance depends on our ability to integrate new products and services into our LegalZoom ecosystem and to increase recurring revenue through subscription offerings. As we continue to test new and existing products and services in order to o…
business metrics below starting on February 10, 2025, the date we acquired Formation Nation. Prior periods have not been recast.
We define the number of business formations in a given period as the number of limited liability company, or LLC, incorporation, not-for-profit and doing business as, or DBA, orders placed on our platform in such period. We consider the number of business formations to be an important metric conside…
Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
We experienced a 12% and 1% increase in business formation transactions during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, compared to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024. The increase in business formation transactions during the three and nine months ended Sept…
Risk factors
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-06
subscription services, including whether customers will continue to subscribe at the same rate as they have historically. During 2025, we experienced a deceleration in our subscription revenue growth rate. If our subscription revenue growth rate does not continue to improve, our business, results of…
Our success depends on our ability to provide innovative features that make our platform useful for existing and prospective customers. We have invested and intend to continue to invest resources in technology and development to continue improving the simplicity and effectiveness of our platform. As…
As we continue to add different types of partners to our partner ecosystem, it is uncertain whether any new or current third party partners will be successful in building integrations, co-marketing our solutions to provide a significant volume and quality of lead referrals and orders, or continuing …
We believe that focusing on the long-term best interests of our company and our consideration of our stakeholders more broadly, including our stockholders, customers, employees, partners, the communities in which we operate, and other stakeholders we may identify from time to time, is essential to t…
and Frisco, Texas, where a lot of our virtual mail operations are currently located, are subject to the increased risk of wildfires, tornadoes and power outages, we are particularly sensitive to the risk of damage to, or total destruction of, our offices and two key fulfillment and delivery centers.…
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2025-11-05
including our subscription revenue growth rate, falls below the expectations of the public market, securities analysts or investors, the price of our common stock could also be harmed.
•our ability to successfully implement our updated strategic execution priorities;
•the ongoing integration of the operations of Formation Nation, which we acquired in February 2025;
Our success depends on continued innovation to provide features that make our platform useful for existing and prospective customers. We have invested and intend to continue to invest resources in technology and development in order to continue improving the simplicity and effectiveness of our platf…
Further, in July 2024, we announced the appointment of Jeff Stibel as our new Chief Executive Officer. If we are unable to manage this leadership transition successfully, our ability to operate our business effectively may be impaired.
How to read Risk Factors (Item 1A) in a 10-Q
A 10-Q risk-factor section usually takes one of three forms; this page classifies it as one of:
- Pointer — the filer states there have been no material changes and points back to the annual 10-K risk factors; there is no own risk text to compare this quarter.
- Partial update — the filer carves out specific updated risks ("except as set forth below"); the excerpts show exactly what is new this quarter.
- Restated in full — the quarter carries the complete risk-factor text. When the prior quarter was only a pointer there is no prior full text to diff against, so the page flags the section as restated instead.
This describes the filing structure only — it is never a judgement on whether risk went up or down.
Source: text-level diff of the two SEC EDGAR filings · deterministic (no AI-generated content) · for reference only · not investment advice