Lazard (LAZ) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Lazard, Ltd. is a global financial advisory and asset management firm that serves corporations, financial institutions, governments, sovereign entities and individuals. Its Financial Advisory business provides advice on mergers and acquisitions, strategic matters, capital structure, restructuring, capital raising and other complex financial transactions.

Through its Asset Management business, Lazard offers investment strategies across equities, fixed income, private markets, alternatives and multi-asset portfolios. Its investment services are designed for institutions, financial intermediaries and private clients, with strategies managed across developed and emerging markets.

The firm traces its origins to 1848, when the Lazard brothers established a mercantile business in New Orleans before expanding into financial services in San Francisco and Europe. Lazard operates internationally across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and other key financial centers. Peter R. Orszag has served as chief executive officer since 2023, and Kenneth M. Jacobs is executive chairman.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $38.23 to $39.28
• 50-Day Range: $34.65 to $45.04
• 52-Week Range: $34.13 to $58.75
• Volume: 1.09 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.67 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $4.20 billion
• P/E Ratio: 23.20
• Dividend Yield: 5.23%
• Price Target: $46.50
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Lazard Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Lazard scored higher than 84% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 308th out of 859 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Lazard has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.10, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and 3 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Lazard has a consensus price target of $46.50, representing about 21.5% upside from its current price of $38.28.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Lazard has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 162.69%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Lazard are expected to grow by 162.69% in the coming year, from $1.34 to $3.52 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Lazard is 23.20, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 27.02.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Lazard is 23.20, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 21.15.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Lazard has a PEG Ratio of 2.01. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Lazard has a P/B Ratio of 4.47. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

8.06% of the float of Lazard has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Lazard has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.33.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Lazard has recently increased by 1.32%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Lazard is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.06%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Lazard does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Lazard is 121.21%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Lazard will have a dividend payout ratio of 56.82% next year. This indicates that Lazard will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.01

News Sentiment

Lazard has a news sentiment score of -0.01. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.67 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 13 news articles for Lazard this week, compared to 7 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

3 people have searched for LAZ on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 200% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Lazard to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Lazard insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $5,440,000.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.95% of the stock of Lazard is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

54.80% of the stock of Lazard is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 8/14 Dividend: 8/03/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 8/14 Dividend: 8/03/2026
• Dividend Payable: 8/14/2026
• Last Earnings: 10/22/2026
• Record date for 11/13 Dividend: 11/02/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 11/13 Dividend: 11/02/2026
• Today: 11/03/2026
• BMO Capital Markets 2026 Financials Conference: 11/10/2026
• Dividend Payable: 11/13/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Capital Markets
• Sub-Industry: Diversified Capital Markets
• Current Symbol: NYSE:LAZ
• CIK: 1311370
• Web: www.lazard.com
• Phone: (212) 632-6000
• Fax: 441-292-4720
• Employees: 3,309
• Year Founded: 1848

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Lazard: $46.50
• High Price Target: $65.00
• Low Price Target: $35.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +21.5%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.10
• Research Coverage: 10 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.65
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 23.20
• Forward P/E Ratio: 10.87
• P/E Growth: 2.01
• Net Income: $236.83 million
• Net Margins: 5.55%
• Pretax Margin: 8.01%
• Return on Equity: 20.76%
• Return on Assets: 4.16%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.80
• Current Ratio: 2.66
• Quick Ratio: 2.84

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $3.34 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.26
• Cash Flow: $6.77 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 5.65
• Book Value: $8.57 per share
• Price / Book: 4.47

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 109,783,000
• Free Float: 108,740,000
• Market Cap: $4.20 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.47