LAZ vs. SF, EVR, PIPR, BGC, OPY, FBRC, MS, GS, SCHW, and RJF
Should you be buying Lazard stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lazard include Stifel Financial (SF), Evercore (EVR), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), BGC Group (BGC), Oppenheimer (OPY), FBR & Co. (FBRC), Morgan Stanley (MS), The Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Charles Schwab (SCHW), and Raymond James (RJF). These companies are all part of the "investment banking & brokerage" industry.
Lazard vs.
Stifel Financial (NYSE:SF) and Lazard (NYSE:LAZ) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Stifel Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Lazard pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Stifel Financial pays out 26.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lazard pays out 75.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Stifel Financial has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lazard has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Stifel Financial currently has a consensus target price of $117.71, indicating a potential upside of 13.27%. Lazard has a consensus target price of $55.33, indicating a potential upside of 11.89%. Given Stifel Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Stifel Financial is more favorable than Lazard.
Stifel Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Lazard. Stifel Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lazard, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
82.0% of Stifel Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.8% of Lazard shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Stifel Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Lazard shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Lazard received 347 more outperform votes than Stifel Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.95% of users gave Lazard an outperform vote while only 54.99% of users gave Stifel Financial an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Lazard had 13 more articles in the media than Stifel Financial. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Lazard and 6 mentions for Stifel Financial. Stifel Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Lazard's score of 0.55 indicating that Stifel Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Stifel Financial has a net margin of 14.00% compared to Lazard's net margin of 8.98%. Lazard's return on equity of 44.58% beat Stifel Financial's return on equity.
Summary
Stifel Financial beats Lazard on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:LAZ) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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