Lazard (LAZ) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Lazard Ltd. (NYSE: LAZ) is a global financial advisory and asset management firm. The company provides advice to corporations, financial institutions, governments and other public-sector entities on strategic matters, including mergers and acquisitions, capital structure, restructuring, shareholder relations and other corporate finance transactions.

Through its asset management business, Lazard manages investment strategies for institutions, financial intermediaries and private clients across equities, fixed income, alternatives and other asset classes. Its offerings are delivered through investment teams focused on regional and global markets, including developed and emerging economies.

Lazard traces its origins to 1848, when the Lazard brothers established a business in New Orleans; the firm later developed major operations in San Francisco, New York, Paris and London. Today, it serves clients through offices and investment professionals across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and other international markets. Peter R. Orszag has served as the firm’s chief executive officer since 2023.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $36.53 to $37.58
• 50-Day Range: $35.35 to $45.51
• 52-Week Range: $34.76 to $58.75
• Volume: 609,766 shs
• Average Volume: 1.65 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $4.06 billion
• P/E Ratio: 18.06
• Dividend Yield: 5.45%
• Price Target: $46.25
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Lazard Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Lazard scored higher than 99% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 41st out of 854 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: 4.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Lazard has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.20, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Lazard has a consensus price target of $46.25, representing about 24.7% upside from its current price of $37.10.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Lazard has been the subject of 7 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 91.90%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Lazard are expected to grow by 91.90% in the coming year, from $2.10 to $4.03 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Lazard is 18.19, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.91.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Lazard is 18.19, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.70.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Lazard has a PEG Ratio of 1.03. PEG Ratios around 1 indicate that a company is correctly valued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Lazard has a P/B Ratio of 4.55. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

7.96% 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 3.52, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Lazard has recently decreased by 12.30%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Lazard is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.58%, 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 98.04%. 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 49.63% 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: 0.07

News Sentiment

Lazard has a news sentiment score of 0.07. 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 0.65 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 10 news articles for Lazard this week, compared to 7 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

2 people have searched for LAZ on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 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

• Last Earnings: 7/24/2026
• Record date for 8/14 Dividend: 8/03/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 8/14 Dividend: 8/03/2026
• Dividend Payable: 8/14/2026
• Today: 10/13/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/22/2026
• 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: $46.25
• High Price Target: $65.00
• Low Price Target: $32.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +24.6%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.20
• Research Coverage: 10 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.04
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 18.19
• Forward P/E Ratio: 17.68
• P/E Growth: 1.03
• Net Income: $236.83 million
• Net Margins: 6.95%
• Pretax Margin: 9.41%
• Return on Equity: 23.58%
• Return on Assets: 4.63%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.87
• Current Ratio: 2.84
• Quick Ratio: 2.84

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $3.28 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.25
• Cash Flow: $6.88 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 5.40
• Book Value: $8.15 per share
• Price / Book: 4.56

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 110,548,000
• Free Float: 109,498,000
• Market Cap: $4.10 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.47