NYSE:LAZ - Lazard Stock Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Lazard Ltd Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add $38.13 +0.08 (+0.21 %) (As of 12/10/2019 10:58 AM ET) Add Compare Today's Range$37.69Now: $38.13▼$38.1850-Day Range$36.97MA: $38.01▼$39.0552-Week Range$31.07Now: $38.13▼$41.76Volume2,129 shsAverage Volume548,318 shsMarket Capitalization$4.00 billionP/E Ratio9.17Dividend Yield4.85%Beta1.72 ProfileAnalyst RatingsAdvanced ChartDividendEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesOptions ChainSEC FilingsSocial Media Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on RedditShare on StocktwitsPrint this articleShare by Email Lazard Ltd, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a financial advisory and asset management firm worldwide. Its Financial Advisory segment offers various financial advisory services regarding mergers and acquisitions and other strategic matters, restructurings, capital structure, capital raising, shareholder advisory, and various other financial matters. Read More… Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange NYSE Industry Investment advice Sub-IndustryInvestment Banking & Brokerage SectorFinance Current SymbolNYSE:LAZ Previous Symbol CUSIPG5405010 CIK1311370 Webhttp://www.lazard.com/ Phone441-295-1422Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio3.40 Current Ratio1.91 Quick Ratio1.91Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio9.17 Forward P/E Ratio11.80 P/E GrowthN/A Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$2.88 billion Price / Sales1.39 Cash Flow$7.04 per share Price / Cash Flow5.42 Book Value$7.48 per share Price / Book5.10Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$4.16 Net Income$527.13 million Net Margins12.29% Return on Equity50.66% Return on Assets7.39%Miscellaneous Employees2,996 Outstanding Shares105,030,000Market Cap$4.00 billion Next Earnings Date2/4/2020 (Estimated) OptionableOptionable Receive LAZ News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for LAZ and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. LAZ Rates by TradingView Lazard (NYSE:LAZ) Frequently Asked Questions What is Lazard's stock symbol? Lazard trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "LAZ." How often does Lazard pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Lazard? Lazard declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 30th. Investors of record on Monday, November 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.47 per share on Friday, November 22nd. This represents a $1.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.93%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 7th. View Lazard's Dividend History. How were Lazard's earnings last quarter? Lazard Ltd (NYSE:LAZ) posted its earnings results on Thursday, October, 31st. The asset manager reported $0.76 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.73 by $0.03. The asset manager had revenue of $588 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $612.98 million. Lazard had a return on equity of 50.66% and a net margin of 12.29%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 3.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.86 EPS. View Lazard's Earnings History. When is Lazard's next earnings date? Lazard is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 4th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Lazard. What price target have analysts set for LAZ? 5 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for Lazard's stock. Their forecasts range from $35.00 to $41.00. On average, they expect Lazard's stock price to reach $37.80 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.9%. View Analyst Price Targets for Lazard. What is the consensus analysts' recommendation for Lazard? 5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lazard in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings and 3 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Lazard. Has Lazard been receiving favorable news coverage? Media coverage about LAZ stock has been trending negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Lazard earned a coverage optimism score of -2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the asset manager a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Lazard. Are investors shorting Lazard? Lazard saw a decline in short interest in November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totalling 3,020,000 shares, a decline of 19.7% from the October 31st total of 3,760,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 678,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.5 days. Approximately 3.0% of the company's stock are short sold. View Lazard's Current Options Chain. Who are some of Lazard's key competitors? Some companies that are related to Lazard include Morgan Stanley (MS), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Charles Schwab (SCHW), TD Ameritrade (AMTD), Raymond James (RJF), E*TRADE Financial (ETFC), LPL Financial (LPLA), Stifel Financial (SF), Evercore (EVR), BGC Partners (BGCP), Piper Jaffray Companies (PJC), INTL Fcstone (INTL), Cowen (COWN), Oppenheimer (OPY) and Greenhill & Co., Inc. (GHL). What other stocks do shareholders of Lazard own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Lazard investors own include Bank of America (BAC), AbbVie (ABBV), AT&T (T), Micron Technology (MU), Walt Disney (DIS), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Boeing (BA), NVIDIA (NVDA) and Verizon Communications (VZ). Who are Lazard's key executives? Lazard's management team includes the folowing people: Mr. Kenneth Marc Jacobs, Chairman & CEO (Age 61)Mr. Ashish Bhutani, Vice Chairman & MD (Age 59)Mr. Evan L. Russo J.D., Chief Financial Officer (Age 44)Mr. Alexander Franz Stern, Chief Operating Officer & CEO of Financial Advisory (Age 53)Mr. Scott D. Hoffman Esq., Chief Admin. Officer, Gen. Counsel & Sec. (Age 56) Who are Lazard's major shareholders? Lazard's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Fisher Asset Management LLC (1.58%), State Street Corp (1.17%), River Road Asset Management LLC (0.83%), Strs Ohio (0.75%), First Trust Advisors LP (0.50%) and California Public Employees Retirement System (0.27%). Company insiders that own Lazard stock include Alexander F Stern, Dominick Ragone and Scott D Hoffman. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Lazard. Which institutional investors are selling Lazard stock? LAZ stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Strs Ohio, Global Thematic Partners LLC, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., River Road Asset Management LLC, Algebris UK Ltd, SG Americas Securities LLC, Voya Investment Management LLC and Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL. Company insiders that have sold Lazard company stock in the last year include Dominick Ragone and Scott D Hoffman. View Insider Buying and Selling for Lazard. Which institutional investors are buying Lazard stock? LAZ stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Trust Advisors LP, AMG National Trust Bank, Adirondack Research & Management Inc., North Star Investment Management Corp., Boston Partners, Winmill & CO. Inc., California Public Employees Retirement System and McGuire Investment Group LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Lazard. How do I buy shares of Lazard? Shares of LAZ can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab. What is Lazard's stock price today? One share of LAZ stock can currently be purchased for approximately $38.13. How big of a company is Lazard? Lazard has a market capitalization of $4.00 billion and generates $2.88 billion in revenue each year. The asset manager earns $527.13 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.16 on an earnings per share basis. Lazard employs 2,996 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Lazard. What is Lazard's official website? The official website for Lazard is http://www.lazard.com/. How can I contact Lazard? Lazard's mailing address is CLARENDON HOUSE 2 CHURCH STREET, HAMILTON D0, HM II. The asset manager can be reached via phone at 441-295-1422 or via email at [email protected] MarketBeat Community Rating for Lazard (NYSE LAZ)Community Ranking: 2.6 out of 5 ( )Outperform Votes: 570 (Vote Outperform)Underperform Votes: 546 (Vote Underperform)Total Votes: 1,116MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Lazard and other stocks. Vote "Outperform" if you believe LAZ will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote "Underperform" if you believe LAZ will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. 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