NYSE:LAZ - Lazard Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Lazard trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "LAZ."

Lazard declared a None dividend on Monday, February 4th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 15th will be given a dividend of $0.94 per share on Friday, March 1st. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 14th. View Lazard's Dividend History.

Lazard declared that its board has authorized a share repurchase plan on Thursday, October 26th 2017, which permits the company to buyback $200,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Lazard Ltd (NYSE:LAZ) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 5th. The asset manager reported $0.94 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.94. The asset manager earned $685 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $673.35 million. Lazard had a return on equity of 49.16% and a net margin of 18.27%. Lazard's quarterly revenue was up .3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.12 earnings per share. View Lazard's Earnings History.

Lazard is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 25th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Lazard.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Lazard's shares. Their predictions range from $40.00 to $66.00. On average, they anticipate Lazard's share price to reach $49.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 32.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Lazard.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lazard in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Lazard.

Media headlines about LAZ stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Lazard earned a daily sentiment score of 0.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the asset manager a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

Lazard saw a drop in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,587,292 shares, a drop of 38.4% from the January 15th total of 2,577,962 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 720,793 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.2 days. Currently, 1.3% of the company's shares are sold short. View Lazard's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Lazard include Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Franklin Resources (BEN), KKR & Co Inc (KKR), Invesco (IVZ), Oaktree Capital Group (OAK), Apollo Global Management (APO), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Morningstar (MORN), Janus Henderson Group (JHG), Eaton Vance (EV), Evercore (EVR), Houlihan Lokey (HLI), AllianceBernstein (AB), Noah (NOAH) and Federated Investors (FII).

Lazard's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (3.88%), LSV Asset Management (2.94%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (1.33%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.08%), Thornburg Investment Management Inc. (1.06%) and RWC Asset Management LLP (1.01%). Company insiders that own Lazard stock include Alexander F Stern, Matthieu Bucaille and Scott D Hoffman. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Lazard.

LAZ stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Jennison Associates LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Hsbc Holdings PLC, Principal Financial Group Inc., Eaton Vance Management, Hosking Partners LLP, LSV Asset Management and Two Sigma Investments LP. Company insiders that have sold Lazard company stock in the last year include Alexander F Stern and Scott D Hoffman. View Insider Buying and Selling for Lazard.

LAZ stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including River Road Asset Management LLC, Bank of America Corp DE, Philadelphia Financial Management of San Francisco LLC, Raymond James & Associates, BlackRock Inc., RWC Asset Management LLP, Lathrop Investment Management Corp and Thornburg Investment Management Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of LAZ stock can currently be purchased for approximately $36.86.

Lazard has a market capitalization of $4.78 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 2,843 workers across the globe.

The official website for Lazard is http://www.lazard.com.

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]