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 stock buyback program on Thursday, October 26th 2017, which allows the company to buyback $200,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Lazard Ltd (NYSE:LAZ) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, February, 5th. The asset manager reported $0.94 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.94. The asset manager had revenue of $685 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $673.35 million. Lazard had a net margin of 18.27% and a return on equity of 49.16%. The company's quarterly revenue was up .3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.12 EPS. 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 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Lazard's shares. Their forecasts range from $40.00 to $66.00. On average, they expect Lazard's share price to reach $49.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 34.2% 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.

News headlines about LAZ stock have trended somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Lazard earned a daily sentiment score of -1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the asset manager a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

Lazard saw a drop in short interest in the month of 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 volume of 720,793 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 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), Eaton Vance (EV), Janus Henderson Group (JHG), Evercore (EVR), Houlihan Lokey (HLI), AllianceBernstein (AB), Federated Investors (FII) and MAN GRP PLC/ADR (MNGPY).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Lazard investors own include Bank of America (BAC), AbbVie (ABBV), Cisco Systems (CSCO), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Boeing (BA), Micron Technology (MU), Intel (INTC), AT&T (T), General Electric (GE) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ).

Lazard's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors 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 $36.50.

Lazard has a market capitalization of $4.74 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]