NYSE:LAZ - Lazard Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Lazard declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 25th. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 7th will be given a dividend of $0.44 per share on Friday, May 18th. This represents a $1.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.29%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 4th. This is an increase from Lazard's previous quarterly dividend of $0.12. View Lazard's Dividend History.

Lazard announced that its board has initiated a stock buyback program on Thursday, October 26th 2017, which permits the company to repurchase $200,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Lazard Ltd (NYSE:LAZ) issued its earnings results on Thursday, April, 26th. The asset manager reported $1.26 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.04 by $0.22. The asset manager had revenue of $724 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $652.99 million. Lazard had a net margin of 10.81% and a return on equity of 44.63%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 16.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.83 EPS. View Lazard's Earnings History.

Lazard is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July, 26th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Lazard.

8 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Lazard's stock. Their predictions range from $40.00 to $67.00. On average, they anticipate Lazard's stock price to reach $60.2857 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Lazard.

Some companies that are related to Lazard include Blackstone Group (BX), Leg & Gen Grp P/S (LGGNY), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Franklin Resources (BEN), KKR & Co. L.P. Unit (KKR), Invesco (IVZ), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Eaton Vance (EV), Oaktree Capital Group (OAK), Apollo Global Management LLC Class A (APO), Janus Henderson Group (JHG), Morningstar (MORN), Evercore (EVR), MAN Grp PLC/ADR (MNGPY) and Moelis & Co (MC).

News headlines about LAZ stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Lazard earned a media sentiment score of 0.03 on Accern's scale. They also gave media headlines about the asset manager an impact score of 46.10 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

Lazard's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (3.64%), LSV Asset Management (3.00%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.41%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (1.14%), Hosking Partners LLP (0.87%) and Franklin Resources Inc. (0.74%). Company insiders that own Lazard stock include Alexander F Stern, Jane L Mendillo, 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 BlackRock Inc., Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado, Franklin Resources Inc., Systematic Financial Management LP, Principal Financial Group Inc., Principal Financial Group Inc., M&T Bank Corp and Federated Investors Inc. PA. 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 Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Hsbc Holdings PLC, Origin Asset Management LLP, Russell Investments Group Ltd., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc., Maltese Capital Management LLC and Prudential Financial 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 $53.45.

Lazard has a market capitalization of $7.00 billion and generates $2.70 billion in revenue each year. The asset manager earns $253.58 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.78 on an earnings per share basis. Lazard employs 2,843 workers across the globe.

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]