NYSE:LAZLazard Stock Price, Forecast & News

Lazard's stock was trading at $29.62 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, LAZ shares have decreased by 5.3% and is now trading at $28.06. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lazard in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 3 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Lazard.

Lazard is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 23rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Lazard.

Lazard Ltd (NYSE:LAZ) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 30th. The asset manager reported $0.58 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.62 by $0.04. The asset manager had revenue of $563 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $585.73 million. Lazard had a return on equity of 52.29% and a net margin of 9.89%. The firm's revenue was down 9.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.87 EPS. View Lazard's earnings history.

Lazard declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 29th. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 11th will be given a dividend of $0.47 per share on Friday, May 22nd. This represents a $1.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 6.70%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 8th. View Lazard's dividend history.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Lazard's shares. Their forecasts range from $24.00 to $48.00. On average, they expect Lazard's share price to reach $35.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 24.7% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Lazard.

News stories about LAZ stock have been trending very positive on Thursday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Lazard earned a news sentiment score of 3.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the asset manager a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutLazard.

Lazard saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,870,000 shares, an increase of 38.7% from the April 30th total of 2,790,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 874,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.4 days. Approximately 3.8% of the company's stock are sold short. View Lazard's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Lazard include Morgan Stanley (MS), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Charles Schwab (SCHW), TD Ameritrade (AMTD), E*TRADE Financial (ETFC), Raymond James (RJF), LPL Financial (LPLA), Stifel Financial (SF), Evercore (EVR), BGC Partners (BGCP), INTL Fcstone (INTL), Piper Jaffray Companies (PJC), Cowen (COWN), Oppenheimer (OPY) and Greenhill & Co., Inc. (GHL). View all competitors.

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), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Walt Disney (DIS), Micron Technology (MU), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Verizon Communications (VZ), NVIDIA (NVDA) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ).

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

Lazard's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Southeastern Asset Management Inc. TN (6.85%), BlackRock Inc. (4.32%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.92%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.47%), State Street Corp (1.14%) and Fisher Asset Management LLC (1.13%). Company insiders that own Lazard stock include Alexander F Stern, Dominick Ragone 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 Southeastern Asset Management Inc. TN, Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley, Strs Ohio, Two Sigma Investments LP, First Trust Advisors LP, State Street Corp, and BlackRock Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Lazard company stock in the last year include Alexander F Stern, Dominick Ragone, and Scott D Hoffman. View insider buying and selling activity for Lazard.

LAZ stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Geode Capital Management LLC, Private Capital Advisors Inc., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Basswood Capital Management L.L.C., Squarepoint Ops LLC, BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, Russell Investments Group Ltd., and Schroder Investment Management Group. View insider buying and selling activity 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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of LAZ stock can currently be purchased for approximately $28.06.

Lazard has a market capitalization of $2.95 billion and generates $2.67 billion in revenue each year. The asset manager earns $286.50 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.28 on an earnings per share basis. Lazard employs 3,018 workers across the globe.

The official website for Lazard is 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]