Lazard (LAZ) Competitors $41.29 +1.87 (+4.74%) Closing price 05/2/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$41.40 +0.11 (+0.26%) As of 05/2/2025 04:54 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock LAZ vs. SF, EVR, BGC, PIPR, OPY, FBRC, MS, GS, SCHW, and RJFShould you be buying Lazard stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lazard include Stifel Financial (SF), Evercore (EVR), BGC Group (BGC), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), Oppenheimer (OPY), FBR & Co. (FBRC), Morgan Stanley (MS), The Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Charles Schwab (SCHW), and Raymond James (RJF). These companies are all part of the "investment banking & brokerage" industry. Lazard vs. Stifel Financial Evercore BGC Group Piper Sandler Companies Oppenheimer FBR & Co. Morgan Stanley The Goldman Sachs Group Charles Schwab Raymond James Lazard (NYSE:LAZ) and Stifel Financial (NYSE:SF) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, profitability and dividends. Which has stronger earnings & valuation, LAZ or SF? Stifel Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Lazard. Lazard is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stifel Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioLazard$2.98B1.56$279.91M$2.8714.39Stifel Financial$4.99B1.85$731.38M$5.2317.12 Is LAZ or SF more profitable? Stifel Financial has a net margin of 14.00% compared to Lazard's net margin of 8.98%. Lazard's return on equity of 44.58% beat Stifel Financial's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Lazard8.98% 44.58% 5.26% Stifel Financial 14.00%16.59%2.04% Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of LAZ or SF? 54.8% of Lazard shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.0% of Stifel Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of Lazard shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Stifel Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Is LAZ or SF a better dividend stock? Lazard pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Stifel Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Lazard pays out 69.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stifel Financial pays out 35.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Do analysts recommend LAZ or SF? Lazard currently has a consensus target price of $46.83, indicating a potential upside of 13.43%. Stifel Financial has a consensus target price of $105.50, indicating a potential upside of 17.84%. Given Stifel Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Stifel Financial is more favorable than Lazard.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Lazard 2 Sell rating(s) 4 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.86Stifel Financial 0 Sell rating(s) 5 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.38 Which has more volatility & risk, LAZ or SF? Lazard has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stifel Financial has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500. Does the MarketBeat Community favor LAZ or SF? Lazard received 343 more outperform votes than Stifel Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.77% of users gave Lazard an outperform vote while only 55.09% of users gave Stifel Financial an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformLazardOutperform Votes63063.77% Underperform Votes35836.23% Stifel FinancialOutperform Votes28755.09% Underperform Votes23444.91% Does the media favor LAZ or SF? In the previous week, Lazard had 3 more articles in the media than Stifel Financial. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Lazard and 14 mentions for Stifel Financial. Stifel Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Lazard's score of 0.78 indicating that Stifel Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Lazard 8 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 5 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Stifel Financial 11 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SummaryStifel Financial beats Lazard on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Lazard News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for LAZ and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart LAZ vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricLazardInvestment advice IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$4.66B$10.87B$11.28B$19.21BDividend Yield5.13%24.59%5.75%4.00%P/E Ratio15.5237.3622.4033.45Price / Sales1.567.8526.5329.18Price / Cash10.7117.7117.5917.52Price / Book9.653.692.714.55Net Income$279.91M$411.75M$1.03B$1.02B7 Day Performance6.83%1.95%1.96%2.25%1 Month Performance7.26%5.33%3.56%2.90%1 Year Performance5.73%4.65%535.07%4.62% Lazard Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)LAZLazard4.2141 of 5 stars$41.29+4.7%$46.83+13.4%+5.2%$4.66B$2.98B15.523,400Earnings ReportSFStifel Financial4.7119 of 5 stars$86.03+0.3%$105.50+22.6%+10.8%$8.93B$4.99B13.799,000Positive NewsEVREvercore4.7005 of 5 stars$197.29-0.1%$238.43+20.9%+14.6%$7.72B$2.98B21.782,120Earnings ReportDividend IncreaseAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionNews CoverageGap UpBGCBGC Group3.3075 of 5 stars$9.03flat$14.50+60.6%+16.1%$4.36B$2.21B34.733,856PIPRPiper Sandler CompaniesN/A$239.15+0.5%$286.00+19.6%N/A$4.25B$1.48B23.401,790Earnings ReportNews CoveragePositive NewsGap UpOPYOppenheimer2.4325 of 5 stars$58.19-0.9%N/A+51.3%$612.40M$1.43B9.132,910Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementShort Interest ↑News CoverageFBRCFBR & Co.N/A$17.55flatN/AN/A$124.61MN/A0.00259MSMorgan Stanley4.8386 of 5 stars$115.81-0.2%$130.50+12.7%+29.8%$186.78B$59.92B14.5982,400Insider TradeGap UpGSThe Goldman Sachs Group4.8557 of 5 stars$546.74+0.3%$593.40+8.5%+31.0%$170.60B$54.36B13.4848,500SCHWCharles Schwab4.3267 of 5 stars$80.18+0.3%$87.22+8.8%+10.3%$145.41B$20.47B26.8235,300Insider TradeRJFRaymond James4.641 of 5 stars$137.45+0.1%$157.64+14.7%+14.4%$28.16B$13.15B13.4119,000Analyst DowngradeInsider Trade Related Companies and Tools Related Companies SF Competitors EVR Competitors BGC Competitors PIPR Competitors OPY Competitors FBRC Competitors MS Competitors GS Competitors SCHW Competitors RJF Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:LAZ) was last updated on 5/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersThink NVDA’s run was epic? 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