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$42.99 -0.16 (-0.37%)
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LAZ vs. SF, EVR, BGC, PIPR, OPY, FBRC, MS, GS, SCHW, and RJF

Should 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 (NYSE:SF) and Lazard (NYSE:LAZ) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership and profitability.

Stifel Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Lazard pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Stifel Financial pays out 35.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lazard pays out 69.7% 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. Stifel Financial has increased its dividend for 9 consecutive years.

Lazard received 343 more outperform votes than Stifel Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.64% of users gave Lazard an outperform vote while only 55.09% of users gave Stifel Financial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Stifel FinancialOutperform Votes
287
55.09%
Underperform Votes
234
44.91%
LazardOutperform Votes
630
63.64%
Underperform Votes
360
36.36%

Stifel Financial currently has a consensus target price of $105.50, indicating a potential upside of 13.17%. Lazard has a consensus target price of $44.33, indicating a potential upside of 3.12%. Given Stifel Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Stifel Financial is more favorable than Lazard.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Stifel Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38
Lazard
2 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.86

In the previous week, Stifel Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Lazard. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Stifel Financial and 22 mentions for Lazard. Stifel Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Lazard's score of 0.68 indicating that Stifel Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Stifel Financial
17 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Lazard
9 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Stifel Financial has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lazard has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

82.0% of Stifel Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.8% of Lazard shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Stifel Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Lazard shares are owned by 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.

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
Stifel Financial14.00% 16.59% 2.04%
Lazard 8.98%44.58%5.26%

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 Ratio
Stifel Financial$5.00B1.92$731.38M$5.2317.82
Lazard$2.97B1.63$279.91M$2.8714.98

Summary

Stifel Financial beats Lazard on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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LAZ vs. The Competition

MetricLazardInvestment advice IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.85B$11.17B$11.49B$19.29B
Dividend Yield4.34%24.42%5.45%3.83%
P/E Ratio16.1639.2022.2234.41
Price / Sales1.637.7227.4134.88
Price / Cash10.7117.7117.6217.52
Price / Book10.043.712.764.69
Net Income$279.91M$419.40M$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-7.21%-3.95%-1.38%-2.42%
1 Month Performance13.25%5.61%4.27%6.25%
1 Year Performance5.81%7.77%538.44%5.85%

Lazard Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LAZ
Lazard
4.5022 of 5 stars
$42.99
-0.4%
$44.33
+3.1%
+5.9%$4.85B$2.97B16.163,400Gap Down
SF
Stifel Financial
4.6019 of 5 stars
$98.49
-0.4%
$105.50
+7.1%
+15.0%$10.12B$5.00B15.789,000Positive News
Gap Down
EVR
Evercore
4.053 of 5 stars
$240.11
-0.6%
$231.00
-3.8%
+11.6%$9.39B$3.09B26.502,120Gap Down
BGC
BGC Group
3.7139 of 5 stars
$10.03
+8.9%
$14.50
+44.6%
+9.8%$4.84B$2.29B38.583,856Gap Down
PIPR
Piper Sandler Companies
N/A$266.91
-0.1%
$286.00
+7.2%
N/A$4.74B$1.49B26.121,790Positive News
OPY
Oppenheimer
2.5574 of 5 stars
$64.42
+0.6%
N/A+44.3%$678.02M$1.45B10.112,910
FBRC
FBR & Co.
N/A$17.55
flat
N/AN/A$124.61MN/A0.00259
MS
Morgan Stanley
4.3957 of 5 stars
$130.76
-1.1%
$132.46
+1.3%
+25.2%$209.78B$59.92B16.4782,400Trending News
GS
The Goldman Sachs Group
4.7812 of 5 stars
$611.93
-1.1%
$593.40
-3.0%
+29.3%$187.77B$54.36B15.0948,500Trending News
Gap Down
SCHW
Charles Schwab
4.5144 of 5 stars
$89.16
+0.5%
$88.33
-0.9%
+15.9%$162.00B$20.46B29.8235,300Trending News
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RJF
Raymond James
4.6521 of 5 stars
$153.59
-0.2%
$153.82
+0.1%
+18.4%$30.99B$13.43B14.9819,000Trending News
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This page (NYSE:LAZ) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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