LAZ vs. SF, EVR, BGC, PIPR, OPY, FBRC, MS, GS, SCHW, and LPLA
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 LPL Financial (LPLA). These companies are all part of the "investment banking & brokerage" industry.
Lazard vs. Its Competitors
Lazard (NYSE:LAZ) and Stifel Financial (NYSE:SF) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
54.8% of Lazard shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.0% of Stifel Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Lazard shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Stifel Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Lazard presently has a consensus target price of $44.33, indicating a potential upside of 0.48%. Stifel Financial has a consensus target price of $105.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.90%. Given Stifel Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Stifel Financial is more favorable than Lazard.
In the previous week, Lazard had 14 more articles in the media than Stifel Financial. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Lazard and 16 mentions for Stifel Financial. Stifel Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Lazard's score of 0.48 indicating that Stifel Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Lazard has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stifel Financial has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Lazard pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Stifel Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. 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. Stifel Financial has raised 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.
Summary
Stifel Financial beats Lazard on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:LAZ) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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