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NYSE:LAZ

Lazard (LAZ) Competitors

$30.32
-0.32 (-1.04%)
(As of 06/9/2023 ET)
Compare
Today's Range
$30.09
$30.71
50-Day Range
$28.15
$35.25
52-Week Range
$27.71
$43.44
Volume
805,909 shs
Average Volume
621,274 shs
Market Capitalization
$3.42 billion
P/E Ratio
14.10
Dividend Yield
6.60%
Price Target
$39.80

LAZ vs. EVR, FHI, MC, AB, CNS, HLNE, APAM, FOCS, STEP, and JHG

Should you be buying Lazard stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lazard include Evercore (EVR), Federated Hermes (FHI), Moelis & Company (MC), AllianceBernstein (AB), Cohen & Steers (CNS), Hamilton Lane (HLNE), Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM), Focus Financial Partners (FOCS), StepStone Group (STEP), and Janus Henderson Group (JHG).

Lazard vs.

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

Lazard received 110 more outperform votes than Evercore when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.31% of users gave Lazard an outperform vote while only 65.18% of users gave Evercore an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
EvercoreOutperform Votes
498
65.18%
Underperform Votes
266
34.82%
LazardOutperform Votes
608
65.31%
Underperform Votes
323
34.69%

Evercore has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lazard. Evercore is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lazard, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Evercore$2.76 billion1.67$476.52 million$9.8612.21
Lazard$2.86 billion1.20$357.52 million$2.1514.10

Evercore has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lazard has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Lazard had 8 more articles in the media than Evercore. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Lazard and 1 mentions for Evercore. Lazard's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Evercore's score of 0.00 indicating that Lazard is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Evercore
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Lazard
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Evercore currently has a consensus target price of $121.20, suggesting a potential upside of 0.65%. Lazard has a consensus target price of $39.80, suggesting a potential upside of 31.27%. Given Lazard's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lazard is more favorable than Evercore.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Evercore
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Lazard
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20

82.1% of Evercore shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.6% of Lazard shares are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of Evercore shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Lazard 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.

Evercore pays an annual dividend of $3.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Lazard pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Evercore pays out 30.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lazard pays out 93.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Evercore has raised its dividend for 17 consecutive years and Lazard has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Evercore has a net margin of 15.34% compared to Lazard's net margin of 8.20%. Lazard's return on equity of 36.72% beat Evercore's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Evercore 15.34% 28.02% 14.32%
Lazard 8.20% 36.72% 4.23%

Summary

Evercore beats Lazard on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding LAZ and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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LAZ vs. The Competition

MetricLazardCapital Markets IndustryFinancial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.42B$9.23B$6.04B$14.99B
Dividend Yield6.53%4.65%3.91%3.85%
P/E Ratio14.10384.01162.0119.31
Price / Sales1.2017,651.805,648.069.28
Price / Cash4.1512.7046.1524.62
Price / Book5.062.711.527.33
Net Income$357.52M$954.89M$603.79M$900.99M
7 Day Performance-1.49%-3.15%-0.13%1.75%
1 Month Performance4.95%-4.62%0.78%3.87%
1 Year Performance-8.51%-15.08%-0.74%-2.53%

Lazard Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EVR
Evercore
2.4777 of 5 stars
$114.23
+2.0%
$121.20
+6.1%
+13.1%$4.38B$2.76B11.592,120
FHI
Federated Hermes
2.4835 of 5 stars
$36.86
+2.3%
$42.40
+15.0%
+13.1%$3.30B$1.45B13.021,961
MC
Moelis & Company
1.8365 of 5 stars
$40.65
+2.1%
$37.86
-6.9%
+0.3%$2.89B$985.30M32.261,107News Coverage
AB
AllianceBernstein
2.1558 of 5 stars
$34.98
+0.7%
$42.50
+21.5%
-19.7%$3.97B$4.05B14.404,436Positive News
CNS
Cohen & Steers
2.1424 of 5 stars
$59.42
+2.5%
$68.00
+14.4%
-14.7%$2.85B$538.80M17.84354News Coverage
HLNE
Hamilton Lane
2.3805 of 5 stars
$74.51
+4.7%
$78.17
+4.9%
+9.4%$4.02B$528.75M24.75450Dividend Increase
Positive News
APAM
Artisan Partners Asset Management
2.0871 of 5 stars
$34.74
+1.4%
$33.60
-3.3%
-5.4%$2.76B$993.30M12.63498News Coverage
Positive News
FOCS
Focus Financial Partners
1.8802 of 5 stars
$52.24
+0.3%
$50.13
-4.0%
+39.1%$4.10B$2.14B80.375,000Positive News
STEP
StepStone Group
2.762 of 5 stars
$24.70
+5.5%
$32.80
+32.8%
-11.2%$2.70B$1.37B-79.68758Analyst Report
News Coverage
Positive News
JHG
Janus Henderson Group
2.3807 of 5 stars
$27.98
+1.7%
$23.11
-17.4%
+6.3%$4.63B$2.20B13.132,200

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