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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.

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)
1.86
Stifel Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lazard
6 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Stifel Financial
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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
Lazard$2.97B1.68$279.91M$2.8715.37
Stifel Financial$5.00B1.99$731.38M$5.2318.52

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lazard8.98% 44.58% 5.26%
Stifel Financial 14.00%16.59%2.04%

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.

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

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LAZ vs. The Competition

MetricLazardInvestment advice IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.98B$11.60B$11.72B$19.88B
Dividend Yield4.46%24.40%5.65%3.82%
P/E Ratio16.5939.7823.0535.60
Price / Sales1.687.7926.8143.81
Price / Cash10.7117.7117.6017.51
Price / Book10.313.792.894.85
Net Income$279.91M$419.40M$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-1.62%1.02%0.67%0.90%
1 Month Performance-4.83%-0.36%1.15%2.35%
1 Year Performance17.75%14.67%540.94%10.79%

Lazard Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LAZ
Lazard
4.4366 of 5 stars
$43.28
-1.2%
$44.33
+2.4%
+15.3%$4.87B$2.97B16.253,400Analyst Revision
SF
Stifel Financial
4.664 of 5 stars
$93.02
-1.3%
$105.50
+13.4%
+20.4%$9.56B$5.00B14.919,000Positive News
EVR
Evercore
4.5862 of 5 stars
$231.63
+0.1%
$231.00
-0.3%
+25.0%$9.06B$3.09B25.572,120Positive News
BGC
BGC Group
3.7225 of 5 stars
$9.29
+0.1%
$14.50
+56.1%
+19.9%$4.54B$2.29B35.733,856
PIPR
Piper Sandler Companies
N/A$250.87
-0.2%
$286.00
+14.0%
N/A$4.46B$1.49B24.551,790Positive News
OPY
Oppenheimer
2.9782 of 5 stars
$63.97
-2.0%
N/A+35.7%$673.27M$1.45B10.042,910Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
FBRC
FBR & Co.
N/A$17.55
flat
N/AN/A$124.61MN/A0.00259
MS
Morgan Stanley
4.7472 of 5 stars
$128.33
+0.2%
$132.46
+3.2%
+38.0%$205.88B$59.92B16.1682,400Trending News
Analyst Forecast
GS
The Goldman Sachs Group
4.9548 of 5 stars
$598.50
-0.3%
$593.40
-0.9%
+39.3%$183.65B$54.36B14.7648,500Trending News
SCHW
Charles Schwab
4.4715 of 5 stars
$88.04
-0.3%
$89.63
+1.8%
+20.3%$159.96B$20.46B29.4435,300
LPLA
LPL Financial
4.4816 of 5 stars
$383.39
-1.0%
$377.50
-1.5%
+36.0%$30.66B$13.22B27.316,900

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This page (NYSE:LAZ) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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