Why Lazard, Inc.’s (LAZ) Stock Is Up 5.70%
As of Friday, August 21, Lazard, Inc.’s LAZ share price has surged by 5.70%, which has investors questioning if this is right time to sell.Jenna Brashear
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COMPANY SUMMARY
Lazard, Inc. operates as a financial advisory and asset management firm in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company operates through two segments, Financial Advisory and Asset Management. The Financial Advisory segment offers financial advisory services, such as mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, shareholder, sovereign, geopolitical, and other strategic advisory services, as well as restructuring and liability management, and capital raising and placement services. This segment offers its services to corporate, partnership, institutional, government, sovereign, and individual clients to various industry areas, including consumers and retail; financial institutions; financial sponsors; healthcare and life sciences; industrials; media, entertainment, and sports; power, energy, and infrastructure; real estate; technology; and telecom and digital infrastructure. The Asset Management segment offers a range of investment solutions; investment and wealth management services in equity and fixed income strategies; asset allocation strategies; and alternative investments and private equity funds to corporations, public funds, sovereign entities, endowments and foundations, labor funds, financial intermediaries, and private clients. Lazard, Inc. was incorporated in 1848 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Commentary & Analysis
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Financial Summary
| Share Statistics | LAZ | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| Market Cap (Mil) | $4,302.4 | $3,012.5 | 64% |
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| Shares Out (Mil) | 107.3 | 79.0 | 63% |
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| Institutional Ownership | 99.2% | 77.5% | 86% |
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| Float (Mil) | 96.5 | 74.0 | 60% |
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| Beta | 1.42 | 0.94 | 81% |
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| Avg Daily Volume (000s) | 1,434 | 425 | 77% |
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| Price Change (52-week) |
(17.3%) | 75.5% | 30% |
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| Growth | LAZ | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| Sales (5yr) | 3.8% | 8.4% | 30% |
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| Net Income (5yr) | (10.1%) | 8.9% | 29% |
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| EPS (5yr) | (9.3%) | 9.3% | 22 |
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| Dividends (5yr) | 1.2% | 1.1% | 90% |
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| Cash Flow (5yr) | (9.9%) | 0.5% | 58% |
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| Estimates | Qtrly | Current Fiscal Year |
Next Fiscal Year |
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| # of Estimates | 9 | 10 | 10 | |
| Current EPS | $0.607 | $2.230 | $3.848 | |
| Month Ago EPS | $0.664 | $2.566 | $4.153 | |
| # Rev Up | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| # Rev Down | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Three Months Ago EPS | $0.739 | $2.850 | $4.389 | |
| Year/Year Chg | 1,923% | 2.8% | 136.0% | |
| Financials | LAZ | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| Sales (TTM) (Mil) | $3,199 | $873 | 67% |
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| Net Income (TTM) (Mil) | $227 | $102 | 69% |
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| EPS (TTM) | $2.202 | $0.900 | 73% |
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| Operating Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) | $671 | $72 | 75% |
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| Net Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) | $54 | $15 | 71% |
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| Long-Term Debt (Q1) (Mil) | $2,153 | $163 | 75% |
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| Enterprise Value (Q1) (Mil) | na | $1,406 | na |
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| Valuation | LAZ | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| P/B | 4.71 | 2.71 | 76% |
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| P/E | 21.7 | 19.7 | 55% |
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| Dividend Yield | 4.5% | 0.9% | 92% |
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| PEG (5yr hist) | na | 1.4 | na |
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| Ratios | LAZ | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| Gross Margin | 89.5% | 74.7% | 93% |
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| Net Margin | 7.1% | 15.8% | 55% |
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| ROA | 5.1% | 1.8% | 72% |
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| ROE | 27.4% | 13.0% | 86% |
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| Liabilities to Assets | 76.7% | 59.0% | 72% |
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| F-Score | 6 | 5 | 67% |
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Lazard, Inc. did not pass any screens on 8/21/2026.
