Financial Services
Lazard Ltd(LAZ)
Live Price
Offline$44.30
+2.55% today
1Y Change
-5.40%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
- Market Cap
- $4.22B
- Revenue Growth
- +3.2%
- EPS Growth
- -17.1%
- Dividend Yield
- 4.4%
Coverage: 247 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Lazard Ltd (LAZ) is a Financial Services stock with a market cap of $4.22B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $44.30 and down 5.4% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +3.2%, EPS growth of -17.1%, a dividend yield of 4.4%. What stands out right now is revenue +3.2%, EPS -17.1%, free cash flow -27.5% with operating margin 11.1% and ROIC 7.4%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 4.4%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 18.8 and price/sales 1.3. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a income-oriented value setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines LAZ price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Financial Services peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Near sector median
+3.2% vs +3.4% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+11.1% vs +4.7% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report came in below the EPS bar
2026 was reported on May 1, 2026 with an EPS surprise of -19.2% and a revenue surprise of -4.9%.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at +3.2% and EPS is at -17.1%, with operating margin around 11.1%.
The next real check-in already has a date
The next earnings event is scheduled for Jul 23, 2026, which is the clearest near-term catalyst for confirming whether the current trend is holding up.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +2.4% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 1, 2026 | -19.2% | -3.0% | +6.5% | +7.6% |
2026 Jan 29, 2026 | +17.6% | -0.1% | +1.2% | -5.9% |
2025 Oct 23, 2025 | +26.0% | +0.2% | -0.7% | -5.9% |
Benchmark Edge
LAZ vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
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Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
LAZ Max Drawdown
-32.28%
Trailing 1Y
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Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for LAZ and SPY.
Company Overview
Lazard Ltd
New York Stock Exchange
Lazard Ltd, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a financial advisory and asset management firm in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Central and South America. It operates in two segments, Financial Advisory and Asset Management. The Financial Advisory segment offers various financial advisory services regarding mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, capital advisory, shareholder advisory, capital raising, sovereign advisory, and other strategic advisory matters. This segment serves corporate, partnership, institutional, government, sovereign, and individual clients across various industry areas, including consumers, financial institutions, healthcare and life sciences, industrials, power and energy/infrastructure, and real estate, as well as technology, telecommunication, and media and entertainment. The Asset Management segment offers a range of investment solutions, and 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. The company was founded in 1848 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.
- Leadership
- Peter R. Orszag
- IPO Date
- May 5, 2005
- Employees
- 3.3k
- Street Address
- Clarendon House
- Mailing
- New York City, HM11
- Region
- New York City, BM
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 14412951422
- Last Updated
- May 1, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 18.8
- EV/EBITDA
- 11.8
- Price/Sales
- 1.3
- Price/Book
- 5.1
Growth
- Revenue
- +3.2%
- EPS
- -17.1%
- Free Cash Flow
- -27.5%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 31.2%
- Operating Margin
- 11.1%
- Net Margin
- 7.5%
- ROE
- 31.0%
- ROIC
- 7.4%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 2.95
- Current Ratio
- 29.35
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
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