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Lazard, Inc. (LAZ)

Financial Services | Capital Markets | New York, United States | NYSE
43.07 USD +1.97 (4.793%) ⇧ (July 14, 2026, 9:49 a.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★★⯪☆Dividends:★★★⯪☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 5:42 a.m. EDT

Lazard presents a compelling value case where the market has punished the stock for past volatility while ignoring a robust recovery in fundamentals. The business is clearly improving, with revenue growing at a healthy 15.4% and earnings surging 62.5%, supported by a fortress-like balance sheet featuring an 8.4x current ratio and 34% ROE. The valuation is deeply attractive, trading at a forward P/E of under 10x despite these growth metrics, which suggests significant room for multiple expansion. While the stock recently underperformed relative to its 200-day average, the recent price action shows signs of stabilization rather than a continued decline. The high dividend yield of nearly 5% provides a substantial floor, though it is not the primary driver of value here; the upside lies in the convergence of superior growth and a depressed valuation. Analysts see a path to $50, but the intrinsic value appears even higher given the quality of the earnings rebound.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.097206
AutoARIMA0.097209
AutoTheta0.100654
MSTL0.109035
MSTL_63_1260.116641
MSTL_1260.121723
MSTL_630.148128

Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 40%
H-stat 7.19
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.074
Excess Kurtosis -1.06
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-05-10
Last Dividend Date 2026-05-10
Debt to Equity Ratio 240.849
Revenue per Share 32.464
Market Cap 4,239,711,232
Trailing P/E 17.23
Forward P/E 10.33
Beta 1.42
Profit Margins 8.67%
Previous Name Lazard Ltd
Website https://www.lazard.com

As of July 11, 2026, 5:42 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a moderate upside move, evidenced by heavy open interest in out-of-the-money calls at strikes significantly above the current price (46 and 50), while put volume remains concentrated near the money or lower. Implied volatility is elevated for September expirations, suggesting anticipation of increased movement, but the lack of deep ITM put positioning indicates limited fear of a crash.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
1.09% 3.98% 4.67% 4.89%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-05-11 0.500 1.087429
2026-02-09 0.500 0.877193
2025-11-03 0.500 1.034554
2025-08-04 0.500 0.976372
2025-05-05 0.500 1.234873
2025-02-10 0.500 0.956938
2024-11-08 0.500 0.855578
2024-08-05 0.500 1.173709
2024-05-03 0.500 1.280410
2024-02-09 0.500 1.291322
2023-11-03 0.500 1.739130
2023-08-04 0.500 1.488538
2023-05-05 0.500 1.731302
2023-02-10 0.500 1.322052
2022-11-04 0.500 1.429797
2022-08-05 0.500 1.341562
2022-05-06 0.470 1.432927
2022-02-11 0.470 1.212278
2021-11-05 0.470 0.980801
2021-08-06 0.470 0.984706
2021-05-07 0.470 1.007071
2021-02-18 0.470 1.128993
2020-11-06 0.470 1.327684
2020-08-07 0.470 1.499203
2020-05-08 0.470 1.760300
2020-02-14 0.470 1.110848
2019-11-07 0.470 1.223321
2019-08-02 0.470 1.314685
2019-05-03 0.470 1.215098
2019-02-14 0.940 2.564802
2018-11-02 0.440 1.071864
2018-08-03 0.440 0.831601
2018-05-04 0.440 0.832387
2018-02-09 1.710 3.177258
2017-11-03 0.410 0.872155
2017-08-03 0.410 0.898532
2017-05-04 0.410 0.950174
2017-02-09 1.580 3.676128
2016-11-03 0.380 0.999211
2016-08-04 0.380 1.115351
2016-04-29 0.380 1.054092
2016-02-09 1.550 5.085302
2015-10-29 0.350 0.749786
2015-07-30 0.350 0.628253
2015-04-30 0.350 0.660004
2015-02-11 1.300 2.607824
2014-10-30 0.300 0.614376
2014-07-31 0.300 0.573614
2014-05-08 0.300 0.613497
2014-02-06 0.300 0.689972
2013-12-18 0.250 0.574845
2013-10-31 0.250 0.646831
2013-08-02 0.250 0.691754
2013-05-02 0.250 0.765697
2012-12-19 0.400 1.270245
2012-11-01 0.200 0.662910
2012-08-02 0.200 0.749064
2012-05-02 0.200 0.747943
2012-02-02 0.160 0.556135
2011-11-03 0.160 0.569395
2011-08-04 0.160 0.528053
2011-05-04 0.160 0.391869
2011-02-03 0.125 0.275634
2010-11-01 0.125 0.343690
2010-08-04 0.125 0.382146
2010-05-05 0.125 0.334135
2010-02-04 0.125 0.336202
2009-11-04 0.125 0.338387
2009-08-05 0.125 0.334314
2009-05-06 0.100 0.315358
2009-02-04 0.100 0.348189
2008-11-05 0.100 0.342583
2008-08-05 0.100 0.248509
2008-05-12 0.100 0.273748
2008-02-06 0.100 0.270051
2007-11-07 0.090 0.203206
2007-08-08 0.090 0.220588
2007-05-16 0.090 0.173947
2007-02-14 0.090 0.167442
2006-11-08 0.090 0.206564
2006-08-09 0.090 0.236655
2006-05-17 0.090 0.211665
2006-02-15 0.090 0.247253
2005-11-16 0.090 0.313808
2005-08-17 0.052 0.214168
Additional Data
dividendRate 2.0
dividendYield 4.83
exDividendDate 2026-05-11
trailingAnnualDividendRate 2.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.048661802
lastDividendValue 0.5
lastDividendDate 2026-05-11
dividendDate 2026-05-22

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.20870233
Address1 30 Rockefeller Plaza
All Time High 61.14
All Time Low 19.04
Ask 42.7
Ask Size 100
Audit Risk 1
Average Analyst Rating 2.7 - Hold
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,709,880
Average Daily Volume3 Month 2,002,229
Average Volume 2,002,229
Average Volume10Days 1,709,880
Beta 1.42
Bid 42.39
Bid Size 300
Board Risk 5
Book Value 8.953
City New York
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 9
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 43.07
Current Ratio 8.447
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 43.63
Day Low 41.43
Debt To Equity 240.849
Display Name Lazard
Dividend Date 1,779,408,000
Dividend Rate 2.0
Dividend Yield 4.83
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,784,836,800
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,784,836,800
Earnings Growth 0.625
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.671
Earnings Timestamp 1,784,809,800
Earnings Timestamp End 1,784,809,800
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,784,809,800
Ebitda Margins 0.0
Enterprise To Revenue 1.685
Enterprise Value 5,389,942,784
Eps Current Year 2.56329
Eps Forward 4.16842
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 2.5
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,778,457,600
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 44.778
Fifty Day Average Change -1.7080002
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.038143735
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -20.870232
Fifty Two Week High 58.75
Fifty Two Week High Change -15.68
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.26689363
Fifty Two Week Low 38.67
Fifty Two Week Low Change 4.4000015
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.11378334
Fifty Two Week Range 38.67 - 58.75
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,115,299,800,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 4.83
Float Shares 97,566,511
Forward Eps 4.16842
Forward P E 10.332453
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 3,293
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 0.89862
Gross Profits 2,874,402,048
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00844
Held Percent Institutions 0.96377
Implied Shares Outstanding 98,437,685
Industry Capital Markets
Industry Disp Capital Markets
Industry Key capital-markets
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,778,457,600
Last Dividend Value 0.5
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business 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.
Long Name Lazard, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 4,239,711,232
Market State REGULAR
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_544741
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Name Change Date 2,026-07-14
Net Income To Common 269,928,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 4,045,788,853
Number Of Analyst Opinions 8
Open 41.12
Operating Cashflow 517,584,000
Operating Margins 0.13753
Overall Risk 6
Payout Ratio 0.79370004
Peg Ratio 1.0
Phone 212 632 6000
Prev Name Lazard Ltd
Previous Close 41.1
Price Eps Current Year 16.802624
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 4.810678
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 1.325451
Profit Margins 0.08671
Quick Ratio 7.55
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key hold
Recommendation Mean 2.7
Region US
Regular Market Change 1.9700012
Regular Market Change Percent 4.7931905
Regular Market Day High 43.63
Regular Market Day Low 41.43
Regular Market Day Range 41.43 - 43.63
Regular Market Open 41.12
Regular Market Previous Close 41.1
Regular Market Price 43.07
Regular Market Time 1,784,036,979
Regular Market Volume 71,655
Return On Assets 0.06836
Return On Equity 0.34348
Revenue Growth 0.154
Revenue Per Share 32.464
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20365608
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 4
Shares Outstanding 98,437,685
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.087299995
Shares Short 8,596,247
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 3,907,113
Short Name Lazard, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0996
Short Ratio 2.61
Source Interval 15
State NY
Symbol LAZ
Target High Price 60.0
Target Low Price 38.0
Target Mean Price 48.5
Target Median Price 46.0
Total Cash 1,025,846,976
Total Cash Per Share 10.421
Total Debt 2,297,415,936
Total Revenue 3,198,693,120
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 2.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.048661802
Trailing Eps 2.5
Trailing P E 17.228
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 48.0883
Two Hundred Day Average Change -5.018299
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.10435593
Type Disp Equity
Volume 71,655
Website https://www.lazard.com
Zip 10,112