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Lazard, Inc. LAZ
Lazard, Inc. (LAZ) earns a Piotroski F-score of 4/9 (mixed financial health). It pays a dividend yielding 4.72% (safety: stretched). FY2025 revenue was $3.2B at a 7.4% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Analyst price target
Recent analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | Argus Research | Buy (main) |
| 2026-05-04 | UBS | Neutral (main) |
| 2026-05-04 | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Market Perform (main) |
| 2026-04-14 | Goldman Sachs | Sell (main) |
| 2026-04-10 | Citizens | Market Outperform (main) |
| 2026-04-09 | Morgan Stanley | Underweight (main) |
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
How it ranks in Finance, Insurance & Real Estate · percentile among 1129 companies
Percentile vs other Finance, Insurance & Real Estate companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 4/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Sector peers · similar-size Finance, Insurance & Real Estate companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAZ | Lazard, Inc. | 4/9 | — | 16.7 | +1.5% |
| JHG | JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC | 7/9 | 6.23 | 9.8 | +25.2% |
| OWL | BLUE OWL CAPITAL INC. | 4/9 | — | 169.5 | +25% |
| HLI | HOULIHAN LOKEY, INC. | 4/9 | — | 22.6 | +9.5% |
| EVR | Evercore Inc. | 5/9 | — | 22.4 | +29.5% |
| MORN | Morningstar, Inc. | 3/9 | 3.5 | — | +7.5% |
| AMG | AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROUP, INC. | 6/9 | — | 12.6 | +1.6% |
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About Lazard, Inc.
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.
FAQ
Is LAZ financially healthy?
Lazard, Inc.'s Piotroski F-score is 4/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak).
Does LAZ pay a dividend, and is it safe?
Yes. Lazard, Inc. pays a dividend yielding about 4.72% with a 78.8% payout ratio, rated “stretched” for safety.
How profitable is LAZ?
In FY2025, Lazard, Inc. had a net margin of 7.4% and a return on equity of 26.1%.
Is LAZ overvalued or undervalued?
Lazard, Inc. trades at about 20.1× trailing earnings — above its 10-year norm (10-year range 4.9×–30.7×, median 14.5×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for LAZ?
The average Wall-Street price target for Lazard, Inc. is $51.62, about 18.6% above the recent price, from 8 analysts (consensus: hold).
Is LAZ a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on Lazard, Inc.: a Piotroski F-score of 4/9, a P/E of about 16.7×, a dividend yield of 4.72%. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.