LAZ Financial Services

Lazard, Inc.

$38.33-2.12%

Price as of close on Nov 3, 2026 · Financials updated Sep 30, 2026

Basics

Sector: Financial Services
Industry: Capital Markets
Country: United States
Market cap: 3.7B USD
Full-time employees: 3,279

Overall health

Strength: more profitable than most peersmore profitable than peers
Drawback: growing more slowly than most peersgrowing more slowly than peers
Drawback: its shares are priced higher than most peers relative to what it earnspriced higher than peers for its earnings

Ranks #641 of 791 banks & insurance companies (bottom 20%)

Based on 3 categories: banks and insurers are not rated on risk.

Scored as a bank or insurer: cash-flow, EBITDA, gross margin and current ratio aren’t scored; they are under “Other data”.

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

More volatile share price. Beta 1.42: tends to move more than the market.
Lazard's shares have swung more with the market than most peers' (beta 1.42, above the market's 1.0).

StockQuotient Score

37/ 100▼ 1 since Oct 28 close

Oct 5 38 → Nov 4 37 (-1)

Valuation

Is the price right?

11/100

Weak

2/2 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major changeValuation also moves with the share price every day.

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ P/B
▼ Earnings yield

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Earnings yield (P/E) and book yield (P/B) versus other banks and insurers.

Book yield21.6%

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported value40% base weight · Z-score -2.04Sector median: 0.7950 · MAD: 0.2843

Earnings yield5.4%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value60% base weight · Z-score -1.00Sector median: 0.0789 · MAD: 0.0253

Other data (not scored)

EBITDA yield7.1%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.1095 · MAD: 0.0527

Free cash flow yield15.5%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026 · operating cash flow − capital spendingReported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.0796 · MAD: 0.0459

Growth

Is it growing?

8/100

Weak

1/1 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ EPS growth

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Earnings-per-share growth versus other banks and insurers.

Earnings per share growth-25.3%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value100% base weight · Z-score -2.33Sector median: 0.1599 · MAD: 0.1775

Other data (not scored)

3-year revenue growth7.0%

SEC filings · 3 years to Jun 2026Reported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.0826 · MAD: 0.0558

Revenue growth5.7%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.0866 · MAD: 0.0782

Profitability

Does it earn well?

93/100

Strong▼ 1 since Oct 28 close

2/2 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why it changed since the Oct 28, 2026 close: Score 94 → 93

Peer companies moved-1

Each step re-scores the company against its peers as they were on Oct 29, 2026; the parts add up to the change. Price effects on EBITDA yield are approximate.

Why

Stronger than most peers on:

▲ ROE
▲ ROA

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Return on equity and return on assets versus other banks and insurers.

Return on assets5.2%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value50% base weight · Z-score 6.44Sector median: 0.0117 · MAD: 0.0062

Return on equity24.8%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value50% base weight · Z-score 3.63Sector median: 0.1074 · MAD: 0.0388

Other data (not scored)

Gross marginUnavailable

Missing · left out of the scoreInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: Unavailable · MAD: Unavailable

Operating margin9.5%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.1450 · MAD: 0.1678

Return on invested capitalUnavailable

Missing · left out of the scoreInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: Unavailable · MAD: Unavailable

Risk

Debt, liquidity, price swings

Not rated

Not rated for banks and insurers: debt and share-price swings say little about their risk. We leave it blank rather than fill the gap with a made-up middle value.

Valuation, growth and profitability scores: higher is better. Risk: 0 is lower, 2 is higher. Risk is a relative proxy, not a bankruptcy probability. Scores depend on available sector peers.

Questions investors ask about Lazard

Is Lazard getting weaker?: Its latest SEC filing (Jul 28, 2026) showed no major changes. Its overall score is 37/100, down 1 since Oct 29, 2026.
How is Lazard valued vs its peers?: Priced higher than most peers relative to what it earns. Valuation scores 11/100 against 950 banks & insurance peers. Book yield 21.6% vs a peer median of 79.5% (weaker than 95% of peers).Book yield 21.6% vs peers 79.5% (weaker than 95% of peers).
Is Lazard growing?: More slowly than most of its peers. Growth scores 8/100 against 950 banks & insurance peers. Earnings per share growth -25.3% vs a peer median of 16.0% (weaker than 92% of peers).Earnings per share growth -25.3% vs peers 16.0% (weaker than 92% of peers).
How profitable is Lazard?: More profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 93/100 against 950 banks & insurance peers. Return on equity 24.8% vs a peer median of 10.7% (stronger than 93% of peers).Return on equity 24.8% vs peers 10.7% (stronger than 93% of peers).
How risky is Lazard?: Not rated for banks and insurers: debt and share-price swings say little about their risk.

Latest filing: what changed

Quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 · filed Jul 28, 2026 · compared with the quarter ended Mar 31, 2026

No major changes

	Previous quarter	Latest quarter	Change
Revenue (12 months)	3.2B USD	3.2B USD	+0.4%
Net income (12 months)	277.5M USD	227.0M USD	−18.2%
Operating margin	11.3%	9.5%	−1.8 pts
Free cash flow (12 months)	497.3M USD	658.8M USD	+32.5%
Debt	1.7B USD	1.7B USD	+0.0%
Cash	1.0B USD	1.1B USD	+7.8%
Shares outstanding	111.7M	110.5M	−1.0%

From the company’s own SEC filings, as filed. Twelve-month figures roll forward one quarter at a time.

Industry valuation context

Industry: Capital Markets · 24 companies

Valuations in Capital Markets are above their usual range since Nov 2016.

62% of months since Nov 2016 were valued lower than now.
56% of companies are in the most expensive fifth of their own price-to-book history.
Over 24 months, company values +34% and earnings +87% (medians): earnings grew faster than prices.
Median price-to-book is +21% vs the whole market, against a usual +28%.

Nov 2016Shaded: most expensive fifth of its range2026

Financials

Fiscal years from SEC annual filings · change vs the prior year

Key ratios	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	Change
Operating margin	22.7%	18.6%	-3.2%	12.7%	10.6%	▼ 2.1 pts
Net margin	16.5%	12.9%	-3.0%	9.2%	7.6%	▼ 1.5 pts
Return on assets (ROA)	7.4%	6.1%	-1.6%	5.8%	4.8%	▼ 1.0 pts
Return on equity (ROE)	54.1%	64.2%	-17.8%	44.0%	27.1%	▼ 17 pts
Debt to equity	1.73×	3.03×	3.99×	2.65×	1.93×	▼ 27%
Interest coverage	8.96×	6.34×	-1.03×	4.39×	3.75×	▼ 14%

LAZ price history

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Bringing the fundamentals into focus…

Overall health

Strength: more profitable than most peersmore profitable than peers

Drawback: growing more slowly than most peersgrowing more slowly than peers

Drawback: its shares are priced higher than most peers relative to what it earnspriced higher than peers for its earnings

Ranks #641 of 791 banks & insurance companies (bottom 20%)

Based on 3 categories: banks and insurers are not rated on risk.

Scored as a bank or insurer: cash-flow, EBITDA, gross margin and current ratio aren’t scored; they are under “Other data”.

See how it ranks against its peers

Questions investors ask about Lazard

Is Lazard getting weaker?

Its latest SEC filing (Jul 28, 2026) showed no major changes. Its overall score is 37/100, down 1 since Oct 29, 2026.

How is Lazard valued vs its peers?

Priced higher than most peers relative to what it earns. Valuation scores 11/100 against 950 banks & insurance peers. Book yield 21.6% vs a peer median of 79.5% (weaker than 95% of peers).Book yield 21.6% vs peers 79.5% (weaker than 95% of peers).

Is Lazard growing?

More slowly than most of its peers. Growth scores 8/100 against 950 banks & insurance peers. Earnings per share growth -25.3% vs a peer median of 16.0% (weaker than 92% of peers).Earnings per share growth -25.3% vs peers 16.0% (weaker than 92% of peers).

How profitable is Lazard?

More profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 93/100 against 950 banks & insurance peers. Return on equity 24.8% vs a peer median of 10.7% (stronger than 93% of peers).Return on equity 24.8% vs peers 10.7% (stronger than 93% of peers).

How risky is Lazard?

Not rated for banks and insurers: debt and share-price swings say little about their risk.

Previous quarter

Latest quarter

Change

Revenue (12 months)

3.2B USD

3.2B USD

+0.4%

Net income (12 months)

277.5M USD

227.0M USD

−18.2%

Operating margin

11.3%

9.5%

−1.8 pts

Free cash flow (12 months)

497.3M USD

658.8M USD

+32.5%

Debt

1.7B USD

1.7B USD

+0.0%

Cash

1.0B USD

1.1B USD

+7.8%

Shares outstanding

111.7M

110.5M

−1.0%

Key ratios

FY 2021

FY 2022

FY 2023

FY 2024

FY 2025

Change

Operating margin

22.7%

18.6%

-3.2%

12.7%

10.6%

▼ 2.1 pts

Net margin

16.5%

12.9%

-3.0%

9.2%

7.6%

▼ 1.5 pts

Return on assets (ROA)

7.4%

6.1%

-1.6%

5.8%

4.8%

▼ 1.0 pts

Return on equity (ROE)

54.1%

64.2%

-17.8%

44.0%

27.1%

▼ 17 pts

Debt to equity

1.73×

3.03×

3.99×

2.65×

1.93×

▼ 27%

Interest coverage

8.96×

6.34×

-1.03×

4.39×

3.75×

▼ 14%