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Lazard

US · LAZ #2381 by market cap Listed 1970
35.82 -0.54 -1.49%
Live - 5344 symbols - heartbeat 476s ago · 2026-10-07 20:02
After-hours 35.21 -1.70%
Market cap
3.49B
P/B
3.82
EPS
2.17
Reader sentiment Are you bullish or bearish on LAZ?

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✦ Quant Financial Health how this is computed

Fair
  • Altman Z-Score is 2.31, in the 1.8-3.0 "grey zone".
  • Most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies; less meaningful for banks, insurers and other financials.

Revenue annual, last 8 years

Latest year +1.48% YoY

Margins

Gross margin
33.75%
Operating margin
11.97%
Net margin
7.34%

Key ratios & quality

Altman Z-Score below ~1.8 suggests financial distress risk, above ~3.0 suggests low risk; the model is most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies and less meaningful for banks and other financial firms.

Income statement

Line item 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Revenue 2.88B2.67B2.65B3.27B2.86B2.59B3.14B3.19B
Gross profit 1.36B1.09B1.09B1.37B1.17B605.13M1.08B1.06B
Selling & admin expenses 424.06M424.08M339.48M379.00M384.87M430.66M426.66M461.24M
Research & development ----------------
Operating profit 710.22M476.51M577.11M799.07M568.91M-44.31M420.94M376.73M
Pretax profit 680.77M392.70M502.14M723.85M516.85M-79.96M386.47M327.60M
Tax 148.32M94.98M99.45M181.30M124.37M-22.65M99.76M76.58M
Net profit 532.45M297.72M402.69M542.55M392.48M-57.31M286.71M251.02M
Basic EPS 43454-132
Diluted EPS 4.062.443.544.633.51-0.902.682.17

Balance sheet

Line item 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Total current assets 3.16B3.30B3.54B4.52B3.58B2.29B2.62B2.78B
Cash & ST investments 2.25B2.41B2.52B2.81B2.01B1.19B1.58B1.64B
Inventory ----------------
Total assets 5.00B5.64B5.97B7.15B5.85B4.64B4.79B4.94B
Total current liabilities 1.80B1.91B1.83B2.15B1.56B1.03B896.79M886.39M
Short-term debt ----------------
Long-term debt 1.43B1.68B1.68B1.69B1.69B1.69B1.69B1.69B
Total liabilities 4,027,148,000.004,958,007,000.004,972,428,000.005,494,217,000.004,593,691,000.004,065,919,000.004,029,210,000.003,951,604,000.00
Total equity 970.09M681.57M999.43M1.65B1.26B569.86M764.78M989.13M
Retained earnings 1.20B1.19B1.30B1.56B1.68B1.40B1.47B1.49B

Cash flow

Line item 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Operating cash flow 699.04M677.95M575.93M866.08M833.98M164.66M742.83M519.33M
Depreciation & amortization 18.21M54.98M36.89M38.38M42.34M42.85M36.28M34.19M
Free cash flow 649.45M635.20M511.65M826.38M784.47M136.37M697.33M487.38M
Dividends paid -359.64M-254.92M-196.60M-195.94M-181.88M-173.08M-179.02M-186.58M
Stock buybacks / issuance -552.87M-494.69M-95.23M168.85M-691.71M-102.05M-59.50M-91.01M
Ending cash balance 2.29B2.46B2.57B3.43B2.64B1.22B1.61B1.67B

Returns & efficiency

Line item 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
ROE % 49.8137.0851.8955.0545.93-16.3151.5130.59
ROA % 10.625.326.807.925.41-1.525.794.74
ROIC % 23.7312.5614.8317.9513.11-2.0311.009.14
5-year avg ROE % 53.2347.1638.0042.9347.9534.7337.6233.36
EBIT margin % 25.7417.8422.0724.6221.18-0.0915.3813.19
FCF / sales % 22.6223.9619.3725.2927.765.3522.5915.48
Current ratio 1.751.731.932.102.292.222.923.14
Quick ratio 1.651.641.811.701.751.962.652.92
Debt / assets 28.7041.2138.3431.3137.6146.9345.7443.99
LT debt / equity 156.43380.97251.13229.46395.61513.36344.61248.75
Interest coverage 12.645.907.239.967.34-0.035.394.74
Revenue CAGR (3Y) % 6.173.69-0.624.412.15-1.15-1.893.67
Net income CAGR (3Y) % -18.85-9.5916.650.067.66---19.07-12.83
FCF CAGR (3Y) % -8.962.27-20.068.367.29-35.65-5.50-14.67

✦ Quant Revenue Concentration how this is computed

Lead segment, long tail
  • Financial Advisory is the largest reported line at 54.22% of revenue, across 4 reported segments.
  • Asset Management follows at 42.28%, so the top line still matters most but isn’t the whole story.

Revenue breakdown most recent period

Business

Financial Advisory54.22%
Asset Management42.28%
Interest Expense2.71%
Corporate0.78%

Quote time 2026-10-07 20:02:22 · For reference only, not investment advice and not tailored to your situation.