Lazard, Inc.

NYSE:LAZ Stock Report

Market Cap: US$4.7b

Lazard Valuation

Is LAZ undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of LAZ when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: LAZ ($52.04) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($59.95)

Significantly Below Fair Value: LAZ is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for LAZ?

Key metric: As LAZ is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for LAZ. This is calculated by dividing LAZ's market cap by their current earnings.
What is LAZ's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio18.8x
EarningsUS$250.91m
Market CapUS$4.71b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does LAZ's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for LAZ vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average52.4x
PIPR Piper Sandler Companies
28.9xn/aUS$4.7b
BGC BGC Group
36.3xn/aUS$4.2b
VIRT Virtu Financial
17.3x17.7%US$5.5b
MC Moelis
127.2x68.1%US$5.7b
LAZ Lazard
18.8x32.9%US$4.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: LAZ is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.8x) compared to the peer average (32.1x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does LAZ's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Capital Markets Industry?

22 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
ADX Adams Diversified Equity Fund
3.6xn/aUS$2.26b
CET Central Securities
4.4xn/aUS$1.29b
GAM General American Investors Company
4.2xn/aUS$1.20b
MUDS Mudrick Capital Acquisition Corporation II
3.4xn/aUS$401.64m
LAZ 18.8xIndustry Avg. 23.6xNo. of Companies73PE020406080100+
22 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: LAZ is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.8x) compared to the US Capital Markets industry average (23.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is LAZ's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

LAZ PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio18.8x
Fair PE Ratio23x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: LAZ is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst LAZ forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$52.04
US$59.13
+13.6%
3.5%US$63.00US$55.00n/a8
Dec ’25US$58.07
US$58.13
+0.09%
2.9%US$60.00US$55.00n/a8
Nov ’25US$53.31
US$57.13
+7.2%
5.8%US$60.00US$51.00n/a8
Oct ’25US$49.16
US$52.75
+7.3%
7.3%US$60.00US$47.00n/a8
Sep ’25US$50.11
US$51.43
+2.6%
10.2%US$56.00US$40.00n/a7
Aug ’25US$46.68
US$51.71
+10.8%
8.9%US$56.00US$42.00n/a7
Jul ’25US$38.76
US$47.71
+23.1%
11.3%US$54.00US$37.00n/a7
Jun ’25US$40.23
US$47.88
+19.0%
12.3%US$58.00US$37.00n/a8
May ’25US$38.22
US$47.88
+25.3%
12.3%US$58.00US$37.00n/a8
Apr ’25US$40.89
US$47.88
+17.1%
12.0%US$58.00US$37.00n/a8
Mar ’25US$39.19
US$47.88
+22.2%
12.6%US$59.00US$37.00n/a8
Feb ’25US$41.07
US$46.50
+13.2%
14.3%US$58.00US$36.00n/a8
Jan ’25US$34.80
US$38.86
+11.7%
18.5%US$50.00US$31.00n/a7
Dec ’24US$30.23
US$38.43
+27.1%
20.1%US$50.00US$28.00US$58.077
Nov ’24US$27.91
US$39.33
+40.9%
20.3%US$50.00US$28.00US$53.316
Oct ’24US$31.01
US$41.67
+34.4%
15.7%US$53.00US$32.00US$49.166
Sep ’24US$35.07
US$42.83
+22.1%
12.8%US$53.00US$37.00US$50.116
Aug ’24US$34.86
US$42.67
+22.4%
13.3%US$53.00US$36.00US$46.686
Jul ’24US$32.00
US$37.25
+16.4%
21.3%US$53.00US$28.00US$38.768
Jun ’24US$29.10
US$37.25
+28.0%
21.3%US$53.00US$28.00US$40.238
May ’24US$31.17
US$38.25
+22.7%
22.2%US$53.00US$28.00US$38.228
Apr ’24US$33.11
US$39.75
+20.1%
20.7%US$53.00US$29.00US$40.898
Mar ’24US$38.25
US$40.75
+6.5%
19.8%US$53.00US$29.00US$39.198
Feb ’24US$41.16
US$39.88
-3.1%
21.1%US$53.00US$29.00US$41.078
Jan ’24US$34.67
US$39.38
+13.6%
24.3%US$56.00US$29.00US$34.808
Dec ’23US$36.91
US$39.38
+6.7%
24.3%US$56.00US$29.00US$30.238

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 02:03
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Lazard, Inc. is covered by 25 analysts. 8 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Stephen BiggarArgus Research Company
Michael NeedhamBofA Global Research
James MitchellBuckingham Research Group Inc.