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 ($58.78) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($63.39)

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?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

LAZ key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenuen/a
Enterprise Value/EBITDAn/a
PEG Ratio0.6x

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 Average57.4x
BGC BGC Group
47.5xn/aUS$5.5b
VIRT Virtu Financial
16.3x17.7%US$5.2b
PIPR Piper Sandler Companies
32.5xn/aUS$5.5b
MC Moelis
133.2x68.1%US$6.2b
LAZ Lazard
21.2x32.9%US$5.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: LAZ is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.2x) compared to the peer average (36x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a13.8%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: LAZ is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.2x) compared to the US Capital Markets industry average (24.2x).


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 Ratio21.2x
Fair PE Ratio23.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: LAZ is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.4x).


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$58.78
US$57.63
-2.0%
4.8%US$60.00US$51.00n/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$28.00n/a7
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
Nov ’23US$37.51
US$39.25
+4.6%
23.9%US$56.00US$29.00US$27.918

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.


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