Lazard LTD. (LAZ): Price and Financial Metrics

LAZ POWR Grades

• Quality is the dimension where LAZ ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 91.77% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for LAZ is in Growth, which has been heading down over the past 179 days.
• LAZ ranks lowest in Sentiment; there it ranks in the 19th percentile.

LAZ Stock Summary

• LAZARD LTD's capital turnover -- a measure of revenue relative to shareholder's equity -- is better than 89.17% of US listed stocks.
• Equity multiplier, or assets relative to shareholders' equity, comes in at 8.03 for LAZARD LTD; that's greater than it is for 86.97% of US stocks.
• LAZARD LTD's shareholder yield -- a measure of how much capital is returned to stockholders via dividends and buybacks -- is 18.22%, greater than the shareholder yield of 89.99% of stocks in our set.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to LAZARD LTD, a group of peers worth examining would be AIZ, THFF, HALL, UBSI, and UIHC.
• Visit LAZ's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.lazard.com.

LAZ Valuation Summary

• LAZ's price/sales ratio is 1.3; this is 8.33% higher than that of the median Financial Services stock.
• Over the past 211 months, LAZ's EV/EBIT ratio has gone up 2.9.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for LAZ.

LAZ Growth Metrics

Its 2 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 78.88%.
• Its 4 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at -6.09%.
• Its 5 year price growth rate is now at -32.34%.

LAZ's revenue has moved up $809,187,000 over the prior 70 months.

The table below shows LAZ's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-06-30	3,044.242	936.103	526.942
2022-03-31	3,227.833	775.889	554.64
2021-12-31	3,193.048	866.079	528.064
2021-09-30	3,078.827	733.749	507.576
2021-06-30	2,939.076	591.312	475.459
2021-03-31	2,688.231	608.567	425.739

LAZ's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• LAZ has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 90.82% of graded US stocks.
• LAZ's asset turnover comes in at 0.486 -- ranking 44th of 444 Trading stocks.
• WHG, COR, and LAMR are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with LAZ.

The table below shows LAZ's key quality metrics over time.