Lazard, Inc. (LAZ) Stock Analysis
Range Bound setup
Financial Services · Capital Markets
Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $45.40 — A.R:R 0.0:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Leverage penalty (D/E 2.4): -1.5.
Lazard is a global financial advisory and asset management firm operating two segments: Financial Advisory (M&A, restructuring, sovereign and geopolitical advisory) and Asset Management (equity, fixed income, alternatives). As of Dec 31, 2025 it had 3,309 employees and managed... Read more
Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $45.40 — A.R:R 0.0:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Leverage penalty (D/E 2.4): -1.5. Chart setup: RSI 45 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Score 6.0/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/9 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 64d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and favorable risk/reward ratio and death cross (50MA < 200MA). Suitability: aggressive.
Recent Developments — Lazard, Inc.
Latest news
- Riverwater Partners Exits Lazard Investment Following Q1 Performance - HarianBasis.co — HarianBasis.co negative
- Riverwater Sustainable Value Strategy Exited Its Position in Lazard (LAZ) in Q1 - Insider Monkey — Insider Monkey neutral
- Riverwater Sustainable Value Strategy Exited Its Position in Lazard (LAZ) in Q1 - Yahoo Finance — Yahoo Finance neutral
- M&T Bank Corp Buys 1,356,800 Shares of Lazard, Inc. $LAZ - MarketBeat — MarketBeat positive
- Lazard Declares Quarterly Dividend Of $0.50 Per Share - Morningstar — Morningstar positive
Generated 2026-05-20T20:21:21Z.
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- MEDIUMCustomertop ten AM clients24%10-K Item 1: 'Our top ten clients accounted for 24% of our total assets under management ("AUM") as of December 31, 2025'
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Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $45.40 — A.R:R 0.0:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Leverage penalty (D/E 2.4): -1.5. Chart setup: RSI 45 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Prior stop was $42.22. Score 6.0/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $45.57 (+0.4% upside). Prior stop was $42.22. Stop-loss: $42.22.
Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining; Leverage penalty (D/E 2.4): -1.5; Negative momentum.
Lazard, Inc. trades at a P/E of 18.2 (forward 10.5). TrendMatrix value score: 8.1/10. Verdict: Sell.
15 analysts cover LAZ with a consensus score of 3.5/5. Average price target: $52.
What does Lazard, Inc. do?Lazard is a global financial advisory and asset management firm operating two segments: Financial Advisory (M&A,...
Lazard is a global financial advisory and asset management firm operating two segments: Financial Advisory (M&A, restructuring, sovereign and geopolitical advisory) and Asset Management (equity, fixed income, alternatives). As of Dec 31, 2025 it had 3,309 employees and managed AUM with ~67% in foreign-currency-denominated assets.