Lazard, Inc. (LAZ) Stock Analysis
Falling Knife setup
Financial Services · Capital Markets
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $41.36, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Leverage penalty (D/E 2.4): -1.5; Negative momentum.
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
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $41.36, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Leverage penalty (D/E 2.4): -1.5; Negative momentum. Chart setup: Death cross, below all MAs, RSI 35, MACD bearish. Maintain position. Not compelling to add more. Score 6.1/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/9 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 42d 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
updated 2026-06-11Recent Developments — Lazard, Inc.
Latest news
- NEWS Riverwater Partners Exits Lazard Investment Following Q1 Performance - HarianBasis.co — HarianBasis.co negative
- NEWS Riverwater Sustainable Value Strategy Exited Its Position in Lazard (LAZ) in Q1 - Insider Monkey — Insider Monkey neutral
- NEWS Riverwater Sustainable Value Strategy Exited Its Position in Lazard (LAZ) in Q1 - Yahoo Finance — Yahoo Finance neutral
- NEWS M&T Bank Corp Buys 1,356,800 Shares of Lazard, Inc. $LAZ - MarketBeat — MarketBeat positive
- NEWS Lazard Declares Quarterly Dividend Of $0.50 Per Share - Morningstar — Morningstar positive
Generated 2026-06-15T18:11:46Z.
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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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1 floor-breaker
Price action weak — below key moving averages, no momentum carry. Needs a base before trend-continuation setups apply.static
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Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $41.36, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Leverage penalty (D/E 2.4): -1.5; Negative momentum. Chart setup: Death cross, below all MAs, RSI 35, MACD bearish. Maintain position. Not compelling to add more. Target $45.78 (+10.7%), stop $39.38 (−5.0%), A.R:R 0.9:1. Score 6.1/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $45.78 (+10.7% upside). Target $45.78 (+10.7%), stop $39.38 (−5.0%), A.R:R 0.9:1. Stop-loss: $39.38.
Leverage penalty (D/E 2.4): -1.5; Negative momentum; Below 200-MA, MA slope -1.5%/30d (confirmed downtrend).
Lazard, Inc. trades at a P/E of 18.8 (forward 10.8). TrendMatrix value score: 8.3/10. Verdict: Hold.
15 analysts cover LAZ with a consensus score of 3.5/5. Average price target: $53.
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.