Lazard Inc (LAZ) Stock AnalysisLAZLazard Inc

Lazard, Inc. is a financial advisory and asset management company, with operations in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia. Its segments include Financial Advisory and Asset Management. Financial Advisory segment offers corporate, partnership, institutional, government, sovereign and individual clients across the globe a range of advisory services including mergers and acquisitions advisory, capital markets advisory, shareholder advisory, sovereign advisory, geopolitical advisory, restructuring and liability management, capital raising and placement, and other strategic matters. Asset Management segment offers a range of global investment solutions and investment and wealth management services in equity and fixed income strategies, asset allocation strategies, alternative investments and private equity funds to corporations, public funds, sovereign entities, endowments and foundations, labor funds, financial intermediaries and private wealth clients. It operates in the Financials sector (INVESTMENT ADVICE industry).

Lazard Inc is currently not a strong buy due to mixed signals in its financial performance and analyst downgrades. The current price is $36.09, with a forward P/E of 10.395, which is attractive; however, the recent earnings report showed a significant decline in net income by 91% year-over-year, raising concerns about profitability. Additionally, the RSI is at 49.074, suggesting that the stock is neither overbought nor oversold, which does not indicate a strong buying opportunity at this time. The main risk is the significant drop in net income, which fell to $5 million in Q2 2026, down from $55 million the previous year, highlighting ongoing profitability challenges.

10 analysts cover LAZ: 7 rate it Buy, 3 Hold and 0 Sell. The average price target is 54.50.