After Hours
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility.
Stocks Info
LAZ belongs to the Financial sector of the NYSE while operating in the Capital Markets industry. The current market capitalization of Lazard Inc is $4.52B. A total of 0.88 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 1.17M shares.
In the most recent transaction, Soto Alexandra sold 85,894 shares of LAZ for 43.81 per share on Jun 11 ’25. After the transaction, the Chief Operating Officer now owns 113,872 company shares. In a previous transaction on Mar 17 ’25, Orszag Peter Richard sold 64,539 shares at 45.56 per share. LAZ shares that CEO & Chairman owns now total 170,285.
Among the insiders who sold shares, Orszag Peter Richard disposed of 64,539 shares on Mar 14 ’25 at a per-share price of $45.24. This resulted in the CEO & Chairman holding 234,824 shares of LAZ after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Orszag Peter Richard bought 64,539 shares at $45.12 per share on Mar 17 ’25.
Dividend
Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. Lazard Inc pays an annual dividend of $2.00, resulting in a dividend yield of 4.17%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 16.73.
While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, LAZ has a high of $61.14 and a low of $31.97.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. LAZ’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $2.81B in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $2.24B in debt and $2.15B in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $6.41, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $1.65B.
Analysts Opinion
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for LAZ is Buy with a score of 3.22.
