Lazard, Inc. financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q4 2025.

Symbol
LAZ on NYSE
Location
New York, NY
Fiscal year end
31 December
Latest financial report
07 Apr 2026

Quick Takeaways

  • LAZ - Lazard, Inc. financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
  • Latest metrics period on this page: Q4 2025.
  • Headline metric: Return On Equity 29%.

What Changed

  • Return On Equity YoY change: <span class="text-red-600">-41%</span>.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 30 Jan 2026.

Why This Matters

  • This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
  • Every metric card links to a deeper SEC-backed history page for verification.

Official SEC Source

Based on latest 10-Q/10-K

Facts and ratios are grounded in SEC company facts linked to the latest 10-Q/10-K cycle.

See Original Filing

Latest SEC snapshot (2026-01-30) highlights Return On Equity 28.6%, Return On Assets 5.2%, and Operating Margin 13.0%.

Financial Quality Score

Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.

52.5/100

Caution Confidence high

Return On Equity

29%

Metric score 100.0/100

Return On Assets

5.2%

Metric score 39.5/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
2.2x
Quick Ratio
1.91x
Debt to Equity
2.42x

Strengths

Return On Equity, Current Ratio, and Quick Ratio

Watchpoints

Return On Assets, Debt-to-equity, and Revenues YoY

Key metrics snapshot

Return On Equity

29%

YoY: -41%

Industry median: 12% (n=55)

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Return On Assets

5.2%

YoY: -18%

Industry median: 4.6% (n=64)

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Operating Margin

13%

YoY: -16%

Industry median: 20% (n=26)

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Current Ratio

2.2x

YoY:

Industry median: 3.33x (n=22)

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Debt-to-equity

2.42x

YoY: -37%

Industry median: 0.97x (n=42)

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Revenues YoY

1.5%

YoY:

Industry median: 7.5% (n=46)

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NetIncomeLoss YoY

-15%

YoY:

Industry median: 1.8% (n=52)

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Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Equity 29% -41%
Return On Assets 5.2% -18%
Operating Margin 13% -16%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 2.2x
Quick Ratio 1.91x
Debt-to-equity 2.42x -37%

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenues YoY 1.5%
NetIncomeLoss YoY -15%

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding 111,728,757 -0.92%
Common Stock, Value, Issued $1,117,000 -0.98%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic 97,479,092 +4.7%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted 106,338,079 +3.9%

Additional Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Costs and Expenses $2,771,249,000 +4%
Operating Income (Loss) $327,598,000 -15%
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $76,578,000 -23%
Earnings Per Share, Basic 2.37 -19%
Earnings Per Share, Diluted 2.17 -19%
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value $1,469,416,000 +12%
Deferred Income Tax Assets, Net $459,087,000 -4.3%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net $168,005,000 +4.7%
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset $412,584,000 -5.1%
Goodwill $395,262,000 +0.43%
Assets $4,940,734,000 +3.1%
Deferred Income Tax Liabilities, Net $1,368,000 +26%
Liabilities $3,951,604,000 -1.9%
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax $271,509,000 +17%
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) $1,488,107,000 +1.1%
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent $873,655,000 +37%
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest $910,751,000 +33%
Liabilities and Equity $4,940,734,000 +3.1%
Common Stock, Shares Authorized 500,000,000 0%
Common Stock, Shares, Issued 111,728,757 -0.92%
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 0.01 0%
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance $112,627,000 +26%
Deferred Tax Assets, Gross $690,101,000 +2%
Operating Lease, Liability $485,149,000 -4%
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent $292,064,000 +20%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid $578,437,000 -7.2%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross $454,240,000 -7.9%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Two $80,115,000 +13%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year One $80,666,000 +4.1%
Operating Lease, Weighted Average Discount Rate, Percent 0.043 0%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Undiscounted Excess Amount $93,288,000 -21%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Three $76,420,000 +6.8%
Preferred Stock, Shares Issued 0
Preferred Stock, Shares Authorized 15,000,000 0%
Unrecognized Tax Benefits $64,685,000 -5.7%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Four $71,919,000 -0.08%
Preferred Stock, Shares Outstanding 0
Deferred Tax Assets, Net of Valuation Allowance $577,474,000 -1.7%
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Expense $359,687,000 +30%
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 0.01 0%

How we score

This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.

Metric Weight V1 threshold
ROIC205% to 20%
ROE158% to 25%
ROA102% to 10%
Operating Margin55% to 25%
Current Ratio121.0x to 2.0x
Quick Ratio80.8x to 1.5x
Debt to Equity100.3x to 2.0x (lower is better)
Revenue YoY10-10% to +20%
Net Income YoY10-10% to +20%

How Calculated (standard_v1)

Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.

  • TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
  • Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
  • (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
  • Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
  • TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
  • TTM Revenues YoY
  • TTM Net Income YoY