Lazard, Inc. LAZ
Founded in 1848, Lazard is a global financial advisory and asset management firm with operations in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia. Lazard provides advice on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and capital solutions, restructuring and liability management, geopolitics, and other strategic matters, as well as asset management and investment solutions to institutions, corporations, governments, partnerships, family offices, and high net worth individuals. We aim to deliver independent, differentiated advice and solutions grounded in contextual alpha—the broad insight and judgment needed to navigate macroeconomic, geopolitical, and other factors that we believe help leaders see beyond what the world sees today.
Valuation FY2025 figures against the last close
Annual financial statements
Income statement
| Fiscal year | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | FY2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.19B | $3.14B | $2.59B | $2.86B | $3.27B | $2.65B | $2.67B | $2.88B | $2.70B | $2.38B |
| Total operating expenses | $2.77B | $2.67B | $2.60B | $2.26B | $2.47B | $2.06B | $2.19B | $2.15B | $1.82B | $1.82B |
| Operating income | $327.6M | $386.5M | -$80.0M | $516.8M | $723.8M | $502.1M | $392.7M | $680.8M | $825.4M | $517.5M |
| Interest expense | $87.3M | $87.8M | $77.5M | $81.5M | $80.8M | $80.6M | $80.2M | $58.5M | $53.5M | $50.3M |
| Pre-tax income | $327.6M | $386.5M | -$80.0M | $482.4M | $709.3M | $501.9M | $381.5M | $675.4M | $819.2M | $511.5M |
| Income tax | $76.6M | $99.8M | $22.6M | $124.4M | $181.3M | $99.4M | $95.0M | $148.3M | $565.6M | $123.8M |
| Net income | $237.0M | $280.0M | -$75.0M | $358.0M | $528.0M | $402.5M | $286.5M | $527.1M | $253.6M | $387.7M |
| EPS, basic | 2.37 | 2.93 | -0.90 | 3.68 | 4.90 | 3.69 | 2.57 | 4.43 | 2.09 | 3.11 |
| EPS, diluted | 2.17 | 2.68 | -0.90 | 3.51 | 4.63 | 3.54 | 2.44 | 4.06 | 1.91 | 2.92 |
| Shares, diluted (wtd. avg.) | 106.3M | 102.4M | 89.0M | 101.0M | 113.7M | 113.5M | 116.1M | 129.8M | 132.5M | 132.6M |
Balance sheet
| Fiscal year | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | FY2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $1.47B | $1.31B | $971.3M | $1.23B | $1.47B | $1.39B | $1.23B | $1.25B | $1.48B | $1.16B |
| Property, plant and equipment | $168.0M | $160.4M | $232.5M | $250.1M | $250.0M | $257.6M | $219.8M | $212.9M | $205.3M | $209.0M |
| Goodwill | $395.3M | $393.6M | $394.9M | $377.2M | $379.4M | $383.9M | $371.8M | $371.6M | $385.3M | $373.1M |
| Other intangibles | — | — | — | — | $150.0K | $210.0K | $1.8M | $3.8M | $6.1M | $8.9M |
| Total assets | $4.94B | $4.79B | $4.64B | $5.85B | $7.15B | $5.97B | $5.64B | $5.00B | $4.93B | $4.56B |
| Long-term debt | $1.69B | $1.69B | $1.69B | $1.69B | $1.69B | $1.68B | $1.68B | $1.43B | $1.19B | $1.19B |
| Total liabilities | $3.95B | $4.03B | $4.07B | $4.59B | $5.49B | $4.97B | $4.96B | $4.03B | $3.67B | $3.26B |
| Retained earnings | $1.49B | $1.47B | $1.40B | $1.68B | $1.56B | $1.30B | $1.19B | $1.20B | $1.08B | $1.13B |
| Total equity | $873.7M | $636.2M | $482.2M | $675.4M | $1.08B | $999.4M | $681.6M | $970.1M | $1.26B | $1.29B |
Cash flow
| Fiscal year | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | FY2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $519.3M | $742.8M | $164.7M | $834.0M | $866.1M | $575.9M | $678.0M | $699.0M | $1.03B | $632.6M |
| Depreciation and amortisation | $34.2M | $36.3M | $42.9M | $42.3M | $38.3M | $35.1M | $35.6M | $34.1M | $31.5M | $33.3M |
| Capital expenditure | $31.9M | $45.5M | $28.3M | $49.5M | $39.7M | $64.3M | $42.8M | $49.6M | $27.7M | $38.7M |
| Investing cash flow | -$82.0M | $134.1M | -$38.3M | -$56.4M | -$39.1M | -$62.9M | -$42.2M | -$46.2M | -$26.9M | -$37.7M |
| Financing cash flow | -$463.6M | -$439.7M | -$1.57B | -$1.38B | $195.8M | -$547.4M | -$444.1M | -$726.1M | -$318.5M | -$479.8M |
| Dividends paid | $186.6M | $179.0M | $173.1M | $181.9M | $195.9M | $196.6M | $254.9M | $359.6M | $341.4M | $336.1M |
| Buybacks | $91.0M | $59.5M | $102.1M | $691.7M | $406.1M | $95.2M | $494.7M | $552.9M | $306.7M | $300.2M |
Figures as tagged in each year's own filing, in US dollars. A year restated by a later filing shows the restated figure. Capital expenditure, dividends and buybacks are cash out, shown positive. A line the filer does not report is not listed. Latest from accession 0001628280-26-024088.
Plot the figures US dollars
- Revenue
- Gross profit
- Net income
| Fiscal year | FY2016 | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.38B | $2.70B | $2.88B | $2.67B | $2.65B | $3.27B | $2.86B | $2.59B | $3.14B | $3.19B |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Net income | $387.7M | $253.6M | $527.1M | $286.5M | $402.5M | $528.0M | $358.0M | -$75.0M | $280.0M | $237.0M |
Recent filings and events
- Results announced The quarterly or annual earnings release. Arrives four times a year from almost every company here. Item 2.02
- Officer or director change Someone at the top arrived or left. The item covers everything from a board retirement to a chief executive being removed, and only the filing itself says which. Item 5.02
- Regulation FD disclosure Something the company told the market and had to tell everyone at once - usually a slide deck or a press release. Item 7.01
- Charter or fiscal year changed A change to the company's governing documents, or to when its year ends. Item 5.03
- Shareholder vote The results of the annual meeting or a special vote. Item 5.07
- Material agreement signed The company entered an agreement outside the ordinary course of business - a large contract, a credit facility, a merger agreement. Item 1.01
- Results announced Item 2.02
- Unregistered share sale Shares issued outside a registered offering. Dilution, and for a small company often the way it is funded. Item 3.02
- Regulation FD disclosure Item 7.01
- Regulation FD disclosure Item 7.01
- Annual report filed A new 10-K. The figures and the business description on this site come from it. Form 10-K
- Officer or director change Item 5.02
Item numbers are Form 8-K's own, and a filing date is up to four business days after the thing it reports. The same feed across the whole market.
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