LAZ Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

Franklin Resources has a net margin of 9.18% compared to Lazard's net margin of 7.17%. Lazard's return on equity of 44.87% beat Franklin Resources's return on equity of 2.7%.

Lazard has a consensus price target of $43.33, signalling downside risk potential of -0.15%. On the other hand Franklin Resources has an analysts' consensus of $20.00 which suggests that it could fall by -7.58%. Given that Franklin Resources has more downside risk than Lazard, analysts believe Lazard is more attractive than Franklin Resources.

Lazard has a beta of 1.283, which suggesting that the stock is 28.307% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Franklin Resources has a beta of 1.392, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 39.199%.

Lazard has a quarterly dividend of $0.50 per share corresponding to a yield of 4.61%. Franklin Resources offers a yield of 5.82% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.32 per share. Lazard pays 63.96% of its earnings as a dividend. Franklin Resources pays out 141.22% of its earnings as a dividend. Lazard's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future, but Franklin Resources's is not.

Lazard quarterly revenues are $657.5M, which are smaller than Franklin Resources quarterly revenues of $2.1B. Lazard's net income of $60.4M is lower than Franklin Resources's net income of $151.4M. Notably, Lazard's price-to-earnings ratio is 15.12x while Franklin Resources's PE ratio is 31.82x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Lazard is 1.52x versus 1.29x for Franklin Resources. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Evercore has a net margin of 9.18% compared to Lazard's net margin of 21.04%. Lazard's return on equity of 44.87% beat Evercore's return on equity of 24.79%.

Lazard has a consensus price target of $43.33, signalling downside risk potential of -0.15%. On the other hand Evercore has an analysts' consensus of $228.43 which suggests that it could fall by -1.32%. Given that Evercore has more downside risk than Lazard, analysts believe Lazard is more attractive than Evercore.

Lazard has a beta of 1.283, which suggesting that the stock is 28.307% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Evercore has a beta of 1.393, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 39.346%.

Lazard has a quarterly dividend of $0.50 per share corresponding to a yield of 4.61%. Evercore offers a yield of 1.4% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.84 per share. Lazard pays 63.96% of its earnings as a dividend. Evercore pays out 35.91% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Lazard quarterly revenues are $657.5M, which are smaller than Evercore quarterly revenues of $694.8M. Lazard's net income of $60.4M is lower than Evercore's net income of $146.2M. Notably, Lazard's price-to-earnings ratio is 15.12x while Evercore's PE ratio is 22.15x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Lazard is 1.52x versus 3.13x for Evercore. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

US Global Investors has a net margin of 9.18% compared to Lazard's net margin of -18.17%. Lazard's return on equity of 44.87% beat US Global Investors's return on equity of 0.34%.

Lazard has a consensus price target of $43.33, signalling downside risk potential of -0.15%. On the other hand US Global Investors has an analysts' consensus of -- which suggests that it could fall by --. Given that Lazard has higher upside potential than US Global Investors, analysts believe Lazard is more attractive than US Global Investors.

Lazard has a beta of 1.283, which suggesting that the stock is 28.307% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison US Global Investors has a beta of 1.487, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 48.661%.

Lazard has a quarterly dividend of $0.50 per share corresponding to a yield of 4.61%. US Global Investors offers a yield of 4.07% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.01 per share. Lazard pays 63.96% of its earnings as a dividend. US Global Investors pays out 95.87% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Lazard quarterly revenues are $657.5M, which are larger than US Global Investors quarterly revenues of $2.1M. Lazard's net income of $60.4M is higher than US Global Investors's net income of -$382K. Notably, Lazard's price-to-earnings ratio is 15.12x while US Global Investors's PE ratio is 79.78x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Lazard is 1.52x versus 3.35x for US Global Investors. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

SEI Investments has a net margin of 9.18% compared to Lazard's net margin of 27.48%. Lazard's return on equity of 44.87% beat SEI Investments's return on equity of 26.44%.

Lazard has a consensus price target of $43.33, signalling downside risk potential of -0.15%. On the other hand SEI Investments has an analysts' consensus of $85.20 which suggests that it could fall by -0.07%. Given that Lazard has more downside risk than SEI Investments, analysts believe SEI Investments is more attractive than Lazard.

Lazard has a beta of 1.283, which suggesting that the stock is 28.307% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison SEI Investments has a beta of 0.904, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 9.563%.

Lazard has a quarterly dividend of $0.50 per share corresponding to a yield of 4.61%. SEI Investments offers a yield of 1.11% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.49 per share. Lazard pays 63.96% of its earnings as a dividend. SEI Investments pays out 20.71% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Lazard quarterly revenues are $657.5M, which are larger than SEI Investments quarterly revenues of $551.3M. Lazard's net income of $60.4M is lower than SEI Investments's net income of $151.5M. Notably, Lazard's price-to-earnings ratio is 15.12x while SEI Investments's PE ratio is 18.53x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Lazard is 1.52x versus 5.16x for SEI Investments. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.