LAZ Stock Recent News

LAZ's rising AUM balance and ambitious 2030 target look encouraging. Read on to know whether it is the right time to buy the stock.

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LAZ's fourth-quarter 2024 results benefit from higher revenues, and increased loans and deposit balances.

Lazard, Inc. reported $10 billion in won but not yet funded mandates, meaning they have healthy commissions to be earned in the coming year. LAZ is aggressively hiring MDs, aiming to put them to work in a more deal abundant 2025. Asset management saw outflows but concentrated in low-fee accounts, muting revenue impacts expected into the next year.

Lazard (LAZ) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.78 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.51 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.66 per share a year ago.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lazard, Inc. (NYSE: LAZ) reported today that its preliminary assets under management (“AUM”) as of December 31, 2024 totaled approximately $226.3 billion. The month's AUM included net outflows of $4.5 billion, foreign exchange depreciation of $2.5 billion and market depreciation of $1.1 billion. Outflows included $3.3 billion from two concentrated sub-advisory relationships. Preliminary average AUM for the quarter ended December 31, 2024 was $233.8 billion. LAZARD, IN.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lazard, Inc. (NYSE: LAZ) will announce its fourth-quarter and full-year 2024 financial results in a press release to be issued Thursday morning, January 30, 2025. The press release will be available in the News & Announcements section of Lazard's website at www.lazard.com. Lazard will host a conference call at 8:00 a.m. ET on January 30, 2025, to discuss the company's financial results for the fourth-quarter and full-year 2024. The conference call can be accessed.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lazard, Inc. (NYSE: LAZ) today announced that Stephen Finkel joined the firm as a Managing Director and Global Head of Sports Advisory, based in New York. In addition, the firm also welcomed Manoel Carvalho as a Managing Director and Bryan Tannenbaum as a Vice President, to the Media, Entertainment & Sports advisory group. These appointments demonstrate Lazard's successful global recruiting efforts as the firm continues to execute its long-term growth strategy. Th.

Demands by U.S. activist investors can send a target company's stock surging, and new data from investment bank Lazard show that these corporate nudges generate considerable market index-beating gains in the days after demands are announced.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lazard Global Total Return and Income Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") (NYSE:LGI) is confirming today, as previously authorized by its Board of Directors pursuant to a Managed Distribution Policy, a monthly distribution of $0.14646, equivalent to 10% (annualized) of the Fund's net asset value per share as of the close of markets on December 31, 2024 on the Fund's outstanding common stock. The distribution is payable on January 22, 2025 to shareholders of record on January 10,.