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Lazard Ltd (LAZ) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

The Closelooknet read

Lazard advises companies and governments on mergers, restructurings and capital raising through its Financial Advisory arm, and runs equity, fixed-income and alternative strategies through its Asset Management arm. Its advisory clients range from corporations and financial sponsors to sovereign and government bodies, spanning sectors from healthcare to energy to technology.

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for LAZ, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 47/100 · S&P 500 fund at 48, above its 200-day averageEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-11-06
  • Factor regime Defensive rotation — low-vol leading, regime-change watchMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): below its 50-day trend, 60th percentile of the window, -22.8% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-11-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index -1.91 · down 2.45 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-11-06
How it trades on rate days beta 1.15 to TLT · on the worst bond days it moved with the market

How it trades on rate days

How LAZ has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 1.15 — moves strongly with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Lazard Ltd moved 1.15% on average · correlation 0.26 · higher than 87% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 1.30 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.65% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −1.90% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Capital Markets · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Capital Markets · United States

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against LAZ on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Lazard Ltd

LAZ in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Lazard advises companies and governments on mergers, restructurings and capital raising through its Financial Advisory arm, and runs equity, fixed-income and alternative strategies through its Asset Management arm. Its advisory clients range from corporations and financial sponsors to sovereign and government bodies, spanning sectors from healthcare to energy to technology. The asset management side serves institutions, public funds and private clients. It is based in New York and describes itself as an independent firm with no lending or trading book behind its advice.
Where it sits in the stack
Lazard sits outside our index-tracked layers; it belongs to the Financial Services sector, in the Capital Markets industry group within our universe. Its business runs on advisory fees tied to deal activity and on management fees tied to assets, rather than on any position in a build-out chain.
Who it is priced against
Lazard is usually set against the other independent advisory houses that do not carry a banking licence, such as Evercore, Moelis and PJT Partners.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
It holds a Russell 1000 seat but carries no Closelooknet score yet and appears in none of our editions or quotes, so its coverage in the diary is still limited to the index listing.
What the diary watches
Whether advisory revenue recovers as deal volumes turn, and whether asset management flows offset any slowdown on the advisory side.

Lazard Ltd (LAZ) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 2 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by Goldman SachsMember Login, 2026-10-22

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for LAZ from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Goldman SachsMember Login — target 35 Target set to $35 (-6.2% to spot) 2026-10-22
  • Price target Goldman Sachs — target 36 from 42 Target cut to $36 from $42 (-0.6% to spot) 2026-10-01

2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 5.22%, quarterly · last 0.50 USD on 2026-11-02

Dividends and capital return

What LAZ pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 2.00 USD per share · a 5.22% yield on the 2026-11-06 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-11-06
  • Change on the year −20.0% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 2.50 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.50 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-11-02
  • By calendar year 2024: 2.00 USD (partial) · 2025: 2.00 USD · 2026: 2.00 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2024-02-09

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-11-07

Quick answers

What is Lazard Ltd (LAZ)?

Lazard Ltd trades as LAZ on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-11-07.

Is LAZ in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Lazard Ltd is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-11-07.

Where does LAZ trade against its moving averages?

Lazard Ltd trades 0.3% above its 50-day and 12.2% below its 200-day moving average (2.3% above its 20-day). As of 2026-11-06 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Lazard Ltd compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Capital Markets · United States), Lazard Ltd (LAZ) sits 34.1% below its 52-week high, 0.3% above its 50-day average; Tradeweb Markets Inc (TW) is 1.0% below, MarketAxess Holdings Inc (MKTX) is 15.0% below, Virtu Financial, Inc. (VIRT) is 21.5% below, as of 2026-11-06. Put any of them next to LAZ in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does Lazard Ltd trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Lazard Ltd had a beta of 1.15 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly with bonds, higher than 87% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.65% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. As of 2026-11-06; The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does Lazard Ltd do?

Lazard advises companies and governments on mergers, restructurings and capital raising through its Financial Advisory arm, and runs equity, fixed-income and alternative strategies through its Asset Management arm. Its advisory clients range from corporations and financial sponsors to sovereign and government bodies, spanning sectors from healthcare to energy to technology. The asset management side serves institutions, public funds and private clients. Lazard is usually set against the other independent advisory houses that do not carry a banking licence, such as Evercore, Moelis and PJT Partners. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Where does Lazard Ltd sit in the AI build-out?

Lazard sits outside our index-tracked layers; it belongs to the Financial Services sector, in the Capital Markets industry group within our universe. Its business runs on advisory fees tied to deal activity and on management fees tied to assets, rather than on any position in a build-out chain. It holds a Russell 1000 seat but carries no Closelooknet score yet and appears in none of our editions or quotes, so its coverage in the diary is still limited to the index listing. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Does Lazard Ltd pay a dividend?

Lazard Ltd has paid 2.00 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 5.22% on the 2026-11-06 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.50 USD on 2026-11-02. As of 2026-11-06; the "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Lazard Ltd recently?

The most recent analyst action on Lazard Ltd on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Goldman SachsMember Login on 2026-10-22 (target 35). 2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

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