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Lazard (LAZ): analyst forecast and price target
Analyst consensus
Hold2 Buy3 Hold2 Sell
Ratings of 7 analysts in the last 3 months12-month forecast
Based on 7 price targets given in the last 3 months, the average target is $40.71, the highest $52.00, the lowest $32.00. The average is +12.8% from the last price of $36.09.
| Analyst | Firm | Price target | Rating | Upside | Action | Date | Move vs SPY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI OpenAI Financial - Capital MarketsOpenAI 4o | TipRanks - OpenAI | $38.00 → $39.00+2.6% | Hold | +8.1% | Reiterated | 17.10.26on TipRanks Oct 16 23:05 | — | |
| AI Google Financial - Capital MarketsGemini 2.5Pro | TipRanks - Google | $39.00 → $40.00+2.6% | Hold | +10.8% | Downgrade | 17.10.26on TipRanks Oct 16 23:05 | — | |
| James Yaro★★★★★★★★★★#2874 · hits 55% · avg +6.9% | Goldman Sachs | $36.00 → $32.00−11.1% | Sell | −11.3% | Reiterated | 13.10.26on TipRanks 06:30 | −1.4%next day −4.0% | ↗ |
| AI PerPlexity Financial - Capital MarketsPerPlexity SonarPro | TipRanks - PerPlexity | $40.00 → $41.00+2.5% | Buy | +13.6% | Reiterated | 13.10.26on TipRanks Oct 12 23:05 | — | |
| Ryan Kenny★★★★★★★★★★#10275 · hits 43% · avg −2.0% | Morgan Stanley | $41.00 | Sell | +13.6% | Reiterated | 12.10.26on TipRanks 17:45 | −1.4%next day −4.0% | ↗ |
| Ebrahim Poonawala★★★★★★★★★★#23 · hits 78% · avg +18.2% | Bank of America Securities | $47.00 → $43.00−8.5% | Buy | +19.1% | Assigned | 12.10.26on TipRanks 06:50 | +0.9%next day −1.4% | ↗ |
| AI DeepSeek Financial - Capital MarketsDeepSeek R1-0528 | TipRanks - DeepSeek | $38.00 → $39.00+2.6% | Hold | +8.1% | Downgrade | 09.10.26on TipRanks Oct 8 23:05 | — | |
| AI Anthropic Financial - Capital MarketsAnthropic Opus-4.1 | TipRanks - Anthropic | $36.00 → $37.00+2.8% | Hold | +2.5% | Reiterated | 09.10.26on TipRanks Oct 8 23:05 | — | |
| Alex Bond★★★★★★★★★★#10888 · hits 38% · avg −4.6% | KBW | $42.00 → $39.00−7.1% | Hold | +8.1% | Reiterated | 07.10.26on TipRanks 06:55 | −1.2%next day +0.4% · 5 days −2.3% | ↗ |
| Michael Brown★★★★★★★★★★#1068 · hits 65% · avg +10.8% | UBS | $44.00 → $40.00−9.1% | Hold | +10.8% | Reiterated | 06.10.26on TipRanks Oct 7 05:30 | +2.5%next day −1.2% · 5 days +0.6% | ↗ |
| Brennan Hawken★★★★★★★★★★#636 · hits 61% · avg +12.2% | BMO Capital | $35.00 → $38.00+8.6% | Hold | +5.3% | Assigned | 06.10.26on TipRanks 08:00 | +2.5%next day −1.2% · 5 days +0.6% | ↗ |
| AI xAi Financial - Capital MarketsxAI Grok-3 | TipRanks - xAI | $40.00 | Buy | +10.8% | Upgrade | 01.10.26on TipRanks Sep 30 23:05 | — | |
| Stephen Biggar★★★★★★★★★★#369 · hits 69% · avg +16.1% | Argus Research | $52.00 | Buy | +44.1% | Reiterated | 27.07.26on TipRanks Jul 29 06:19 | −3.1%next day −0.8% · 5 days −0.8% | ↗ |
| Devin Ryan★★★★★★★★★★#56 · hits 67% · avg +29.0% | Citizens JMP | $65.00 → $60.00−7.7% | Buy | +66.3% | Reiterated | 10.04.26on TipRanks 06:06 | +1.6%next day +2.4% · 5 days +0.5% | ↗ |
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The latest rating of each analyst in the last 12 months, as TipRanks lists them. Every rating kept, earlier ones included
Best analysts covering Lazard
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How the average price target moved
The average target of all analysts (their ratings of the 3 months before) on each day, the top analysts’ dashed, against the price; the site keeps this record since 1 October 2026. On 01.10.26: target $44.17 at a price of $36.23 (+21.9%); now: $40.71 at $36.09 (+12.8%).
PriceAverage targetTop analysts’ target
Recommendation trend
Strong BuyBuyHoldSell
| Rating | 05.26 | 06.26 | 07.26 | 08.26 | 09.26 | 10.26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strong Buy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buy | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Hold | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Sell | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
Earnings and sales forecast
Next report: 22.10.26 (Q3 2026, date not confirmed)
Earnings per share
Next quarter’s EPS estimate — $0.42 (from $0.35 to $0.48). Last quarter: $0.12.
Sales
Next quarter’s sales estimate — $844M (from $818M to $887M). Last quarter: $816M.
Best top-analyst consensus in the sector · Financial
About Lazard
- CEO: Peter R. Orszag
- Employees: 3,279
- 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, 10112, US
- www.lazard.com
Lazard, Inc. operates as a financial advisory and asset management firm in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company operates through two segments, Financial Advisory and Asset Management. The Financial Advisory segment offers financial advisory services, such as mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, shareholder, sovereign, geopolitical, and other strategic advisory services, as well as restructuring and liability management, and capital raising and placement services. This segment offers its services to corporate, partnership, institutional, government, sovereign, and individual clients to various industry areas, including consumers and retail; financial institutions; financial sponsors; healthcare and life sciences; industrials; media, entertainment, and sports; power, energy, and infrastructure; real estate; technology; and telecom and digital infrastructure. The Asset Management segment offers a range of investment solutions; investment and wealth management services in equity and fixed income strategies; asset allocation strategies; and alternative investments and private equity funds to corporations, public funds, sovereign entities, endowments and foundations, labor funds, financial intermediaries, and private clients. Lazard, Inc. was incorporated in 1848 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
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