What is Lazard's earnings yield?

Lazard (LAZ) reported earnings yield of 7% in Q1 2026.

How has Lazard's earnings yield changed year-over-year?

Lazard's earnings yield decreased by 11.1% year-over-year, from 7.8% to 7%.

What is the long-term trend for Lazard's earnings yield?

Over 4 years (2020 to 2025), Lazard's earnings yield has grown at a -13.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 9.2% to 5.1%.

What does earnings yield mean?

Trailing-twelve-month net income divided by market capitalization at the quarter end — the inverse of the P/E ratio, expressed as a percentage.

Lazard LAZ Earnings yield

Earnings yield at other companies

Jefferies Financial GroupJEF

7.7%+2.6pp

Goldman Sachs GroupGS

7.2%-1.5pp

Morgan StanleyMS

6.9%-0.7pp

Houlihan LokeyHLI

4.2%+0.7pp

EvercoreEVR

6.3%+0.7pp

Moelis & CompanyMC

5.9%+1.4pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$756.6M+16.7%

Operating income$89.6M+63.9%

Net income$100.9M+67.1%

EPS (diluted)$0.91+62.5%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$1.0B+12.3%

Total debt$2.2B-1.4%

Total equity$881.3M+46.1%

Total assets$4.2B+0.2%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow-$219.3M-0.8%

CapEx$2.2M-84.2%

Free cash flow-$221.5M+4.3%

Valuation

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Market cap$4.36B+2.5%

Enterprise value$5.5B-0.9%

P/E15.7×+1.7×

P/S1.4×-0.1×

Profitability

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Operating margin11.3%-1.9pp

Net margin8.6%-1.7pp

FCF margin15.5%-3.7pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity37.4%-23.8pp

Debt / equity2.5×-1.2×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Lazard’s reported figures.

net income/market cap=7%

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Lazard’s 10-Q, filed May 4, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Lazard's earnings yield?: Lazard (LAZ) reported earnings yield of 7% in Q1 2026.
How has Lazard's earnings yield changed year-over-year?: Lazard's earnings yield decreased by 11.1% year-over-year, from 7.8% to 7%.
What is the long-term trend for Lazard's earnings yield?: Over 4 years (2020 to 2025), Lazard's earnings yield has grown at a -13.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 9.2% to 5.1%.
What does earnings yield mean?: Trailing-twelve-month net income divided by market capitalization at the quarter end — the inverse of the P/E ratio, expressed as a percentage.