Lazard, Inc.

LAZ Financial Capital Markets

Lazard, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $3.1 billion, up 1.54% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+8.84%
EPS
−62.0%
Free cash flow
+9.21%
Total debt
+0.18%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

38.73 0.20 +0.52%
Market cap
$3.8B
P/E
22.0×
Fwd P/E
22.9×
Dividend yield
5.14%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Lazard, Inc. (LAZ) Debt to equity

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Lazard, Inc.'s debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 was 1.8×, down 0.1× from fiscal 2025 (1.9×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.7× (fiscal 2015) to 3.5× (fiscal 2023); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is above the Capital Markets industry median of 0.1× and above the Financial sector median of 0.2×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2025 1.9× (24.72%)
FY2024 2.5× (29.75%)
FY2023 3.5× 40.28%
FY2022 2.5× 59.84%
FY2021 1.6× (7.15%)
FY2020 1.7× (31.67%)
FY2019 2.5× 66.67%
FY2018 1.5× 56.36%
FY2017 0.9× 2.93%
FY2016 0.9× 25.81%

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Sep 2026 1.8× (3.78%)
Jun 2026 1.9× (3.51%)
Mar 2026 1.9× 3.92%
Dec 2025 1.9× (3.01%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.7× High 3.5×
Ten-year median 1.7×
Current reading's percentile 64

Debt to equity against peers

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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