LAZ vs. EVR, STEP, AB, JHG, AMG, MC, CNS, VCTR, APAM, and FHI
Should you be buying Lazard stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lazard include Evercore (EVR), StepStone Group (STEP), AllianceBernstein (AB), Janus Henderson Group (JHG), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Moelis & Company (MC), Cohen & Steers (CNS), Victory Capital (VCTR), Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM), and Federated Hermes (FHI). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
Lazard (NYSE:LAZ) and Evercore (NYSE:EVR) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Evercore has a net margin of 10.53% compared to Lazard's net margin of -0.63%. Lazard's return on equity of 37.27% beat Evercore's return on equity.
Lazard presently has a consensus target price of $45.67, indicating a potential upside of 16.94%. Evercore has a consensus target price of $180.67, indicating a potential downside of 4.93%. Given Lazard's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lazard is more favorable than Evercore.
54.8% of Lazard shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.2% of Evercore shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of Lazard shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Evercore shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Evercore has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lazard. Lazard is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Evercore, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Lazard had 15 more articles in the media than Evercore. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Lazard and 1 mentions for Evercore. Lazard's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Evercore's score of 0.00 indicating that Lazard is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lazard pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Evercore pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Lazard pays out -571.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Evercore pays out 50.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Lazard is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Lazard received 109 more outperform votes than Evercore when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.61% of users gave Lazard an outperform vote while only 63.99% of users gave Evercore an outperform vote.
Lazard has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Evercore has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Lazard beats Evercore on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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