LAZ vs. EVR, MC, STEP, AB, AMG, APAM, CNS, JHG, VCTR, and FHI
Should you be buying Lazard stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lazard include Evercore (EVR), Moelis & Company (MC), StepStone Group (STEP), AllianceBernstein (AB), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM), Cohen & Steers (CNS), Janus Henderson Group (JHG), Victory Capital (VCTR), and Federated Hermes (FHI). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
Evercore (NYSE:EVR) and Lazard (NYSE:LAZ) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Lazard had 15 more articles in the media than Evercore. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Lazard and 0 mentions for Evercore. Evercore's average media sentiment score of 0.07 beat Lazard's score of -1.00 indicating that Lazard is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
86.2% of Evercore shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.8% of Lazard shares are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of Evercore shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Lazard shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Evercore pays an annual dividend of $3.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Lazard pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Evercore pays out 47.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lazard pays out -571.4% 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. Evercore has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years. Lazard is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Evercore has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lazard has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Evercore has a net margin of 10.53% compared to Evercore's net margin of -0.63%. Evercore's return on equity of 37.27% beat Lazard's return on equity.
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.
Evercore currently has a consensus target price of $180.67, suggesting a potential downside of 11.24%. Lazard has a consensus target price of $45.67, suggesting a potential upside of 11.93%. Given Evercore's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lazard is more favorable than Evercore.
Evercore has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Summary
Lazard beats Evercore on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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