LAZLazard, Inc.

$37.21-21% 1Y

$37.21

$34.6552 weeks$56.41

Is the business good?

Mixed

The checks split: margins widening, but returns that lean on debt.

1 good, 1 to watch, 2 without data

Margin direction, 3 years+7.4 pts

Operating profit is falling even as sales grow, costs are outrunning the top line.

Where ROE comes from5.2× leverage

Leverage-amplified, a high assets-to-equity ratio does much of the work. ROE 29% = margin × turnover × leverage.

All from derived.

Where this answer is blind. The F-score rewards improvement, so an already-elite company can score mid-pack.

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