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Lazard Inc

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What Do They Do?

Advises organizations on mergers, financing and restructuring, and manages investment portfolios for institutional and individual clients.

How Do They Make Money?

Advisory clients pay retainers as work is performed and additional fees when transactions are announced or completed. Asset management clients pay ongoing fees based mainly on assets managed, with additional fees tied to investment performance.

revenue
SegmentShareRevenue
Investment banking and other advisory fees
60%
FY2022: 60%
Asset management fees
Recurring

40%
FY2022: 40%

Who Are Their Customers?

Advises organizations on financial matters and manages investments for institutional and private wealth clients through separate accounts and pooled funds.

Do Revenues Turn Into Profits?

Yes. It kept 7 cents of every revenue dollar as net income in FY2025 and turned 15 cents into free cash flow.

Operating income, FY2025
10% of revenue
▼ −15% vs FY2024 ($386.5M, 12%)
Net income, FY2025
7% of revenue
▼ −15% vs FY2024 ($279.9M, 9%)
Free cash flow, FY2025
15% of revenue
▼ −30% vs FY2024 ($697.3M, 22%)

How Are They Changing?

Since the FY2025 annual report
Latest quarter: Q3 FY2026, the three months to Sep 30, 2026
Revenue
▲ +9%
vs $770.8M in Q3 FY2025
Net income
▼ −59%
vs $71.2M in Q3 FY2025
Investment banking and other advisory fees share of revenue vs 58.0% in Q3 FY2025
  • May 1, 2026 Agreed to acquire private capital adviser Campbell Lutyens Campbell Lutyens advises on fund placement, secondary advisory and GP capital matters; the deal depends on regulatory approvals.

Flat. Revenue was $3.2B in FY2025, about the same as the $3.3B of FY2021.

Revenue over time
Investment banking and other advisory fees Asset management fees
$5B$2.5B$0

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