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DCF Valuation
Base-case fair value
$52.51
Intrinsic $70.02 · 25% MOS
Current price: $43.99
Base-case summary
Our base-case DCF for Lazard, Inc. (LAZ) projects 10 years of free cash flow growth at 2.0% for years 1–5 and 1.0% for years 6–10, anchored to a default 8% growth assumption, then applies a 2.5% perpetual growth rate and a 8.0% discount rate. Starting from $497M in trailing free cash flow, this produces an intrinsic value of $70.02 per share. A 25% safety margin gives a fair value of $52.51, suggesting the stock is currently 19% undervalued against the $43.99 market price.
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Conservative, Base, and Optimistic fair values, plus the sensitivity matrix and FCF history. Free account.
Model inputs
TTM Free Cash Flow
$497M
Cash & equivalents
$1.0B
Total debt
$2.2B
Shares outstanding
107M