$37.95 -0.09 (-0.24%)
11/6/2009 4:01 PM

LAZARD Ltd. (LAZ)

CAPS Rating: 2 out of 5

Current Price $37.95 Mkt Cap $3.5B
Open $37.77 P/E Ratio 45.83
Prev. Close $38.04 Div. (Yield) 0.50 (1.30%)
Daily Range $37.41 - $38.22 Volume 507,224
52-Wk Range $19.17 - $44.62 Avg. Daily Vol. 1,107,000

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74 Outperform
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9 Outperform
0 Underperform
 

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hondo928 (99.74)
Submitted February 12, 2009

In my opinion one of the very very few banks that are well positioned right now. Best of breed in a depressed sector spells great returns in the future

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ALPHADividend (92.86)
Submitted April 16, 2009

This company was individually screened to verify that during the boom years ('04-'08), their Balance Sheet expansion appeared excessive. The company operates within the FIRE (Financial Insurance Real Estate) sector of the economy which has been hot… More

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Member Avatar egipr1 (56.86) Submitted: 5/9/2009 10:46:21 AM : Outperform Start Price: $27.82 LAZ Score: +14.15

boom,epex,wres,ico,vz,cpsi,psl,cksw

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Member Avatar ALPHADividend (92.86) Submitted: 4/16/2009 1:55:07 AM : Underperform Start Price: $33.47 LAZ Score: +12.58

This company was individually screened to verify that during the boom years ('04-'08), their Balance Sheet expansion appeared excessive. The company operates within the FIRE (Financial Insurance Real Estate) sector of the economy which has been hot the past few decades, yet will run out of steam this coming decade. At some point or another, something's gotta give with this company. Income will start collapsing due to debt levels, and/or dividends will be slashed or removed, and/or significant losses will be realized. The chances of this being a growth company or having significant growth is heavily muted due to its dividend paying obligations at the current levels of today.
This company was personally found after using a screener.

initial google screen:
Market cap over 400M
Dividend yield over 1%
1 Year price change better than -35%
price to book 0.9 or higher
total debt/equity (recent qtr) greater than 50%
13 week price change greater than 17%

After individually screening for companies appearing overvalued due to Balance sheet expansion, it yielded the following stocks to short:
EVR NTRS PRSP JEF LAZ FIS RJF

For the heavy shorting within the FIRE sector as part of the above picks, I will offset them with the following longs relating to FIRE companies:
LONG on BX CVBF UTR

This will be the primary focus of this profile, to seek & obtain alpha from long/short dividend opportunities across various industries.
- ALPHADividend

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Member Avatar philargyrian (< 20) Submitted: 3/14/2009 3:54:09 AM : Underperform Start Price: $28.43 LAZ Score: +8.17

Ridiculous P/E and loads of debt. This is a train wreck.

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gekko516

gekko516 (< 20) Score: +50.37

The Score Leader is the member with the highest score across all their picks in LAZ.

Top
Pick 		Member Name Member
Rating 		Start
Date 		Call Time
Frame 		Start
Price 		Stock
Gain 		S&P
Gain 		Score Commentary
gekko516 < 20 4/15/2008 Outperform NS $28.28 +34.20% -16.16% +50.37
christianjmari 24.38 1/17/2008 Outperform 3Y $31.71 +19.68% -16.49% +36.17
mattishot 92.68 3/31/2008 Outperform 5Y $31.77 +19.45% -15.95% +35.40
ugurm 80.59 4/22/2008 Outperform NS $33.65 +12.79% -19.60% +32.39
ZENIBANA 55.01 7/7/2008 Outperform 5Y $32.67 +16.14% -12.65% +28.79
jimwal 63.98 10/18/2007 10/18/2007 Outperform 3Y $37.72 +0.60% -26.79% +27.39
Atchiou 29.00 5/19/2008 Outperform 3M $36.27 +4.62% -22.21% +26.83
ricksdancer < 20 5/15/2008 Outperform 1Y $36.20 +4.85% -21.73% +26.58 1 Comment
tifon65 73.56 5/29/2008 Outperform 3W $36.43 +4.17% -20.49% +24.66
bscand10 91.69 8/1/2007 Outperform 3Y $37.28 +1.81% -22.18% +23.99
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Wall Street

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Member Name Member
Rating		 Start
Date		 Call Time
Frame		 Start
Price		 Stock
Gain		 S&P
Gain		 Score End Date Commentary
TrackCollinsStew 68.32 9/29/2009 Outperform NS $40.62 -6.58% +0.58% -7.16
TrackRochdale 38.18 9/21/2009 Outperform NS $36.68 +3.45% +1.17% +2.28
TrackOppenheimer 26.63 6/12/2009 Outperform NS $28.54 +45.21% +16.71% +28.50 10/15/2009 @ $41.44
TrackJMP < 20 4/14/2009 Outperform NS $31.64 +19.95% +26.57% -6.62
TrackWachovia 35.10 8/8/2008 Outperform NS $37.86 +0.23% -12.67% +12.90
TrackSterneAgee 83.73 5/20/2008 Outperform NS $35.97 +5.50% -22.06% +27.56
TrackJohnKeeley < 20 3/31/2008 Outperform NS $31.22 +21.56% -14.91% +36.47 1 Comment
TrackScottBleier 63.76 11/2/2007 Outperform 3M $46.20 -17.86% -25.77% +7.91
TrackBofASec 93.50 2/8/2007 Outperform NS $52.46 -27.66% -21.46% -6.20

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