Financial Analysis: Resolute Holdings Management (NYSE:RHLD) vs. Lazard (NYSE:LAZ)

Lazard (NYSE:LAZ) and Resolute Holdings Management (NYSE:RHLD) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

54.8% of Lazard shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Lazard shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 50.8% of Resolute Holdings Management shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Lazard and Resolute Holdings Management”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lazard	$3.05 billion	1.82	$279.91 million	$2.90	16.96
Resolute Holdings Management	$420.57 million	1.49	$110.26 million	N/A	N/A

Lazard has higher revenue and earnings than Resolute Holdings Management.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Lazard and Resolute Holdings Management, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lazard	2	6	3	0	2.09
Resolute Holdings Management	1	0	0	0	1.00

Lazard presently has a consensus target price of $54.43, indicating a potential upside of 10.65%. Given Lazard’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Lazard is more favorable than Resolute Holdings Management.

Profitability

This table compares Lazard and Resolute Holdings Management’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lazard	9.96%	34.33%	5.24%
Resolute Holdings Management	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Lazard beats Resolute Holdings Management on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Lazard

Lazard, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a financial advisory and asset management firm in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia. It operates in two segments, Financial Advisory and Asset Management. The Financial Advisory segment offers financial advisory services, such as mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, shareholder, sovereign, geopolitical advisory, and other strategic advisory services, as well as restructuring and liability management, and capital raising and placement services. This segment offers its services to corporate, partnership, institutional, government, sovereign, and individual clients to various industry areas, including consumers, financial institutions, healthcare and life sciences, industrials, power and energy/infrastructure, real estate, technology, telecommunication, and media and entertainment. The Asset Management segment offers a range of investment solutions; investment and wealth management services in equity and fixed income strategies; asset allocation strategies; and alternative investments and private equity funds to corporations, public funds, sovereign entities, endowments and foundations, labor funds, financial intermediaries, and private clients. Lazard, Inc. was incorporated in 1848 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

About Resolute Holdings Management

Resolute Holdings Management, Inc. operates as an alternative asset management platform company. The company was incorporated in 2024 and is based in New York, New York.