Lazard Stock Options

LAZ Stock  USD 49.47  1.27  2.50%   
Lazard's latest option contracts expiring on January 17th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.19. The Lazard option chain provides detailed quote and price information for the current Lazard option contracts. It shows all of Lazard's listed puts, calls, expiration dates, strike prices, and other pricing information.

In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Lazard

Analyzing Lazard's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Lazard regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Lazard's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Lazard's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Lazard's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.

Lazard Current Options Market Mood

Lazard's open interest and total value indicators provide investors with the necessary information to digest the overall options buildup for its expiring contracts. In addition, it helps Lazard Stock's traders understand whether a recent fall or rise in the market is unreasonable and if the time has come to take contrarian positions. These ratios are calculated based on options trading volumes and current open interest.

Put-to-Call Volume

Unfortunately, most Lazard's options investors are not very successful. Lazard's option open interest and volume spread between outstanding puts and calls are regarded by many investors as reliable indicators of the overall future market direction.

Rule 16 of the current Lazard contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Lazard will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0119% per day over the life of the 2025-01-17 option contract. With Lazard trading at USD 49.47, that is roughly USD 0.005875. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Lazard's daily price movement you should consider buying Lazard options at the current volatility level of 0.19%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Purchasing Lazard options can give investors a meaningful hedge against losses and, therefore, could be used conservatively to decrease the volatility of your portfolio. However, many options could also amount to little more than gambling, significantly enhancing your overall portfolio risk. One simple example of these aggressive strategies is the sale of "uncovered" Lazard calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Lazard stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

Lazard Option Chain

When Lazard's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Lazard stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying options that are ITM or OTM, the choice depends on your outlook for the underlying security, financial situation, and what you are trying to achieve.
Lazard's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Lazard. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Lazard. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Lazard against a given expiration period. The table below combines all the option information in the form of a chain but before you use it, remember that it entails significant risk and it is not for everyone.
Open IntStrike PriceCurrent SpreadLast Price
Call
LAZ250117C00025000025.013.8 - 18.213.8Out
Call
LAZ250117C00026000026.012.9 - 17.312.9Out
Call
LAZ250117C00027000027.011.9 - 16.311.9Out
Call
LAZ250117C00028000028.011.0 - 15.411.0Out
Call
LAZ250117C00029000029.010.1 - 14.310.1Out
Call
LAZ250117C00030000030.09.1 - 13.49.1Out
Call
LAZ250117C00031000031.08.5 - 11.98.5Out
Call
LAZ250117C00032000032.07.6 - 11.07.6Out
Call
LAZ250117C00033000033.06.8 - 10.56.8Out
Call
LAZ250117C00034000034.06.0 - 10.26.0Out
 Put
LAZ250117P00025000025.00.0 - 2.32.3Out
 Put
LAZ250117P00026000026.00.0 - 2.352.35Out
 Put
LAZ250117P00027000027.00.0 - 2.352.35Out
 Put
LAZ250117P00028000028.00.0 - 2.32.3Out
 Put
LAZ250117P00029000029.00.0 - 2.452.45Out
 Put
LAZ250117P00030000030.00.0 - 2.62.6Out
 Put
LAZ250117P00031000031.00.0 - 2.72.7Out
 Put
LAZ250117P00032000032.00.0 - 2.752.75Out
 Put
LAZ250117P00033000033.00.0 - 3.03.0Out
 Put
LAZ250117P00034000034.00.0 - 3.13.1Out

Lazard Selling And Marketing Expenses Over Time

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Lazard Market Cap Over Time

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Lazard Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

631.24 Million

At this time, Lazard's Total Stockholder Equity is fairly stable compared to the past year.

Lazard Corporate Directors

Richard HaassIndependent DirectorProfile
Philip LaskawyIndependent DirectorProfile
Richard ParsonsLead Independent DirectorProfile
Sylvia JayIndependent DirectorProfile

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