Growth Metrics

Lazard (LAZ) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Lazard (LAZ) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 14 consecutive years, with 0.09% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Invested Capital fell 2.0% to 0.09% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.09% through Dec 2025, down 2.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.09% for FY2025, 2.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital hit 0.09% in Q4 2025 for Lazard, down from 0.1% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.21% in Q3 2022 to a low of 0.2% in Q2 2023.
  • Historically, Return on Invested Capital has averaged 0.11% across 5 years, with a median of 0.11% in 2024.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Invested Capital: tumbled -40bps in 2023 and later grew 27bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.19% in 2021, then dropped by -18bps to 0.16% in 2022, then crashed by -121bps to 0.03% in 2023, then soared by 431bps to 0.11% in 2024, then dropped by -18bps to 0.09% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Invested Capital for LAZ at 0.09% in Q4 2025, 0.1% in Q3 2025, and 0.12% in Q2 2025.