Industry description
The investment seeks long-term capital appreciation.
The fund invests primarily in equity securities, principally common stocks, of relatively small non-U.S. companies that the Investment Manager believes are undervalued based on their earnings, cash flow or asset values. The Investment Manager considers "small non-U.S. companies" to be those non-U.S. companies with market capitalizations, at the time of initial purchase by the Portfolio, below $5 billion and above $300 million or in the range of companies included in the MSCI EAFE Small Cap Index.
Market Cap
The average market capitalization across the Lazard International Small Cap Eq Instl MF is 11.9B. The market cap for tickers in the group ranges from 14.89B to 45.44B. SRE holds the highest valuation in this group at 45.44B. The lowest valued company is BG at 14.89B.
Volume
The average weekly volume growth across all stocks in the Lazard International Small Cap Eq Instl MF was 50%. For the same stocks of the MF, the average monthly volume growth was 27% and the average quarterly volume growth was 20%
Fundamental Analysis Ratings
The average fundamental analysis ratings, where 1 is best and 100 is worst, are as follows
Valuation Rating: 61
P/E Growth Rating: 45
Price Growth Rating: 48
SMR Rating: 51
Profit Risk Rating: 41
Seasonality Score: -8 (-100 ... +100)