Lehman Br Holdings

Lehman Br Holdings is a publicly traded company having a good stock performance result. Lehman Br Holdings is a fortune 500 stock listed company trading under LEH.

Lehman Brothers, an innovator in global finance, serves the financial needs of governments, corporations, institutional clients, municipalities, and high net worth individuals worldwide. Established in 1850, Lehman Brothers keeps up leadership positions in equity and fixed income sales, investment banking, trading and research, asset management, private investment management and private equity. The Firm is headquartered in New York, with regional headquarters in London and Tokyo, and functions in a network of offices around the world.

Lehman Brothers delivered its strongest performance ever in 2005. Their diversified business model served them well in the face of rising interest rates and economic disruptions caused by natural disasters and energy price spikes. Rising rates and market instability resulted in more trading opportunities for their Capital Markets clients, who rely on their unparalleled execution and service. In a shifting landscape, their Investment Banking and Investment Management clients increasingly turned to them for creative advice and solutions. As a result, the entire platform performed well throughout the year as they raised the earnings capability of the Firm.

Their financial performance in 2005 included the following highlights They reported record revenues for the third year in a row, reaching 14.6 billion dollars, a 26percent increase over the previous year; they delivered record net income of 3.3 billion dollars, a 38percent increase over the prior year’s record figure; they increased their pre-tax margin to 33.0percent; their return on average common stockholders’ equity to 21.6percent; and their return on tangible equity to 27.8percent;  they reported record earnings per share of 10.87 dollars, a 38percent increase over the prior year; and their stock price rose more than 50percent to 126 dollars, and they have delivered a total return of 1,087percent over the past decade.

Average tangible common stockholders’ equity in 2003 was appropriately weighted for the effect of the equity issued in connection with the Neuberger Berman acquisition on October 31, 2003. In 2005, Lehman Brothers was named Best Investment Bank by Euro money magazine and ranked 1 for the second consecutive year in the Global Custodian Prime Brokerage Survey, winning 29 Best in Class awards.