LGI CEF — Lazard Global Total Return and Income Fund

Lazard Global Total Return and Income Fund (LGI)

Updated November 6, 2026.

LGI is a CEF. Its distribution rate is 11.16%, its trailing-12-month yield is 11.05%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 75/100 (Generally safe). Total return is 451.6% over the past 22.5 years, 428.7 points behind SPY at 880.3%.

LGI performance versus SPY

As of Nov 5, 2026

Total return is 451.6% over the past 22.5 years, 428.7 points behind SPY at 880.3%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 2.3%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 21.2%.

LGI key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

75 · Generally safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

8.37%

Issuer

Lazard

Asset type

CEF

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

04/28/2004

Distribution rate

11.16%

Distribution frequency

Monthly

Trailing yield

11.05%

5-year average yield

8.83

Last close

$16.50 (as of 2026-11-06)

NAV

$17.82

Premium / discount

Premium not shown · NAV date unknown

Market cap

$211,558,640

Average volume

47,703

Dividend

$0.1534

Ex-dividend date

11/10/2026

Payment date

11/24/2026

Beta

1.112

Expense ratio and AUM unavailable in this published snapshot. Missing values do not mean zero or complete coverage. ?

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (11.16%) has no calculation basis on file. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (11.05%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: Lazard or company page; prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

LGI risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 21.2%.

Who may consider LGI — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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