In a filing, Lazard Inc revealed its CEO of Asset Management Russo Evan L unloaded Company’s shares for reported $2.85 million on Sep 11 ’25. In the deal valued at $56.95 per share,50,000 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Russo Evan L now holds 227,915 shares worth roughly $12.34 million.
Then, Russo Evan L sold 25,000 shares, generating $1,392,660 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $55.71, the CEO of Asset Management now owns 277,915 shares.
Before that, Gathy Michael sold 617 shares. Lazard Inc shares valued at $34,163 were divested by the Chief Accounting Officer at a price of $55.37 per share. As a result of the transaction, Gathy Michael now holds 0 shares, worth roughly $0.0.
Keefe Bruyette upgraded its Lazard Inc [LAZ] rating to an Outperform from a a Mkt perform in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Morgan Stanley’s analysts, who decreased its forecast for the stock in early April from “an Equal-weight” to “an Underweight”. Wolfe Research also remained covering LAZ and has decreased its forecast on January 03, 2025 with a “Peer perform” recommendation from previously “an Outperform” rating. Keefe Bruyette revised its rating on December 20, 2024. It rated LAZ as “a Mkt perform” which previously was an “an Outperform”.
Price Performance Review of LAZ
On Monday, Lazard Inc [NYSE:LAZ] saw its stock fall -2.61% to $54.14. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -3.61%. Lazard Inc shares have risen nearly 18.81% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 5.17% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Lazard Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Lazard Inc stocks on 2025-08-29, growing by 0.31 million shares to a total of 4.45 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-07-31 was 4.14 million shares. There was a rise of 6.99%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
