Lazard Inc’s filing revealed that its CEO & Chairman Orszag Peter Richard unloaded Company’s shares for reported $1.76 million on Sep 16 ’25. In the deal valued at $54.09 per share,32,475 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Orszag Peter Richard now holds 183,274 shares worth roughly $9.02 million.
Then, Orszag Peter Richard bought 32,475 shares, generating $1,762,743 in total proceeds.
Before that, Russo Evan L sold 50,000 shares. Lazard Inc shares valued at $2,847,600 were divested by the CEO of Asset Management at a price of $56.95 per share. As a result of the transaction, Russo Evan L now holds 227,915 shares, worth roughly $11.21 million.
BMO Capital Markets initiated its Lazard Inc [LAZ] rating to a Market perform in a research note published on October 03, 2025; the price target was $56. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Keefe Bruyette’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in late August from “a Mkt perform” to “an Outperform”. Morgan Stanley also remained covering LAZ and has decreased its forecast on April 07, 2025 with a “an Underweight” recommendation from previously “an Equal-weight” rating. Wolfe Research revised its rating on January 03, 2025. It rated LAZ as “a Peer perform” which previously was an “an Outperform”.
Price Performance Review of LAZ
On Monday, Lazard Inc [NYSE:LAZ] saw its stock jump 2.80% to $49.2. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -2.63%. Lazard Inc shares have fallen nearly -0.61% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -4.43% 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 2025-09-30, dropping by -0.58 million shares to a total of 3.87 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-08-29 was 4.45 million shares. There was a decline of -14.97%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
