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 $9.41 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 $11.7 million.
A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including BMO Capital Markets’s analysts, who began to cover the stock in early October with a ‘”a Market perform”‘ rating. Keefe Bruyette also remained covering LAZ and has increased its forecast on August 25, 2025 with a “an Outperform” recommendation from previously “Mkt perform” rating. Morgan Stanley revised its rating on April 07, 2025. It rated LAZ as “an Underweight” which previously was an “an Equal-weight”.
Price Performance Review of LAZ
On Tuesday, Lazard Inc [NYSE:LAZ] saw its stock fall -2.25% to $51.32. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 0.84%. Lazard Inc shares have risen nearly 8.50% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 5.68% 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 2025-12-31, dropping by -0.59 million shares to a total of 4.96 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-11-28 was 5.55 million shares. There was a decline of -11.86%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
