Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Lazard Inc shares valued at $1,756,573 were sold by Orszag Peter Richard on Sep 16 ’25. At $54.09 per share, Orszag Peter Richard sold 32,475 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 183,274 shares worth approximately $9.87 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Orszag Peter Richard purchased 32,475 shares, netting a total of over 1,762,743 in proceeds.
Before that, Russo Evan L had sold 50,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $2,847,600, the CEO of Asset Management traded Lazard Inc shares for $56.95 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 50,000 shares, worth approximately $12.27 million.
Analysts at BMO Capital Markets started covering the stock with ‘”a Market perform”‘ outlook in a report released in early October. As of August 25, 2025, Keefe Bruyette has increased its “Mkt perform” rating to a “an Outperform” for LAZ. Earlier on April 07, 2025, Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Underweight” for LAZ stock which previously was a “an Equal-weight”.
Analyzing LAZ Stock Performance
On last trading session, Lazard Inc [NYSE: LAZ] rose 3.62% to $53.85. The stock’s lowest price that day was $52.615, but it reached a high of $54.23 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 4.93%. Over the course of the year, Lazard Inc shares have jumped approximately 5.28%.
Is Lazard Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Lazard Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-12-31 dropping by -0.59 million shares to 4.96 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 5.55 million shares. A decline of -11.86% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 5.33 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 5.33.
Which companies own the most shares of Lazard Inc (LAZ)?
In terms of Lazard Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 54 in the next 12 months, up nearly 3.91% from the previous closing price of $51.97. Analysts anticipate Lazard Inc stock to reach 59 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 46. In spite of this, 5 analysts ranked Lazard Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2026.
