Lazard Inc (NYSE: LAZ) is 30.61% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $31.97 and a high of $61.14 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The LAZ stock was last observed hovering at around $50.83 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 1.18%.
Currently trading at $52.01, the stock is 10.71% and 16.22% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.02 million and changing 2.32% at the moment leaves the stock 7.13% off its SMA200. LAZ registered 1.03% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of 3.07%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $44.7522 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $48.5464.
The stock witnessed a 18.37% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 55.67%, and is 3.98% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.75% over the week and 2.95% over the month.
Lazard Inc (LAZ) has around 3263 employees, a market worth around $4.90B and $3.05B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 18.14 and Fwd P/E is 13.27. Profit margin for the company is 9.75%. Distance from 52-week low is 62.68% and -14.93% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (10.63%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -1.44% this year
382.0 institutions hold shares in Lazard Inc (LAZ), with institutional investors hold 97.40% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 94.15M, and float is at 92.07M with Short Float at 4.81%. Institutions hold 94.85% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 10.7 million shares valued at $408.64 million. The investor’s holdings represent 11.5226 of the LAZ Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is FMR LLC with 9.78 million shares valued at $373.41 million to account for 10.5292 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 7.86 million shares representing 8.4632 and valued at over $300.14 million, while ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC holds 6.5044 of the shares totaling 6.04 million with a market value of $230.67 million.
Lazard Inc (LAZ) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Soto Alexandra, the company’s Chief Operating Officer. SEC filings show that Soto Alexandra sold 85,894 shares of the company’s common stock on Jun 11 ’25 at a price of $43.81 per share for a total of $3.76 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.11 million shares.
Lazard Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 17 ’25 that Orszag Peter Richard (CEO & Chairman) sold a total of 64,539 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 17 ’25 and was made at $45.56 per share for $2.94 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.17 million shares of the LAZ stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 14 ’25, Orszag Peter Richard (CEO & Chairman) disposed off 64,539 shares at an average price of $45.24 for $2.92 million. The insider now directly holds 234,824 shares of Lazard Inc (LAZ).
