A share price of Lazard Inc [LAZ] is currently trading at $56.76, up 1.38%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The LAZ shares have gain 5.95% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 3.48%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Lazard Inc [NYSE: LAZ] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on August 25, 2025, when Keefe Bruyette upgraded its rating to a Outperform but kept the price target unchanged to $65 for it. Previously, Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating to Underweight on April 07, 2025, and dropped its price target to $33. On January 03, 2025, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Peer Perform. Keefe Bruyette downgraded its rating to a Mkt Perform and decreased its price target to $57 on December 20, 2024. Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating to a Equal-Weight and raised its price target to $63 on December 09, 2024. Wells Fargo started tracking with a Equal Weight rating for this stock on September 12, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $51.
Lazard Inc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $31.97 and $61.14. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $60 within the next 12 months. Lazard Inc [NYSE: LAZ] shares were valued at $56.76 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 5.71% based on the average LAZ price forecast.
Analyzing the LAZ fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Lazard Inc [NYSE:LAZ] were 3.15B which represents 13.59% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.36% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.13%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.13%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.1%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.07, Equity is 0.48 and Total Capital is 0.12. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.7.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 56.11 points at the first support level, and at 55.47 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 57.43, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 58.11.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Lazard Inc [NYSE:LAZ] is 2.00. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 2.00 and the Cash Ratio stands at 1.07. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.70, the price to book ratio is 7.22 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 19.59.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Soto Alexandra, Chief Operating Officer, that happened on Jun 11 ’25 when 85894.0 shares were sold. CEO & Chairman, Orszag Peter Richard completed a deal on Mar 17 ’25 to sell 64539.0 shares. Meanwhile, CEO & Chairman Orszag Peter Richard sold 64539.0 shares on Mar 14 ’25.
