Negative sentiment towards ACVA reflected by a jump of 4.47% in short interest

Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. ACV Auctions Inc shares valued at $2,297,987 were sold by Chamoun George on Mar 21 ’24. At $19.14 per share, Chamoun George sold 120,062 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 597,921 shares worth approximately $11.38 million following the completion of this transaction.

3 Tiny Stocks Primed to Explode The world's greatest investor — Warren Buffett — has a simple formula for making big money in the markets. He buys up valuable assets when they are very cheap. For stock market investors that means buying up cheap small cap stocks like these with huge upside potential.

We've set up an alert service to help smart investors take full advantage of the small cap stocks primed for big returns.

Click here for full details and to join for free
Sponsored

Also, Chamoun George sold 77,198 shares, netting a total of over 1,445,919 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $18.73 each, the insider now holds 597,921 shares.

Before that, Chamoun George had sold 124,999 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $2,302,482, the Chief Executive Officer traded ACV Auctions Inc shares for $18.42 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 124,999 shares, worth approximately $11.38 million.

As published in a research note from Northcoast on January 10, 2024, ACV Auctions Inc [ACVA] has been rated up from a Neutral to a Buy and the price target has been revised to $22. Analysts at B. Riley Securities started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in mid July. As of July 13, 2023, JP Morgan has decreased its “an Overweight” rating to a “Neutral” for ACVA. Earlier on February 16, 2023, Piper Sandler downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Neutral” for ACVA stock which previously was a “an Overweight”.

Analyzing ACVA Stock Performance

During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 9.74%. Over the course of the year, ACV Auctions Inc shares have jumped approximately 25.68%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $19.33 on 03/21/24 and a 52-week low of $12.84 on 02/02/24. A 50-day SMA is recorded $15.55, while a 200-day SMA reached $15.62. Nevertheless, trading volume fell to 1.82 million shares from 1.31 million shares the previous day.

Support And Resistance Levels for ACV Auctions Inc (ACVA)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 18.80, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 18.57. In the upper region, resistance lies at 19.30. The next price resistance is at 19.57. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 71.29 on the 14-day chart, showing overbought technical sentiment. Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) is at 0.68, which suggests the price will decrease in the coming days. Percent R is at 12.75%, indicating bullish price movement. Stochastics %K at selling indicates that the stock is to be held.

Is ACV Auctions Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of ACV Auctions Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on Feb 29, 2024 jumping by 0.43 million shares to 9.63 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on Jan 31, 2024 was 9.2 million shares. A jump of 4.47% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 7.22 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 7.22.

Most Popular