Positive sentiment towards SYY reflected by a fall of -25.3% 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. Sysco Corp. shares valued at $321,640 were sold by Jasper James Chris on Mar 14 ’24. At $80.41 per share, Jasper James Chris sold 4,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 18,531 shares worth approximately $1.52 million following the completion of this transaction.

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Also, Russell Neil sold 1,722 shares, netting a total of over 137,760 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $80.00 each, the insider now holds 24,082 shares.

Before that, Talton Sheila had sold 2,200 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $157,872, the Director traded Sysco Corp. shares for $71.76 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 2,200 shares, worth approximately $1.05 million.

Analysts at Deutsche Bank started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in mid October. Earlier on February 02, 2023, Argus downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Hold” for SYY stock which previously was a “a Buy”.

Analyzing SYY Stock Performance

During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 0.95%. Over the course of the year, Sysco Corp. shares have jumped approximately 12.05%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $82.89 on 02/02/24 and a 52-week low of $72.90 on 01/02/24. A 50-day SMA is recorded $79.46, while a 200-day SMA reached $73.11. Nevertheless, trading volume fell to 1.97 million shares from 2.02 million shares the previous day.

Support And Resistance Levels for Sysco Corp. (SYY)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 81.14, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 80.33. In the upper region, resistance lies at 82.54. The next price resistance is at 83.13. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 62.35 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment. Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) is at 0.36, which suggests the price will decrease in the coming days. Percent R is at 13.78%, indicating bullish price movement. Stochastics %K at holding indicates that the stock is to be held.

Is Sysco Corp. subject to short interest?

Stocks of Sysco Corp. saw a sharp steep in short interest on Mar 15, 2024 dropping by -1.67 million shares to 6.6 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on Feb 15, 2024 was 8.27 million shares. A decline of -25.3% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.37 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.37.

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