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Checking in on Blend Labs Inc (BLND) after recent insiders movement

Blend Labs Inc’s recently made public that its HEAD OF BLEND Ghamsari Nima unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.24 million on Mar 22 ’24. In the deal valued at $2.99 per share,81,700 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Ghamsari Nima now holds 34,774 shares worth roughly $0.1 million.

Then, Jafari Amir bought 5,555 shares, generating $16,665 in total proceeds. Upon buying the shares at $3.00, the HEAD OF FINANCE AND ADMIN. now owns 396,451 shares.

Before that, Ghamsari Nima sold 112,108 shares. Blend Labs Inc shares valued at $250,247 were divested by the HEAD OF BLEND at a price of $2.23 per share. As a result of the transaction, Ghamsari Nima now holds 116,474 shares, worth roughly $0.34 million.

Wells Fargo upgraded its Blend Labs Inc [BLND] rating to an Overweight from a an Equal weight in a research note published on December 20, 2023; the price target was increased to $3.50 from $1.50. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Keefe Bruyette’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in mid November from “an Underperform” to “a Mkt perform”. Keefe Bruyette also remained covering BLND and has decreased its forecast on July 25, 2022 with a “an Underperform” recommendation from previously “Mkt perform” rating. KeyBanc Capital Markets revised its rating on July 07, 2022. It rated BLND as “a Sector weight” which previously was an “an Overweight”.

Price Performance Review of BLND

On Monday, Blend Labs Inc [NYSE:BLND] saw its stock fall -3.32% to $2.91. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -5.21%. Blend Labs Inc shares have risen nearly 14.12% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 225.25% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $3.40 was reached on 03/20/24, a 52-week low of $0.53 was recorded on 01/17/24. SMA at 50 days reached $2.82, while 200 days put it at $1.80. A total of 1.04 million shares were traded, compared to the trading of 0.86 million shares in the previous session.

Levels Of Support And Resistance For BLND Stock

The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 2.84, which if violated will result in even more drops to 2.77. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 3.03. A further resistance level may holdings at 3.16. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 48.82, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at -0.12, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been bearish at 86.09%. Stochastics %K at 35.14% indicates the stock is a holding.

How much short interest is there in Blend Labs Inc?

A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Blend Labs Inc stocks on Mar 15, 2024, dropping by -1.03 million shares to a total of 7.24 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on Feb 15, 2024 was 8.27 million shares. There was a decline of -14.23%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock. In spite of short shares comprising just 3.15% of the overall stock float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) fell to 3.13.

The most recent change occurred on May 25, 2022 when Compass Point began covering the stock and recommended ‘”a Neutral”‘ rating along with a $4.20 price target.

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