Viatris Inc’s recent filing unveils that its insider Mauro Anthony unloaded Company’s shares for reported $3.02 million on Mar 13 ’24. In the deal valued at $12.09 per share,250,000 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Mauro Anthony now holds 243,044 shares worth roughly $2.86 million.
Then, Campbell Paul sold 24,353 shares, generating $300,272 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $12.33, the insider now owns 153,826 shares.
Before that, Lyons Dillon JoEllen sold 20,000 shares. Viatris Inc shares valued at $247,200 were divested by the Director at a price of $12.36 per share. As a result of the transaction, Lyons Dillon JoEllen now holds 58,714 shares, worth roughly $0.69 million.
BofA Securities downgraded its Viatris Inc [VTRS] rating to an Underperform from a a Neutral in a research note published on October 23, 2023; the price target was decreased to $9 from $13. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Barclays’s analysts, who decreased its forecast for the stock in late June from “an Equal weight” to “an Underweight”. Barclays also remained covering VTRS and has decreased its forecast on April 24, 2023 with a “an Equal weight” recommendation from previously “an Overweight” rating. BMO Capital Markets revised its rating on February 17, 2023. It rated VTRS as “a Market perform” which previously was an “an Outperform”.
Price Performance Review of VTRS
On Monday, Viatris Inc [NASDAQ:VTRS] saw its stock fall -0.42% to $11.75. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -1.59%. Viatris Inc shares have risen nearly 8.49% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 19.90% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $13.62 was reached on 02/23/24, a 52-week low of $8.74 was recorded on 01/02/24. SMA at 50 days reached $12.16, while 200 days put it at $10.67. A total of 8.28 million shares were traded, compared to the trading of 9.15 million shares in the previous session.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For VTRS Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 11.65, which if violated will result in even more drops to 11.56. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 11.87. A further resistance level may holdings at 12.00. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 43.17, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at -0.09, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been bearish at 73.44%. Stochastics %K at 29.69% indicates the stock is a holding.
How much short interest is there in Viatris Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Viatris Inc stocks on Mar 15, 2024, dropping by -2.36 million shares to a total of 38.48 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on Feb 15, 2024 was 40.84 million shares. There was a decline of -6.13%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock. In spite of short shares comprising just 3.72% of the overall stock float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) fell to 3.02.
