Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Best Buy Co. Inc. shares valued at $2,293,695 were sold by Barry Corie S on Mar 22 ’24. At $81.80 per share, Barry Corie S sold 28,042 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 429,159 shares worth approximately $34.29 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Bilunas Matthew M sold 8,258 shares, netting a total of over 675,463 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $81.80 each, the insider now holds 90,694 shares.
Before that, Bonfig Jason J had sold 7,117 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $582,135, the SEVP Cust. Offerings & Fulfill traded Best Buy Co. Inc. shares for $81.80 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 7,117 shares, worth approximately $4.3 million.
As published in a research note from Jefferies on April 08, 2024, Best Buy Co. Inc. [BBY] has been retained to a Buy and the price target has been revised to $94. Analysts at JP Morgan upgraded the stock from ‘”a Neutral”‘ to ‘”an Overweight”‘ outlook in a report released in late March. As of March 20, 2024, Telsey Advisory Group has increased its “Market perform” rating to a “an Outperform” for BBY. Earlier on March 01, 2024, Telsey Advisory Group resumed its rating. Their recommendation was “a Market perform” for BBY stock.
Analyzing BBY Stock Performance
During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 0.73%. Over the course of the year, Best Buy Co. Inc. shares have jumped approximately 2.06%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $86.11 on 02/29/24 and a 52-week low of $69.66 on 01/19/24. A 50-day SMA is recorded $77.53, while a 200-day SMA reached $75.01. Nevertheless, trading volume fell to 4.46 million shares from 3.37 million shares the previous day.
Support And Resistance Levels for Best Buy Co. Inc. (BBY)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 79.08, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 78.28. In the upper region, resistance lies at 81.37. The next price resistance is at 82.86. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 51.95 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment. Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) is at 0.21, which suggests the price will decrease in the coming days. Percent R is at 69.54%, indicating low price movement. Stochastics %K at holding indicates that the stock is to be held.
Is Best Buy Co. Inc. subject to short interest?
Stocks of Best Buy Co. Inc. saw a sharp steep in short interest on Mar 28, 2024 dropping by -1.84 million shares to 14.72 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on Feb 29, 2024 was 16.56 million shares. A decline of -12.5% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.59 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 3.59.
