Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. TEGNA Inc shares valued at $643,125 were sold by Lougee David T on Apr 01 ’24. At $14.70 per share, Lougee David T sold 43,750 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 725,651 shares worth approximately $10.01 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Fisher Newberg Lauren sold 8,477 shares, netting a total of over 127,155 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $15.00 each, the insider now holds 1 shares.
Before that, Lougee David T had sold 150,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $2,281,500, the President and CEO traded TEGNA Inc shares for $15.21 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 150,000 shares, worth approximately $8.77 million.
Analysts at Wells Fargo downgraded the stock from ‘”an Overweight”‘ to ‘”an Equal weight”‘ outlook in a report released in early May. As of April 13, 2022, Argus has decreased its “Buy” rating to a “Hold” for TGNA. Earlier on September 22, 2021, Barrington Research downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Mkt perform” for TGNA stock which previously was a “an Outperform”.
Analyzing TGNA Stock Performance
During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -4.30%. Over the course of the year, TEGNA Inc shares have dropped approximately -9.87%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $16.00 on 01/29/24 and a 52-week low of $13.40 on 02/29/24. A 50-day SMA is recorded $14.51, while a 200-day SMA reached $15.33. Nevertheless, trading volume fell to 1.71 million shares from 1.4 million shares the previous day.
Support And Resistance Levels for TEGNA Inc (TGNA)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 13.64, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 13.48. In the upper region, resistance lies at 14.05. The next price resistance is at 14.30. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 38.25 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment. Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) is at -0.29, which suggests the price will decrease in the coming days. Percent R is at 96.00%, indicating bearish price movement. Stochastics %K at buying indicates that the stock is to be held.
Is TEGNA Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of TEGNA Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on Mar 28, 2024 dropping by -0.13 million shares to 6.54 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on Feb 29, 2024 was 6.67 million shares. A decline of -1.99% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.4 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.4.
