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Decline in PSTG’s short interest indicates Bullish sentiment

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Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Pure Storage Inc shares valued at $2,012,462 were sold by Singh Ajay on Apr 05 ’24. At $53.54 per share, Singh Ajay sold 37,588 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 380,834 shares worth approximately $20.94 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Pure Storage, Inc. sold 7,500 shares, netting a total of over 396,000 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $52.80 each, the insider now holds 28,896 shares.

Before that, Dietzen Scott had sold 272,541 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $14,535,749, the Director traded Pure Storage Inc shares for $53.33 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 272,541 shares, worth approximately $35.52 million.

As published in their initiating research note from Citigroup on March 15, 2024, Pure Storage Inc [PSTG] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $65. Analysts at Needham started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in early March. As of February 29, 2024, TD Cowen has reiterated its “an Outperform” rating for PSTG. Earlier on February 14, 2024, Stifel downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Hold” for PSTG stock which previously was a “a Buy”.

Analyzing PSTG Stock Performance

During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 4.52%. Over the course of the year, Pure Storage Inc shares have jumped approximately 54.21%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $58.46 on 03/08/24 and a 52-week low of $34.32 on 01/02/24. A 50-day SMA is recorded $48.63, while a 200-day SMA reached $39.46. Nevertheless, trading volume fell to 3.91 million shares from 2.44 million shares the previous day.

Support And Resistance Levels for Pure Storage Inc (PSTG)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 53.90, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 52.80. In the upper region, resistance lies at 55.59. The next price resistance is at 56.18. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 63.11 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment. Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) is at 0.77, which suggests the price will decrease in the coming days. Percent R is at 2.09%, indicating bullish price movement. Stochastics %K at holding indicates that the stock is to be held.

Is Pure Storage Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Pure Storage Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on Mar 15, 2024 dropping by -1.1 million shares to 8.59 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on Feb 15, 2024 was 9.69 million shares. A decline of -12.81% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.67 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 1.67.

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