The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Northern Oil and Gas Inc. shares valued at $132,300 were sold by Evans James B. on Apr 09 ’24. At $42.00 per share, Evans James B. sold 3,150 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 73,753 shares worth approximately $3.14 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, O’GRADY NICHOLAS L. sold 3,750 shares, netting a total of over 153,656 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $40.98 each, the insider now holds 228,082 shares.
Before that, Dirlam Adam A. had sold 1,392 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $55,513, the President traded Northern Oil and Gas Inc. shares for $39.88 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 1,392 shares, worth approximately $4.77 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Morgan Stanley on January 05, 2024, Northern Oil and Gas Inc. [NOG] has been an Equal-weight and the price target has been revised to $40. Analysts at BofA Securities downgraded the stock from ‘”a Buy”‘ to ‘”an Underperform”‘ outlook in a report released in early January. As of December 14, 2023, Johnson Rice has decreased its “Buy” rating to a “Accumulate” for NOG. Earlier on August 14, 2023, Piper Sandler downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Neutral” for NOG stock which previously was a “an Overweight”.
Analyzing NOG Stock Performance
During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 4.64%. Over the course of the year, Northern Oil and Gas Inc. shares have jumped approximately 15.03%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $42.81 on 04/11/24 and a 52-week low of $31.13 on 02/05/24. A 50-day SMA is recorded $36.62, while a 200-day SMA reached $37.68. Nevertheless, trading volume fell to 1.26 million shares from 1.57 million shares the previous day.
Support And Resistance Levels for Northern Oil and Gas Inc. (NOG)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 42.15, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 41.66. In the upper region, resistance lies at 42.97. The next price resistance is at 43.30. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 80.78 on the 14-day chart, showing overbought technical sentiment. Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) is at 1.93, which suggests the price will increase in the coming days. Percent R is at 3.64%, indicating bullish price movement. Stochastics %K at selling indicates that the stock is to be held.
Is Northern Oil and Gas Inc. subject to short interest?
Stocks of Northern Oil and Gas Inc. saw a sharp steep in short interest on Mar 15, 2024 dropping by -1.99 million shares to 8.68 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on Feb 15, 2024 was 10.67 million shares. A decline of -22.93% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 6.63 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 6.63.
