Esquire Financial Holdings Inc’s filing revealed that its Director Melohn Joseph unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.24 million on Dec 18 ’24. In the deal valued at $79.15 per share,3,000 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Melohn Joseph now holds 0 shares worth roughly $0.0.
Then, ZISES SELIG sold 2,000 shares, generating $156,272 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $78.14, the Director now owns 57,601 shares.
Before that, Nigam Rena bought 640 shares. Esquire Financial Holdings Inc shares valued at $49,600 were divested by the Director at a price of $77.50 per share. As a result of the transaction, Nigam Rena now holds 1,867 shares, worth roughly $0.16 million.
Keefe Bruyette downgraded its Esquire Financial Holdings Inc [ESQ] rating to a Mkt perform from a an Outperform in a research note published on October 02, 2024; the price target was increased to $72 from $68. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Raymond James’s analysts, who began to cover the stock in mid January with a ‘”a Strong buy”‘ rating. Keefe Bruyette began covering ESQ with “an Outperform” recommendation on October 18, 2022.
Price Performance Review of ESQ
On Friday, Esquire Financial Holdings Inc [NASDAQ:ESQ] saw its stock jump 3.05% to $86.84. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 11.05%. Esquire Financial Holdings Inc shares have risen nearly 9.23% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 82.36% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $84.41 was reached on 01/17/25, a 52-week low of $44.45 was recorded on 01/10/25. SMA at 50 days reached $77.50, while 200 days put it at $60.21.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For ESQ Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 84.75, which if violated will result in even more drops to 82.66. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 87.90. A further resistance level may holdings at 88.96. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 70.46, which indicates overbought technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at 4.22, which suggests price will go up in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been bullish at 0.35%. Stochastics %K at 98.63% indicates the stock is a selling.
How much short interest is there in Esquire Financial Holdings Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Esquire Financial Holdings Inc stocks on 2024-12-31, growing by 55048.0 shares to a total of 0.3 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2024-11-29 was 0.24 million shares. There was a rise of 18.61%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
