Ardelyx Inc’s filing revealed that its President & CEO RAAB MICHAEL unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.22 million on Jan 31 ’25. In the deal valued at $5.36 per share,41,666 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, RAAB MICHAEL now holds 1,108,719 shares worth roughly $5.94 million.
Then, MOTT DAVID M bought 199,000 shares, generating $992,672 in total proceeds. Upon buying the shares at $4.99, the Director now owns 1,937,765 shares.
Before that, DAVID P ROSENBAUM bought 110,000 shares. Ardelyx Inc shares valued at $588,500 were divested by the Officer at a price of $5.35 per share.
H.C. Wainwright downgraded its Ardelyx Inc [ARDX] rating to a Neutral from a a Buy in a research note published on November 11, 2024; the price target was decreased to $5.50 from $11. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Piper Sandler’s analysts, who decreased its forecast for the stock in early July from “an Overweight” to “a Neutral”. Leerink Partners began covering ARDX with “an Outperform” recommendation on April 05, 2024. Raymond James started covering the stock on December 18, 2023. It rated ARDX as “a Strong buy”.
Price Performance Review of ARDX
On Friday, Ardelyx Inc [NASDAQ:ARDX] saw its stock unchanged to $5.36. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -2.90%. Ardelyx Inc shares have risen nearly 5.72% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -40.04% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $10.13 was reached on 01/14/25, a 52-week low of $4.32 was recorded on 01/21/25. SMA at 50 days reached $5.22, while 200 days put it at $6.00.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For ARDX Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 5.24, which if violated will result in even more drops to 5.12. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 5.49. A further resistance level may holdings at 5.62. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 51.77, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at 0.03, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been low at 58.20%. Stochastics %K at 45.08% indicates the stock is a holding.
How much short interest is there in Ardelyx Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Ardelyx Inc stocks on 2025-01-15, dropping by -0.2 million shares to a total of 23.62 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2024-12-13 was 23.82 million shares. There was a decline of -0.84%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on September 07, 2023 when H.C. Wainwright began covering the stock and recommended ‘”a Buy”‘ rating along with a $9 price target.
