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Morgan Stanley Upgrades Intuitive Surgical Inc (ISRG) to an Overweight from an Equal-weight

Intuitive Surgical Inc’s recently made public that its EVP & Chief Legal and Complian LOEB GARY unloaded Company’s shares for reported $1.52 million on Feb 12 ’25. In the deal valued at $583.79 per share,2,600 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, LOEB GARY now holds 3,176 shares worth roughly $ 1.89 million.

Then, GARY LOEB bought 2,600 shares, generating $1,517,854 in total proceeds.

Before that, Curet Myriam sold 408 shares. Intuitive Surgical Inc shares valued at $240,618 were divested by the EVP & Chief Medical Officer at a price of $589.75 per share. As a result of the transaction, Curet Myriam now holds 353 shares, worth roughly $0.21 million.

Morgan Stanley upgraded its Intuitive Surgical Inc [ISRG] rating to an Overweight from a an Equal-weight in a research note published on December 02, 2024; the price target was increased to $650 from $522. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Redburn Atlantic’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in early August from “a Neutral” to “a Buy”. Citigroup also remained covering ISRG and reiterated its “Buy” recommendation on July 10, 2024. Goldman started covering the stock on May 30, 2024. It rated ISRG as “a Buy”.

Price Performance Review of ISRG

On Friday, Intuitive Surgical Inc [NASDAQ:ISRG] saw its stock jump 0.70% to $595.55. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 2.16%. Intuitive Surgical Inc shares have risen nearly 14.10% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 57.18% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $616.00 was reached on 01/23/25, a 52-week low of $364.17 was recorded on 01/02/25. SMA at 50 days reached $559.36, while 200 days put it at $487.31.

Levels Of Support And Resistance For ISRG Stock

The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 589.63, which if violated will result in even more drops to 583.70. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 600.37. A further resistance level may holdings at 605.18. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 60.93, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at 7.66, which suggests price will go up in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been bullish at 10.31%. Stochastics %K at 85.43% indicates the stock is a selling.

How much short interest is there in Intuitive Surgical Inc?

A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Intuitive Surgical Inc stocks on 2025-01-31, dropping by -0.18 million shares to a total of 4.22 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2024-12-31 was 4.4 million shares. There was a decline of -4.24%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.

The most recent change occurred on November 17, 2023 when HSBC Securities began covering the stock and recommended ‘”a Buy”‘ rating along with a $318 price target.

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