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Keefe Bruyette upgrades Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc (ARI) stock to an Outperform

In a filing, Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc revealed its President & CEO ROTHSTEIN STUART unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.52 million on Mar 17 ’25. In the deal valued at $9.99 per share,52,074 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, ROTHSTEIN STUART now holds 385,928 shares worth roughly $3.2 million.

Then, STUART A ROTHSTEIN &MICHELE RO bought 52,074 shares, generating $519,699 in total proceeds.

Before that, Whonder Carmencita N.M. sold 11,400 shares. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc shares valued at $116,364 were divested by the Director at a price of $10.21 per share. As a result of the transaction, Whonder Carmencita N.M. now holds 20,624 shares, worth roughly $0.17 million.

Keefe Bruyette upgraded its Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc [ARI] rating to an Outperform from a a Mkt perform in a research note published recently. BofA Securities also remained covering ARI and has decreased its forecast on March 04, 2024 with a “an Underperform” recommendation from previously “Neutral” rating. UBS started covering the stock on December 06, 2023. It rated ARI as “a Neutral”.

Price Performance Review of ARI

On Monday, Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc [NYSE:ARI] saw its stock fall -5.05% to $8.28. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -13.48%. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc shares have fallen nearly -4.39% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -22.10% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $11.03 was reached on 03/10/25, a 52-week low of $8.44 was recorded on 04/07/25. SMA at 50 days reached $9.64, while 200 days put it at $9.57.

Levels Of Support And Resistance For ARI Stock

The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 7.99, which if violated will result in even more drops to 7.71. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 8.75. A further resistance level may holdings at 9.23. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 15.11, which indicates oversold technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at -0.80, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been bearish at 94.68%. Stochastics %K at 6.85% indicates the stock is a buying.

How much short interest is there in Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc?

A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc stocks on 2025-03-14, dropping by -0.13 million shares to a total of 3.16 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-02-14 was 3.29 million shares. There was a decline of -4.08%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.

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