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. Origin Materials Inc shares valued at $8,926 were sold by Lee Joshua C. on Mar 05 ’25. At $0.85 per share, Lee Joshua C. sold 10,441 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 692,944 shares worth approximately $0.3 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Bissell John sold 20,828 shares, netting a total of over 17,777 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $0.85 each, the insider now holds 2,105,402 shares.
Before that, Plavan Matthew T had sold 9,725 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $8,343, the CFO and COO traded Origin Materials Inc shares for $0.86 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 9,725 shares, worth approximately $0.66 million.
As published in a research note from BofA Securities on January 14, 2025, Origin Materials Inc [ORGN] has been rated down from a Buy to an Underperform and the price target has been revised to $1.50 from $2.50. Analysts at BofA Securities upgraded the stock from ‘”a Neutral”‘ to ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in mid August. As of August 11, 2023, Craig Hallum has decreased its “Buy” rating to a “Hold” for ORGN. Earlier on October 14, 2022, Credit Suisse initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “an Outperform” for ORGN stock.
Analyzing ORGN Stock Performance
On last trading session,, Origin Materials Inc [NASDAQ: ORGN] plunged -2.53% to $0.44. The stock’s lowest price that day was $0.437, but it reached a high of $0.45 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -4.33%. Over the course of the year, Origin Materials Inc shares have dropped approximately -65.62%.
Support And Resistance Levels for Origin Materials Inc (ORGN)
RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 36.70 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Origin Materials Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Origin Materials Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-05-30 dropping by -0.23 million shares to 3.38 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-04-30 was 3.61 million shares. A decline of -6.77% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.13 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.13.
Which companies own the most shares of Origin Materials Inc (ORGN)?
In terms of Origin Materials Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 3 in the next 12 months, up nearly 566.67% from the previous closing price of $0.45. Analysts anticipate Origin Materials Inc stock to reach 3 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 3.
