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. U.S. Energy Corp shares valued at $3,250 were purchased by Smith Ryan Lewis on Jun 03 ’25. At $1.30 per share, Smith Ryan Lewis acquired 2,500 shares. The insider’s holdings grew to 1,177,039 shares worth approximately $1.67 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Smith Ryan Lewis purchased 2,000 shares, netting a total of over 2,620 in proceeds. Following the buying of shares at $1.31 each, the insider now holds 1,174,539 shares.
Before that, Smith Ryan Lewis had added 2,500 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $2,975, the CEO bought U.S. Energy Corp shares for $1.19 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings increased to 2,500 shares, worth approximately $1.67 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Johnson Rice on October 26, 2022, U.S. Energy Corp [USEG] has been a Accumulate and the price target has been revised to $3.75. Analysts at Global Hunter Securities downgraded the stock from ‘”a Accumulate”‘ to ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in early February. As of May 14, 2012, Global Hunter Securities has decreased its “Buy” rating to a “Accumulate” for USEG. Earlier on March 16, 2012, C.K. Cooper downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Hold” for USEG stock which previously was a “a Buy”.
Analyzing USEG Stock Performance
On last trading session,, U.S. Energy Corp [NASDAQ: USEG] rose 2.90% to $1.42. The stock’s lowest price that day was $1.334, but it reached a high of $1.5193 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 15.45%. Over the course of the year, U.S. Energy Corp shares have dropped approximately -12.88%.
Support And Resistance Levels for U.S. Energy Corp (USEG)
RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 62.33 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is U.S. Energy Corp subject to short interest?
Stocks of U.S. Energy Corp saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-05-30 dropping by 32972.0 shares to 0.37 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-04-30 was 0.4 million shares. A decline of -8.95% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.41 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 1.41.
