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. Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp shares valued at $1,512,308 were sold by DeFazio Mark R on Jun 10 ’25. At $65.43 per share, DeFazio Mark R sold 23,114 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 94,185 shares worth approximately $6.1 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, DeFazio Mark R sold 20,517 shares, netting a total of over 1,342,389 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $65.43 each, the insider now holds 0 shares.
Before that, Mark R. DeFazio had added 43,631 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $2,852,595, the President, CEO, Director bought Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp shares for $65.38 each.
As published in a research note from Hovde Group on June 16, 2025, Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp [MCB] has been retained to an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $79. Analysts at Hovde Group resumed the stock at ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in late January. As of October 21, 2024, Hovde Group has reiterated its “an Outperform” rating for MCB.
Analyzing MCB Stock Performance
On last trading session,, Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp [NYSE: MCB] rose 0.28% to $64.73. The stock’s lowest price that day was $64.66, but it reached a high of $65.9 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -1.42%. Over the course of the year, Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp shares have jumped approximately 10.84%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $68.75 on 05/13/25 and a 52-week low of $47.08 on 04/04/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp (MCB)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 64.02, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 63.31. In the upper region, resistance lies at 65.67. The next price resistance is at 66.61. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 51.75 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp subject to short interest?
Stocks of Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-05-30 jumping by 32717.0 shares to 0.93 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-04-30 was 0.9 million shares. A jump of 3.5% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 10.95 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 10.95.
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In terms of Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 66 in the next 12 months, up nearly 2.25% from the previous closing price of $64.55. Analysts anticipate Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp stock to reach 66 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 66. In spite of this, 4 analysts ranked Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On December 15, 2023, Piper Sandler assigned a price target of “an Overweight” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $60.
