Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Matador Resources Co shares valued at $12,093 were purchased by Ehrman Monika U on May 06 ’25. At $40.31 per share, Ehrman Monika U acquired 300 shares. The insider’s holdings grew to 36,867 shares worth approximately $1.76 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Baty Robert Gaines purchased 500 shares, netting a total of over 20,315 in proceeds. Following the buying of shares at $40.63 each, the insider now holds 68,817 shares.
Before that, Foran Joseph Wm had added 2,500 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $99,075, the Chairman and CEO bought Matador Resources Co shares for $39.63 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings increased to 2,500 shares, worth approximately $2.9 million.
As published in their initiating research note from BofA Securities on May 19, 2025, Matador Resources Co [MTDR] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $56. Analysts at UBS started covering the stock with ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in late April. As of January 10, 2025, Morgan Stanley has initiated its “an Equal-weight” rating for MTDR. Earlier on January 03, 2025, Wolfe Research upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Outperform” for MTDR stock which previously was a “a Peer perform”.
Analyzing MTDR Stock Performance
On last trading session,, Matador Resources Co [NYSE: MTDR] plunged -1.50% to $47.79. The stock’s lowest price that day was $47.745, but it reached a high of $48.5975 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -6.79%. Over the course of the year, Matador Resources Co shares have dropped approximately -16.30%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $64.04 on 01/15/25 and a 52-week low of $35.19 on 04/09/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Matador Resources Co (MTDR)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 47.49, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 47.19. In the upper region, resistance lies at 48.35. The next price resistance is at 48.90. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 52.26 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Matador Resources Co subject to short interest?
Stocks of Matador Resources Co saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-05-30 jumping by 0.12 million shares to 9.73 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-04-30 was 9.62 million shares. A jump of 1.19% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 5.76 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 5.76.
Which companies own the most shares of Matador Resources Co (MTDR)?
In terms of Matador Resources Co share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 70 in the next 12 months, up nearly 44.27% from the previous closing price of $48.52. Analysts anticipate Matador Resources Co stock to reach 86 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 46. In spite of this, 8 analysts ranked Matador Resources Co stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On July 25, 2024, CapitalOne assigned a price target of “an Overweight” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $84.
