Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Illumina Inc shares valued at $495,381 were purchased by Dhingra Ankur on May 12 ’25. At $81.21 per share, Dhingra Ankur acquired 6,100 shares. The insider’s holdings grew to 24,906 shares worth approximately $2.32 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Thaysen Jacob purchased 6,500 shares, netting a total of over 525,732 in proceeds. Following the buying of shares at $80.88 each, the insider now holds 77,540 shares.
Before that, Thaysen Jacob had added 5,850 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $472,942, the Chief Executive Officer bought Illumina Inc shares for $80.84 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings increased to 5,850 shares, worth approximately $7.77 million.
As published in a research note from Citigroup on March 04, 2025, Illumina Inc [ILMN] has been retained to a Neutral and the price target has been revised to $90. Analysts at HSBC Securities downgraded the stock from ‘”a Buy”‘ to ‘”a Hold”‘ outlook in a report released in late February. As of February 10, 2025, Barclays has decreased its “an Equal weight” rating to a “an Underweight” for ILMN. Earlier on February 07, 2025, TD Cowen downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Hold” for ILMN stock which previously was a “a Buy”.
Analyzing ILMN Stock Performance
On last trading session,, Illumina Inc [NASDAQ: ILMN] rose 1.87% to $93.23. The stock’s lowest price that day was $90.36, but it reached a high of $95.57 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 4.20%. Over the course of the year, Illumina Inc shares have dropped approximately -11.64%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $153.06 on 01/14/25 and a 52-week low of $68.70 on 04/09/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Illumina Inc (ILMN)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 90.50, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 87.76. In the upper region, resistance lies at 95.77. The next price resistance is at 98.30. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 70.02 on the 14-day chart, showing overbought technical sentiment.
Is Illumina Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Illumina Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-05-30 dropping by 81384.0 shares to 5.48 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-04-30 was 5.56 million shares. A decline of -1.48% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.37 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.37.
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In terms of Illumina Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 122.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 33.85% from the previous closing price of $91.52. Analysts anticipate Illumina Inc stock to reach 185 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 90. In spite of this, 17 analysts ranked Illumina Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On December 11, 2024, Citigroup assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $165.
