VXRT’s short interest shows a sharp rise on 2025-05-30

Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Vaxart Inc shares valued at $37,427 were purchased by Lee Phillip E (VXRT) on May 27 ’25. At $0.46 per share, Lee Phillip E (VXRT) acquired 81,364 shares.

Also, Lo Steven purchased 100,000 shares, netting a total of over 49,000 in proceeds. Following the buying of shares at $0.49 each, the insider now holds 100,000 shares.

As published in their initiating research note from Oppenheimer on August 15, 2024, Vaxart Inc [VXRT] has been an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $4. As of November 02, 2021, Cantor Fitzgerald has initiated its “an Overweight” rating for VXRT. Earlier on June 29, 2021, B. Riley Securities downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Neutral” for VXRT stock which previously was a “a Buy”.

Analyzing VXRT Stock Performance

On last trading session,, Vaxart Inc [NASDAQ: VXRT] plunged -3.93% to $0.54. The stock’s lowest price that day was $0.5222, but it reached a high of $0.5777 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -9.69%. Over the course of the year, Vaxart Inc shares have dropped approximately -23.81%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $0.9800 on 01/07/25 and a 52-week low of $0.2850 on 04/09/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Vaxart Inc (VXRT)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 0.5142, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 0.4905. In the upper region, resistance lies at 0.5697. The next price resistance is at 0.6015. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 53.67 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Vaxart Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Vaxart Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-05-30 jumping by 2.62 million shares to 14.68 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-04-30 was 12.05 million shares. A jump of 17.87% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 8.3 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 8.3.

Which companies own the most shares of Vaxart Inc (VXRT)?

In terms of Vaxart Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 2 in the next 12 months, up nearly 257.14% from the previous closing price of $0.56. Analysts anticipate Vaxart Inc stock to reach 2 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 2. In spite of this, 2 analysts ranked Vaxart Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On June 24, 2021, Jefferies assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $13.

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