Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Mercury Systems Inc shares valued at $98,345 were sold by Ratner Steven on Jun 16 ’25. At $53.48 per share, Ratner Steven sold 1,839 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 35,174 shares worth approximately $1.76 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Ratner Steven purchased 1,839 shares, netting a total of over 98,345 in proceeds.
Before that, Munro Douglas had sold 1,610 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $73,480, the VP, CAO traded Mercury Systems Inc shares for $45.64 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 1,610 shares, worth approximately $0.67 million.
As published in a research note from Truist on March 13, 2025, Mercury Systems Inc [MRCY] has been rated up from a Hold to a Buy and the price target has been revised to $56 from $49. Analysts at Robert W. Baird upgraded the stock from ‘”a Neutral”‘ to ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in early February. As of November 11, 2024, Jefferies has increased its “an Underperform” rating to a “Hold” for MRCY. Earlier on August 19, 2024, Alembic Global Advisors upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Overweight” for MRCY stock which previously was a “a Neutral”.
Analyzing MRCY Stock Performance
On last trading session,, Mercury Systems Inc [NASDAQ: MRCY] rose 0.34% to $50.13. The stock’s lowest price that day was $49.8123, but it reached a high of $50.7636 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -4.19%. Over the course of the year, Mercury Systems Inc shares have jumped approximately 77.51%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $54.32 on 06/09/25 and a 52-week low of $39.42 on 01/29/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Mercury Systems Inc (MRCY)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 49.71, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 49.28. In the upper region, resistance lies at 50.66. The next price resistance is at 51.19. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 49.24 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Mercury Systems Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Mercury Systems Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-05-30 jumping by 0.93 million shares to 4.83 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-04-30 was 3.9 million shares. A jump of 19.29% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 9.1 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 9.1.
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In terms of Mercury Systems Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 45 in the next 12 months, down nearly -9.93% from the previous closing price of $49.96. Analysts anticipate Mercury Systems Inc stock to reach 66 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 37. In spite of this, 4 analysts ranked Mercury Systems Inc stock as Hold at the end of 2025. On February 07, 2024, Truist assigned a price target of “a Hold” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $28.
