Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Aspen Aerogels Inc shares valued at $107,000 were purchased by Young Donald R on May 12 ’25. At $5.35 per share, Young Donald R acquired 20,000 shares. The insider’s holdings grew to 550,856 shares worth approximately $3.49 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Young Donald R sold 63,355 shares, netting a total of over 1,902,551 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $30.03 each, the insider now holds 483,640 shares.
Before that, Donald R. Young had added 134,629 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $3,718,452, the President, CEO, Director bought Aspen Aerogels Inc shares for $27.62 each.
As published in a research note from Barclays on May 29, 2025, Aspen Aerogels Inc [ASPN] has been rated down from an Overweight to an Equal weight and the price target has been revised to $7. Analysts at Oppenheimer downgraded the stock from ‘”an Outperform”‘ to ‘”a Perform”‘ outlook in a report released in early May. Earlier on February 13, 2025, Seaport Research Partners downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Neutral” for ASPN stock which previously was a “a Buy”.
Analyzing ASPN Stock Performance
On last trading session,, Aspen Aerogels Inc [NYSE: ASPN] rose 3.26% to $6.34. The stock’s lowest price that day was $6.12, but it reached a high of $6.435 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 10.65%. Over the course of the year, Aspen Aerogels Inc shares have dropped approximately -73.42%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $14.30 on 01/07/25 and a 52-week low of $4.16 on 05/08/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Aspen Aerogels Inc (ASPN)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 6.16, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 5.98. In the upper region, resistance lies at 6.48. The next price resistance is at 6.61. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 55.79 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Aspen Aerogels Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Aspen Aerogels Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-06-13 jumping by 2.02 million shares to 9.01 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-05-15 was 7.0 million shares. A jump of 22.37% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 4.62 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 4.62.
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In terms of Aspen Aerogels Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 32 in the next 12 months, up nearly 421.17% from the previous closing price of $6.14. Analysts anticipate Aspen Aerogels Inc stock to reach 38 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 18. In spite of this, 10 analysts ranked Aspen Aerogels Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On August 06, 2024, Barclays assigned a price target of “an Overweight” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $27.
