Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Universal Insurance Holdings Inc shares valued at $672,780 were sold by DOWNES SEAN P on Jun 12 ’25. At $26.91 per share, DOWNES SEAN P sold 25,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 926,667 shares worth approximately $24.05 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, DOWNES SEAN P sold 25,000 shares, netting a total of over 661,875 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $26.48 each, the insider now holds 901,667 shares.
Before that, DOWNES SEAN P had added 25,000 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $1,340,000, the Director bought Universal Insurance Holdings Inc shares for $53.60 each.
As published in a research note from Piper Sandler on February 27, 2023, Universal Insurance Holdings Inc [UVE] has been rated up from a Neutral to an Overweight and the price target has been revised to $19 from $11. Analysts at Piper Sandler started covering the stock with ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in late May. As of November 04, 2019, Keefe Bruyette has decreased its “Mkt perform” rating to a “an Underperform” for UVE. Earlier on July 27, 2018, Keefe Bruyette downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Mkt perform” for UVE stock which previously was a “an Outperform”.
Analyzing UVE Stock Performance
The stock’s lowest price that day was $25.65, but it reached a high of $26.16 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -4.95%. Over the course of the year, Universal Insurance Holdings Inc shares have jumped approximately 41.85%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $28.49 on 06/03/25 and a 52-week low of $18.72 on 01/13/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Universal Insurance Holdings Inc (UVE)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 25.68, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 25.41. In the upper region, resistance lies at 26.19. The next price resistance is at 26.43. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 43.31 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Universal Insurance Holdings Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Universal Insurance Holdings Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-06-13 jumping by 11761.0 shares to 0.33 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-05-15 was 0.32 million shares. A jump of 3.58% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.39 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 1.39.
