The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc shares valued at $68,350 were sold by Keenan Greg on Mar 07 ’25. At $8.23 per share, Keenan Greg sold 8,305 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 153,484 shares worth approximately $1.39 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Greenleaf Peter sold 195,593 shares, netting a total of over 1,564,744 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $8.00 each, the insider now holds 1,953,892 shares.
Before that, Greenleaf Peter had sold 164,947 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $1,306,380, the Chief Executive Officer traded Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc shares for $7.92 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 164,947 shares, worth approximately $16.19 million.
Analysts at Oppenheimer downgraded the stock from ‘”an Outperform”‘ to ‘”a Perform”‘ outlook in a report released in early November. Earlier on December 10, 2021, Oppenheimer upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Outperform” for AUPH stock which previously was a “a Perform”.
Analyzing AUPH Stock Performance
On last trading session,, Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc [NASDAQ: AUPH] rose 1.17% to $9.05. The stock’s lowest price that day was $8.835, but it reached a high of $9.42 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -1.52%. Over the course of the year, Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc shares have jumped approximately 59.33%.
Support And Resistance Levels for Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc (AUPH)
RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 59.11 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-07-15 jumping by 96414.0 shares to 10.63 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 10.53 million shares. A jump of 0.91% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 5.1 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 5.1.
Which companies own the most shares of Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc (AUPH)?
In terms of Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 12 in the next 12 months, up nearly 34.23% from the previous closing price of $8.94. Analysts anticipate Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc stock to reach 13 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 6. In spite of this, 3 analysts ranked Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On October 28, 2021, Oppenheimer assigned a price target of “a Perform” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $32.
