Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. U.S. Energy Corp shares valued at $2,200,638 were sold by Batchelor Joshua Lane on Jun 23 ’25. At $2.02 per share, Batchelor Joshua Lane sold 1,091,478 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 110,055 shares worth approximately $0.14 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Batchelor Joshua Lane sold 555,162 shares, netting a total of over 1,136,250 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $2.05 each, the insider now holds 135,586 shares.
Before that, Batchelor Joshua Lane had sold 57,966 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $104,072, the Member of 10% owner group traded U.S. Energy Corp shares for $1.80 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 57,966 shares, worth approximately $0.17 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Johnson Rice on October 26, 2022, U.S. Energy Corp [USEG] has been a Accumulate and the price target has been revised to $3.75. Analysts at Global Hunter Securities downgraded the stock from ‘”a Accumulate”‘ to ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in early February. As of May 14, 2012, Global Hunter Securities has decreased its “Buy” rating to a “Accumulate” for USEG. Earlier on March 16, 2012, C.K. Cooper downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Hold” for USEG stock which previously was a “a Buy”.
Analyzing USEG Stock Performance
On last trading session,, U.S. Energy Corp [NASDAQ: USEG] plunged -6.06% to $1.24. The stock’s lowest price that day was $1.24, but it reached a high of $1.31 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -1.59%. Over the course of the year, U.S. Energy Corp shares have jumped approximately 18.10%.
Support And Resistance Levels for U.S. Energy Corp (USEG)
RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 44.03 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is U.S. Energy Corp subject to short interest?
Stocks of U.S. Energy Corp saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-07-15 jumping by 0.31 million shares to 0.84 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 0.53 million shares. A jump of 36.65% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 0.2 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 0.2.
Which companies own the most shares of U.S. Energy Corp (USEG)?
In terms of U.S. Energy Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 7 in the next 12 months, up nearly 430.3% from the previous closing price of $1.32. Analysts anticipate U.S. Energy Corp stock to reach 7 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 7. In spite of this, 1 analysts ranked U.S. Energy Corp stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On May 20, 2011, Global Hunter Securities assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $8.50.
