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. Liquidia Corp shares valued at $600,132 were sold by Kaseta Michael on Aug 05 ’25. At $20.00 per share, Kaseta Michael sold 30,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 376,412 shares worth approximately $7.23 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, MICHAEL KASETA purchased 50,000 shares, netting a total of over 974,000 in proceeds.
Before that, Adair Jason had sold 454 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $8,871, the Chief Business Officer traded Liquidia Corp shares for $19.54 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 454 shares, worth approximately $3.71 million.
As published in a research note from Oppenheimer on May 19, 2025, Liquidia Corp [LQDA] has been rated down from a Perform to an Underperform and the price target has been revised to $13. Analysts at Wells Fargo started covering the stock with ‘”an Overweight”‘ outlook in a report released in mid December. As of October 16, 2024, Scotiabank has initiated its “Sector outperform” rating for LQDA. Earlier on August 19, 2024, Raymond James upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Strong buy” for LQDA stock which previously was a “an Outperform”.
Analyzing LQDA Stock Performance
On last trading session, Liquidia Corp [NASDAQ: LQDA] plunged -5.42% to $19.21. The stock’s lowest price that day was $19.1825, but it reached a high of $20.36 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 2.78%. Over the course of the year, Liquidia Corp shares have jumped approximately 74.48%.
Is Liquidia Corp subject to short interest?
Stocks of Liquidia Corp saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-07-15 jumping by 2.9 million shares to 22.4 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 19.5 million shares. A jump of 12.93% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 10.77 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 10.77.
Which companies own the most shares of Liquidia Corp (LQDA)?
In terms of Liquidia Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 24.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 20.63% from the previous closing price of $20.31. Analysts anticipate Liquidia Corp stock to reach 36 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 13. In spite of this, 4 analysts ranked Liquidia Corp stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On August 16, 2024, Raymond James assigned a price target of “an Outperform” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $27.
