Azenta Inc’s recent filing unveils that its President and CEO Marotta John unloaded Company’s shares for reported $9294.0 on Sep 10 ’25. In the deal valued at $29.41 per share,316 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Marotta John now holds 105,980 shares worth roughly $3.17 million.
Then, Lin Lawrence Y. bought 2,500 shares, generating $69,900 in total proceeds. Upon buying the shares at $27.96, the EVP, CFO and Treasurer now owns 46,013 shares.
Before that, Hughes Violetta sold 317 shares. Azenta Inc shares valued at $16,791 were divested by the VP, Chief Accounting Officer at a price of $52.97 per share. As a result of the transaction, Hughes Violetta now holds 9,603 shares, worth roughly $0.29 million.
Raymond James upgraded its Azenta Inc [AZTA] rating to an Outperform from a a Mkt perform in a research note published recently. Stephens also remained covering AZTA and has increased its forecast on December 18, 2024 with a “an Overweight” recommendation from previously “an Equal-weight” rating. Jefferies started covering the stock on April 04, 2024. It rated AZTA as “a Hold”.
Price Performance Review of AZTA
On Monday, Azenta Inc [NASDAQ:AZTA] saw its stock jump 0.94% to $29.94. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 1.59%. Azenta Inc shares have fallen nearly -35.04% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -40.12% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Azenta Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Azenta Inc stocks on 2025-08-29, dropping by -0.83 million shares to a total of 3.62 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-07-31 was 4.45 million shares. There was a decline of -23.03%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on February 01, 2024 when B. Riley Securities resumed its ‘”a Buy”‘ rating for the stock and retained the price target to $79.
