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. Westrock Coffee Company shares valued at $26,500 were purchased by FORD JOE T on Sep 02 ’25. At $5.30 per share, FORD JOE T acquired 5,000 shares. The insider’s holdings grew to 413,916 shares worth approximately $2.09 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, FORD JOE T purchased 25,000 shares, netting a total of over 186,250 in proceeds. Following the buying of shares at $7.45 each, the insider now holds 396,445 shares.
Before that, FORD JOE T had added 25,000 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $186,000, the Director bought Westrock Coffee Company shares for $7.44 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings increased to 25,000 shares, worth approximately $1.88 million.
As published in a research note from Telsey Advisory Group on November 08, 2024, Westrock Coffee Company [WEST] has been retained to an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $10. Analysts at Truist started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in early October. As of September 23, 2024, Craig Hallum has initiated its “Buy” rating for WEST. Earlier on May 10, 2024, Telsey Advisory Group resumed its rating. Their recommendation was “an Outperform” for WEST stock.
Analyzing WEST Stock Performance
On last trading session, Westrock Coffee Company [NASDAQ: WEST] plunged -5.24% to $5.06. The stock’s lowest price that day was $5.025, but it reached a high of $5.42 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -7.66%. Over the course of the year, Westrock Coffee Company shares have dropped approximately -25.75%.
Is Westrock Coffee Company subject to short interest?
Stocks of Westrock Coffee Company saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-08-29 dropping by -1.15 million shares to 4.76 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-31 was 5.92 million shares. A decline of -24.19% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 8.08 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 8.08.
Which companies own the most shares of Westrock Coffee Company (WEST)?
In terms of Westrock Coffee Company share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 10 in the next 12 months, up nearly 87.27% from the previous closing price of $5.34. Analysts anticipate Westrock Coffee Company stock to reach 13 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 9. In spite of this, 1 analysts ranked Westrock Coffee Company stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On February 16, 2024, Telsey Advisory Group assigned a price target of “an Outperform” to the stock and reiterated coverage with a $13.
