Ocean Power Technologies’s filing revealed that its President and CEO Stratmann Philipp acquired Company’s shares for reported $2558.0 on Dec 16 ’25. In the deal valued at $0.33 per share,7,750 shares were bought. As a result of this transaction, Stratmann Philipp now holds 518,440 shares worth roughly $0.25 million.
Then, Stratmann Philipp bought 6,298 shares, generating $2,172 in total proceeds. Upon buying the shares at $0.34, the President and CEO now owns 510,690 shares.
Before that, Powers Robert Patrick bought 14,723 shares. Ocean Power Technologies shares valued at $5,000 were divested by the CFO at a price of $0.34 per share. As a result of the transaction, Powers Robert Patrick now holds 268,132 shares, worth roughly $0.13 million.
H.C. Wainwright initiated its Ocean Power Technologies [OPTT] rating to a Buy in a research note published on December 18, 2025; the price target was $1.50. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Ladenburg Thalmann’s analysts, who began to cover the stock in late September with a ‘”a Buy”‘ rating. Ascendiant Capital Markets started covering the stock on May 09, 2013. It rated OPTT as “a Strong buy”.
Price Performance Review of OPTT
On Monday, Ocean Power Technologies [AMEX:OPTT] saw its stock fall -0.08% to $0.48. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 40.50%. Ocean Power Technologies shares have fallen nearly -54.80% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 61.20% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Ocean Power Technologies?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Ocean Power Technologies stocks on 2025-12-31, growing by 1.34 million shares to a total of 16.65 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-11-28 was 15.31 million shares. There was a rise of 8.03%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on July 17, 2008 when UBS resumed its ‘”a Buy”‘ rating for the stock and retained the price target to $14.
