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. Ivanhoe Electric Inc shares valued at $1,470,600 were sold by Markin Quentin on Dec 29 ’25. At $16.34 per share, Markin Quentin sold 90,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 728,493 shares worth approximately $13.08 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, QUENTIN MARKIN purchased 90,000 shares, netting a total of over 1,470,160 in proceeds.
Before that, Chow Tai Fook Enterprises Ltd had sold 3,418,295 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $31,789,460, the 10% Owner traded Ivanhoe Electric Inc shares for $9.30 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 3,418,295 shares, worth approximately $173.5 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Cantor Fitzgerald on August 21, 2025, Ivanhoe Electric Inc [IE] has been an Overweight and the price target has been revised to $17. As of October 17, 2023, JP Morgan has initiated its “an Overweight” rating for IE. Earlier on December 22, 2022, Scotiabank initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Sector perform” for IE stock.
Analyzing IE Stock Performance
On last trading session, Ivanhoe Electric Inc [AMEX: IE] plunged -0.17% to $17.95. The stock’s lowest price that day was $17.46, but it reached a high of $18.7 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 3.40%. Over the course of the year, Ivanhoe Electric Inc shares have jumped approximately 167.51%.
Is Ivanhoe Electric Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Ivanhoe Electric Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-12-31 jumping by 1.24 million shares to 9.8 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 8.55 million shares. A jump of 12.69% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 5.2 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 5.2.
Which companies own the most shares of Ivanhoe Electric Inc (IE)?
In terms of Ivanhoe Electric Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 16.75 in the next 12 months, down nearly -6.84% from the previous closing price of $17.98. Analysts anticipate Ivanhoe Electric Inc stock to reach 17.5 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 16. In spite of this, 8 analysts ranked Ivanhoe Electric Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On September 28, 2022, Raymond James assigned a price target of “an Outperform” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $12.
