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. Origin Materials Inc shares valued at $2,393 were sold by Plavan Matthew T on Jan 16 ’26. At $0.20 per share, Plavan Matthew T sold 12,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 1,308,231 shares worth approximately $0.27 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, MATT PLAVAN purchased 12,000 shares, netting a total of over 2,273 in proceeds.
Before that, MATTHEW PLAVAN had added 40,000 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $7,965, the OFFICER bought Origin Materials Inc shares for $0.20 each.
As published in a research note from BofA Securities on January 14, 2025, Origin Materials Inc [ORGN] has been rated down from a Buy to an Underperform and the price target has been revised to $1.50 from $2.50. Analysts at BofA Securities upgraded the stock from ‘”a Neutral”‘ to ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in mid August. As of August 11, 2023, Craig Hallum has decreased its “Buy” rating to a “Hold” for ORGN. Earlier on October 14, 2022, Credit Suisse initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “an Outperform” for ORGN stock.
Analyzing ORGN Stock Performance
On last trading session, Origin Materials Inc [NASDAQ: ORGN] rose 4.59% to $0.21. The stock’s lowest price that day was $0.2032, but it reached a high of $0.2173 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 2.46%. Over the course of the year, Origin Materials Inc shares have dropped approximately -79.62%.
Is Origin Materials Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Origin Materials Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-12-31 jumping by 3.21 million shares to 7.11 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 3.9 million shares. A jump of 45.13% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.77 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 2.77.
Which companies own the most shares of Origin Materials Inc (ORGN)?
In terms of Origin Materials Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 3 in the next 12 months, up nearly 1400.0% from the previous closing price of $0.2. Analysts anticipate Origin Materials Inc stock to reach 3 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 3.
