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. AAR Corp shares valued at $354,026 were sold by Holmes John McClain III on Jan 17 ’25. At $70.81 per share, Holmes John McClain III sold 5,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 341,680 shares worth approximately $24.42 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, JOHN HOLMES purchased 5,000 shares, netting a total of over 354,026 in proceeds.
Before that, Jessup Christopher A. had sold 33,481 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $2,357,108, the Senior Vice President-CCO traded AAR Corp shares for $70.40 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 33,481 shares, worth approximately $4.52 million.
As published in their initiating research note from KeyBanc Capital Markets on January 16, 2025, AAR Corp [AIR] has been an Overweight and the price target has been revised to $83. Analysts at William Blair started covering the stock with ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in late January. As of December 01, 2023, Stifel has initiated its “Buy” rating for AIR. Earlier on October 22, 2021, RBC Capital Mkts initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “an Outperform” for AIR stock.
Analyzing AIR Stock Performance
On last trading session, AAR Corp [NYSE: AIR] rose 0.53% to $71.46. The stock’s lowest price that day was $70.9525, but it reached a high of $71.98 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 4.20%. Over the course of the year, AAR Corp shares have jumped approximately 1.43%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $72.65 on 01/21/25 and a 52-week low of $46.51 on 04/07/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for AAR Corp (AIR)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 70.95, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 70.44. In the upper region, resistance lies at 71.98. The next price resistance is at 72.49. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 74.04 on the 14-day chart, showing overbought technical sentiment.
Is AAR Corp subject to short interest?
Stocks of AAR Corp saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-06-13 jumping by 3593.0 shares to 0.72 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-05-15 was 0.72 million shares. A jump of 0.5% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.27 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 3.27.
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In terms of AAR Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 83 in the next 12 months, up nearly 16.77% from the previous closing price of $71.08. Analysts anticipate AAR Corp stock to reach 83 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 83. In spite of this, 2 analysts ranked AAR Corp stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On March 24, 2021, The Benchmark Company assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and reiterated coverage with a $52.