Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Wave Life Sciences Ltd shares valued at $208,500 were sold by Verdine Gregory L. on Jun 13 ’25. At $6.95 per share, Verdine Gregory L. sold 30,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 282,517 shares worth approximately $2.37 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, GREGORY VERDINE purchased 30,000 shares, netting a total of over 216,000 in proceeds.
Before that, HENRY CHRISTIAN O had sold 10,500 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $102,574, the Director traded Wave Life Sciences Ltd shares for $9.77 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 10,500 shares, worth approximately $0.14 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Citigroup on July 16, 2025, Wave Life Sciences Ltd [WVE] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $16. As of April 29, 2025, Cantor Fitzgerald has initiated its “an Overweight” rating for WVE. Earlier on April 08, 2025, Wedbush initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “an Outperform” for WVE stock.
Analyzing WVE Stock Performance
On last trading session,, Wave Life Sciences Ltd [NASDAQ: WVE] plunged -1.99% to $8.39. The stock’s lowest price that day was $8.325, but it reached a high of $8.58 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 4.74%. Over the course of the year, Wave Life Sciences Ltd shares have jumped approximately 35.87%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $13.92 on 01/03/25 and a 52-week low of $5.28 on 04/09/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Wave Life Sciences Ltd (WVE)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 8.28, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 8.18. In the upper region, resistance lies at 8.54. The next price resistance is at 8.69. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 63.57 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Wave Life Sciences Ltd subject to short interest?
Stocks of Wave Life Sciences Ltd saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-06-30 jumping by 0.77 million shares to 15.8 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-05-30 was 15.03 million shares. A jump of 4.86% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 14.38 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 14.38.
Which companies own the most shares of Wave Life Sciences Ltd (WVE)?
In terms of Wave Life Sciences Ltd share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 22 in the next 12 months, up nearly 157.01% from the previous closing price of $8.56. Analysts anticipate Wave Life Sciences Ltd stock to reach 36 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 15. In spite of this, 3 analysts ranked Wave Life Sciences Ltd stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On February 25, 2025, Jefferies assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $26.
