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. Outset Medical Inc shares valued at $16,643 were sold by Trigg Leslie on May 15 ’25. At $17.80 per share, Trigg Leslie sold 935 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 58,129 shares worth approximately $0.82 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Nash Marc sold 252 shares, netting a total of over 4,491 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $17.82 each, the insider now holds 13,465 shares.
Before that, Brottem John L. had sold 396 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $7,057, the General Counsel traded Outset Medical Inc shares for $17.82 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 396 shares, worth approximately $0.16 million.
As published in a research note from RBC Capital Mkts on August 08, 2024, Outset Medical Inc [OM] has been rated down from an Outperform to a Sector perform and the price target has been revised to $3 from $6. Analysts at RBC Capital Mkts upgraded the stock from ‘”a Sector perform”‘ to ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in late June. As of April 08, 2024, BTIG Research has initiated its “Buy” rating for OM. Earlier on April 05, 2024, CL King upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Buy” for OM stock which previously was a “a Neutral”.
Analyzing OM Stock Performance
On last trading session, Outset Medical Inc [NASDAQ: OM] rose 7.67% to $14.18. The stock’s lowest price that day was $14.09, but it reached a high of $17.2 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -11.71%. Over the course of the year, Outset Medical Inc shares have dropped approximately -72.99%.
Is Outset Medical Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Outset Medical Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-07-15 jumping by 1.17 million shares to 2.19 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 1.01 million shares. A jump of 53.61% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 4.28 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 4.28.
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In terms of Outset Medical Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 26 in the next 12 months, up nearly 97.42% from the previous closing price of $13.17. Analysts anticipate Outset Medical Inc stock to reach 37 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 15. In spite of this, 8 analysts ranked Outset Medical Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On January 12, 2024, RBC Capital Mkts assigned a price target of “a Sector perform” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $6.
