Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Viatris Inc shares valued at $219,740 were purchased by Smith Scott Andrew on Aug 12 ’25. At $9.99 per share, Smith Scott Andrew acquired 22,000 shares. The insider’s holdings grew to 314,807 shares worth approximately $3.28 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Smith Scott Andrew purchased 60,000 shares, netting a total of over 536,262 in proceeds. Following the buying of shares at $8.94 each, the insider now holds 292,807 shares.
Before that, Campbell Paul had sold 26,925 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $346,686, the insider traded Viatris Inc shares for $12.88 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 26,925 shares, worth approximately $1.32 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Goldman on June 06, 2025, Viatris Inc [VTRS] has been a Neutral and the price target has been revised to $10. As of October 23, 2023, BofA Securities has decreased its “Neutral” rating to a “an Underperform” for VTRS. Earlier on June 23, 2023, Barclays downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Underweight” for VTRS stock which previously was a “an Equal weight”.
Analyzing VTRS Stock Performance
On last trading session, Viatris Inc [NASDAQ: VTRS] rose 2.87% to $10.41. The stock’s lowest price that day was $10.0953, but it reached a high of $10.44 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 18.97%. Over the course of the year, Viatris Inc shares have dropped approximately -11.63%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $12.60 on 01/02/25 and a 52-week low of $6.85 on 04/10/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Viatris Inc (VTRS)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 10.19, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 9.97. In the upper region, resistance lies at 10.53. The next price resistance is at 10.66. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 71.93 on the 14-day chart, showing overbought technical sentiment.
Is Viatris Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Viatris Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-07-31 dropping by -2.67 million shares to 37.17 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-30 was 39.85 million shares. A decline of -7.18% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 4.46 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 4.46.
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In terms of Viatris Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 14 in the next 12 months, up nearly 38.34% from the previous closing price of $10.12. Analysts anticipate Viatris Inc stock to reach 15 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 12. In spite of this, 5 analysts ranked Viatris Inc stock as Hold at the end of 2025. On April 24, 2023, Barclays assigned a price target of “an Equal weight” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $11.
