Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Xencor Inc shares valued at $20,422 were sold by Montgomery Alan Bruce on Jun 16 ’25. At $9.22 per share, Montgomery Alan Bruce sold 2,215 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 20,611 shares worth approximately $0.21 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, GUSTAFSON KURT A sold 2,993 shares, netting a total of over 27,595 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $9.22 each, the insider now holds 20,183 shares.
Before that, GORMAN KEVIN CHARLES had sold 3,173 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $29,255, the Director traded Xencor Inc shares for $9.22 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 3,173 shares, worth approximately $0.19 million.
Analysts at BofA Securities downgraded the stock from ‘”a Buy”‘ to ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in early September. As of April 21, 2025, William Blair has initiated its “an Outperform” rating for XNCR. Earlier on December 12, 2024, Wells Fargo initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “an Overweight” for XNCR stock.
Analyzing XNCR Stock Performance
On last trading session, Xencor Inc [NASDAQ: XNCR] rose 8.43% to $10.03. The stock’s lowest price that day was $9.45, but it reached a high of $10.17 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 18.00%. Over the course of the year, Xencor Inc shares have dropped approximately -52.58%.
Is Xencor Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Xencor Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-08-29 jumping by 0.37 million shares to 9.61 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-31 was 9.25 million shares. A jump of 3.81% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 12.91 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 12.91.
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In terms of Xencor Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 16 in the next 12 months, up nearly 72.97% from the previous closing price of $9.25. Analysts anticipate Xencor Inc stock to reach 26 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 6. In spite of this, 6 analysts ranked Xencor Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On December 02, 2024, Piper Sandler assigned a price target of “an Overweight” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $30.
