Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Achieve Life Sciences Inc shares valued at $146,175 were sold by Oki Mark K on Sep 18 ’25. At $2.92 per share, Oki Mark K sold 50,060 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 127,940 shares worth approximately $0.39 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Stewart Richard Alistair sold 129,501 shares, netting a total of over 378,143 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $2.92 each, the insider now holds 228,875 shares.
Before that, Wan Jerry had sold 14,070 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $38,974, the Principal Accounting Officer traded Achieve Life Sciences Inc shares for $2.77 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 14,070 shares, worth approximately $0.1 million.
As published in their initiating research note from H.C. Wainwright on August 21, 2025, Achieve Life Sciences Inc [ACHV] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $12. Analysts at Rodman & Renshaw started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in mid November. As of September 27, 2024, Raymond James has initiated its “Strong buy” rating for ACHV. Earlier on May 10, 2023, Maxim Group resumed its rating. Their recommendation was “a Buy” for ACHV stock.
Analyzing ACHV Stock Performance
On last trading session, Achieve Life Sciences Inc [NASDAQ: ACHV] rose 1.32% to $3.08. The stock’s lowest price that day was $3.05, but it reached a high of $3.17 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 4.05%. Over the course of the year, Achieve Life Sciences Inc shares have dropped approximately -33.04%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $4.30 on 06/03/25 and a 52-week low of $1.84 on 04/09/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Achieve Life Sciences Inc (ACHV)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 3.03, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 2.98. In the upper region, resistance lies at 3.15. The next price resistance is at 3.22. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 55.68 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Achieve Life Sciences Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Achieve Life Sciences Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-08-29 jumping by 2.39 million shares to 5.18 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-31 was 2.79 million shares. A jump of 46.18% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 4.64 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 4.64.
Which companies own the most shares of Achieve Life Sciences Inc (ACHV)?
In terms of Achieve Life Sciences Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 4.75 in the next 12 months, up nearly 56.25% from the previous closing price of $3.04. Analysts anticipate Achieve Life Sciences Inc stock to reach 5.5 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 4. In spite of this, 2 analysts ranked Achieve Life Sciences Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On June 23, 2021, Oppenheimer assigned a price target of “an Outperform” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $23.
