PGEN short interest declines, indicating growing optimism among investors

Samantha Gray

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. Precigen Inc shares valued at $4,583,565 were purchased by KIRK RANDAL J on Nov 19 ’25. At $4.22 per share, KIRK RANDAL J acquired 1,086,153 shares.

Also, KINDLER JEFFREY B sold 106,837 shares, netting a total of over 361,109 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $3.38 each, the insider now holds 346,070 shares.

Before that, KINDLER JEFFREY B had sold 67,523 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $243,083, the Director traded Precigen Inc shares for $3.60 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 67,523 shares, worth approximately $1.91 million.

As published in a research note from JP Morgan on August 15, 2025, Precigen Inc [PGEN] has been rated up from an Underweight to a Neutral. Analysts at JP Morgan downgraded the stock from ‘”a Neutral”‘ to ‘”an Underweight”‘ outlook in a report released in late March. As of May 23, 2023, JP Morgan has initiated its “Neutral” rating for PGEN. Earlier on November 18, 2022, Cantor Fitzgerald initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “an Overweight” for PGEN stock.

Analyzing PGEN Stock Performance

On last trading session, Precigen Inc [NASDAQ: PGEN] plunged -12.99% to $4.22. The stock’s lowest price that day was $4.21, but it reached a high of $4.81 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 4.98%. Over the course of the year, Precigen Inc shares have jumped approximately 414.57%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $5.22 on 09/03/25 and a 52-week low of $1.03 on 01/03/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Precigen Inc (PGEN)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 4.02, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 3.81. In the upper region, resistance lies at 4.62. The next price resistance is at 5.01. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 52.64 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Precigen Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Precigen Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-10-31 dropping by -3.42 million shares to 34.33 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-09-30 was 37.75 million shares. A decline of -9.97% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 7.04 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 7.04.

Which companies own the most shares of Precigen Inc (PGEN)?

In terms of Precigen Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 6 in the next 12 months, up nearly 23.71% from the previous closing price of $4.85. Analysts anticipate Precigen Inc stock to reach 6 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 6. In spite of this, 2 analysts ranked Precigen Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On February 25, 2021, Stifel assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $13.

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