Vericel Corp’s recent filing unveils that its Chief Operating Officer Halpin Michael unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.4 million on Jan 07 ’26. In the deal valued at $40.48 per share,10,000 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Halpin Michael now holds 16,080 shares worth roughly $0.6 million.
Then, Halpin Michael bought 10,000 shares, generating $404,833 in total proceeds.
Before that, Hopper Jonathan Mark sold 1,652 shares. Vericel Corp shares valued at $64,659 were divested by the Chief Medical Officer at a price of $39.14 per share. As a result of the transaction, Hopper Jonathan Mark now holds 66,562 shares, worth roughly $2.47 million.
BTIG Research downgraded its Vericel Corp [VCEL] rating to a Neutral from a a Buy in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Canaccord Genuity’s analysts, who began to cover the stock in early August with a ‘”a Buy”‘ rating. TD Cowen began covering VCEL with “Buy” recommendation on June 20, 2024. Truist revised its rating on January 25, 2024. It rated VCEL as “a Buy” which previously was an “a Hold”.
Price Performance Review of VCEL
On Tuesday, Vericel Corp [NASDAQ:VCEL] saw its stock jump 1.26% to $37.05. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -5.82%. Vericel Corp shares have fallen nearly -37.73% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 2.89% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Vericel Corp?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Vericel Corp stocks on 2025-12-31, dropping by 23909.0 shares to a total of 4.17 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-11-28 was 4.2 million shares. There was a decline of -0.57%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
