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. Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp shares valued at $48,944 were purchased by McBrayer Brett on Dec 01 ’25. At $2.58 per share, McBrayer Brett acquired 19,000 shares. The insider’s holdings grew to 448,631 shares worth approximately $2.69 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Louis Berkman Investment CO purchased 93,000 shares, netting a total of over 248,310 in proceeds. Following the buying of shares at $2.67 each, the insider now holds 3,127,792 shares.
Before that, McNair Darrell L had added 3,000 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $7,560, the Director bought Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp shares for $2.52 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings increased to 3,000 shares, worth approximately $0.38 million.
As published in a research note from Janney on August 09, 2017, Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp [AP] has been rated up from a Neutral to a Buy.
Analyzing AP Stock Performance
On last trading session, Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp [NYSE: AP] rose 9.09% to $6.0. The stock’s lowest price that day was $5.5, but it reached a high of $6.0999 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 11.32%. Over the course of the year, Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp shares have jumped approximately 177.52%.
Is Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp subject to short interest?
Stocks of Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-12-31 jumping by 5293.0 shares to 49461.0. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 44168.0 shares. A jump of 10.7% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 0.22 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 0.22.
