Samsara Inc. (NYSE:IOT - Get Free Report) insider Sanjit Biswas sold 72,077 shares of Samsara stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $46.40, for a total value of $3,344,372.80. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 31,654 shares of the company's stock, valued at $1,468,745.60. This trade represents a 69.48 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink.
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Shares of IOT traded up $0.59 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $47.81. 2,329,748 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,517,399. Samsara Inc. has a 52-week low of $27.14 and a 52-week high of $57.51. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $48.18 and a 200 day simple moving average of $45.17. The firm has a market cap of $26.83 billion, a P/E ratio of -101.73 and a beta of 1.59.
A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Continuum Advisory LLC boosted its position in Samsara by 39.1% in the 3rd quarter. Continuum Advisory LLC now owns 879 shares of the company's stock valued at $45,000 after buying an additional 247 shares during the period. Private Trust Co. NA increased its holdings in Samsara by 19.2% during the 3rd quarter. Private Trust Co. NA now owns 1,550 shares of the company's stock worth $75,000 after purchasing an additional 250 shares during the period. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. raised its position in Samsara by 3.5% in the 3rd quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 9,001 shares of the company's stock valued at $433,000 after purchasing an additional 304 shares in the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP boosted its stake in shares of Samsara by 5.1% in the 3rd quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 7,959 shares of the company's stock valued at $383,000 after buying an additional 388 shares during the period. Finally, UMB Bank n.a. grew its position in shares of Samsara by 69.1% during the third quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 1,023 shares of the company's stock worth $49,000 after buying an additional 418 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 96.02% of the company's stock.
Several research analysts have recently weighed in on IOT shares. Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on Samsara from $46.00 to $55.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Friday, December 6th. Craig Hallum assumed coverage on shares of Samsara in a research report on Tuesday, October 22nd. They issued a "hold" rating and a $48.00 target price on the stock. Morgan Stanley increased their target price on Samsara from $40.00 to $52.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a report on Wednesday, November 20th. Royal Bank of Canada lifted their price target on Samsara from $49.00 to $64.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Thursday, December 5th. Finally, Truist Financial boosted their price target on Samsara from $40.00 to $50.00 and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a research report on Monday, November 18th. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Samsara presently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $51.29.
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Samsara Inc provides solutions that connects physical operations data to its connected operations cloud in the United States and internationally. The company's Connected Operations Cloud includes Data Platform, which ingests, aggregates, and enriches data from its IoT devices and has embedded capabilities for AI, workflows and analytics, alerts, API connections, and data security and privacy.
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