Short Interest in Intellicheck Mobilisa, Inc. (NASDAQ:IDN) Increases By 90.5%

Key Points

• Short interest jumped 90.5% in March to 300,859 shares as of March 31, equal to about 1.6% of shares and a short‑interest ratio of 0.5 days based on average daily volume.
• The stock carries a consensus "Moderate Buy" rating with a $7.25 consensus price target; analyst sentiment is split (three Buys, three Holds) with HC Wainwright raising its target to $8.50 and Wall Street Zen upgrading to Buy while Zacks moved to Hold.
• CEO Bryan Lewis sold 10,000 shares at an average price of $7.53 under a Rule 10b5‑1 plan, reducing his stake to 70,000 shares; insiders own 6.88% of the company and institutions hold about 42.79%.

Intellicheck Mobilisa, Inc. (NASDAQ:IDN - Get Free Report) was the target of a large increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 300,859 shares, an increase of 90.5% from the March 15th total of 157,924 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 667,947 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.5 days. Currently, 1.6% of the shares of the company are sold short.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

IDN has been the subject of several analyst reports. HC Wainwright reiterated a "buy" rating and issued a $8.50 target price (up from $6.00) on shares of Intellicheck Mobilisa in a research note on Tuesday, December 16th. DA Davidson reiterated a "neutral" rating and issued a $7.50 target price on shares of Intellicheck Mobilisa in a research note on Friday, March 20th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Intellicheck Mobilisa from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Saturday, March 21st. Zacks Research cut shares of Intellicheck Mobilisa from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday, March 12th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reiterated a "hold (c)" rating on shares of Intellicheck Mobilisa in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Intellicheck Mobilisa has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $7.25.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Intellicheck Mobilisa news, CEO Bryan Lewis sold 10,000 shares of Intellicheck Mobilisa stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, April 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $7.53, for a total transaction of $75,300.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 70,000 shares in the company, valued at approximately $527,100. The trade was a 12.50% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders own 6.88% of the company's stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Intellicheck Mobilisa

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. XTX Topco Ltd grew its holdings in shares of Intellicheck Mobilisa by 19.4% during the fourth quarter. XTX Topco Ltd now owns 45,085 shares of the company's stock worth $301,000 after buying an additional 7,339 shares in the last quarter. Quadrature Capital Ltd purchased a new stake in shares of Intellicheck Mobilisa during the fourth quarter worth $227,000. Millennium Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Intellicheck Mobilisa during the fourth quarter worth $106,000. 683 Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Intellicheck Mobilisa during the fourth quarter worth $514,000. Finally, Trexquant Investment LP purchased a new stake in shares of Intellicheck Mobilisa during the fourth quarter worth $165,000. 42.79% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Intellicheck Mobilisa Stock Performance

NASDAQ:IDN opened at $7.60 on Monday. The company has a fifty day moving average of $5.50 and a two-hundred day moving average of $5.68. The stock has a market capitalization of $153.82 million, a PE ratio of 126.69 and a beta of 1.00. Intellicheck Mobilisa has a fifty-two week low of $2.28 and a fifty-two week high of $8.48.

Intellicheck Mobilisa Company Profile

Intellicheck Mobilisa, Inc is a provider of mobile identity verification and authentication solutions designed to help organizations verify credentials and combat fraud. The company's technology leverages optical character recognition, machine learning, and biometric facial recognition to validate government‐issued IDs, passports, and other identity documents in real time. These solutions are deployed via on‐premises hardware or cloud‐based platforms, enabling clients to integrate identity checks directly into digital workflows and point‐of‐sale systems.

The firm's flagship offerings include mobile credential scanning applications and software development kits (SDKs) that support Know Your Customer (KYC), Anti–Money Laundering (AML), age verification, and regulatory compliance across multiple industries.

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