AvePoint, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVPT) Major Shareholder Zhijian Lu Sells 10,000 Shares

by · The Cerbat Gem

AvePoint, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVPT – Get Free Report) major shareholder Zhijian Lu sold 10,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $17.12, for a total value of $171,200.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 18,270,673 shares in the company, valued at approximately $312,793,921.76. The trade was a 0.05 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Large shareholders that own more than 10% of a company’s stock are required to disclose their transactions with the SEC.

Zhijian Lu also recently made the following trade(s):

  • On Monday, November 18th, Zhijian Lu sold 10,000 shares of AvePoint stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $15.66, for a total value of $156,600.00.
  • On Thursday, November 14th, Zhijian Lu sold 10,000 shares of AvePoint stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $15.77, for a total transaction of $157,700.00.
  • On Monday, October 21st, Zhijian Lu sold 10,000 shares of AvePoint stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $12.10, for a total transaction of $121,000.00.
  • On Friday, October 18th, Zhijian Lu sold 10,000 shares of AvePoint stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $12.24, for a total transaction of $122,400.00.
  • On Wednesday, October 16th, Zhijian Lu sold 10,000 shares of AvePoint stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $12.24, for a total value of $122,400.00.
  • On Monday, October 14th, Zhijian Lu sold 10,000 shares of AvePoint stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $12.37, for a total value of $123,700.00.
  • On Monday, September 23rd, Zhijian Lu sold 10,000 shares of AvePoint stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $11.90, for a total transaction of $119,000.00.
  • On Friday, September 20th, Zhijian Lu sold 10,000 shares of AvePoint stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $11.94, for a total transaction of $119,400.00.
  • On Wednesday, September 18th, Zhijian Lu sold 10,000 shares of AvePoint stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $11.73, for a total transaction of $117,300.00.
  • On Monday, September 16th, Zhijian Lu sold 10,000 shares of AvePoint stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $11.91, for a total value of $119,100.00.

AvePoint Trading Up 1.3 %

Shares of NASDAQ:AVPT traded up $0.24 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $18.54. 416,221 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,002,052. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $12.90 and a 200-day moving average price of $11.07. AvePoint, Inc. has a twelve month low of $7.08 and a twelve month high of $18.54. The stock has a market cap of $3.46 billion, a P/E ratio of -365.43 and a beta of 0.88.

Institutional Trading of AvePoint

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of AvePoint by 3.7% during the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 15,050,278 shares of the company’s stock valued at $119,198,000 after buying an additional 532,371 shares during the period. Wellington Management Group LLP acquired a new position in AvePoint in the third quarter valued at $48,226,000. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its position in AvePoint by 4.9% during the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 2,829,548 shares of the company’s stock worth $33,309,000 after buying an additional 133,156 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its stake in AvePoint by 13.3% in the 2nd quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 1,932,248 shares of the company’s stock worth $20,133,000 after buying an additional 227,324 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Driehaus Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in AvePoint in the 2nd quarter valued at about $17,305,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 44.49% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on the company. Cantor Fitzgerald raised their price target on AvePoint from $11.00 to $13.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, August 9th. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price target on shares of AvePoint from $7.50 to $15.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 12th. Finally, Northland Securities raised their price objective on shares of AvePoint from $18.00 to $19.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, August 9th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, AvePoint has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $13.20.

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AvePoint, Inc provides cloud-native data management software platform in North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific. It also offers software-as-a-service solutions and productivity applications. The company offers modularity and cloud services architecture to address critical challenges and the management of data to organizations that leverage third-party cloud vendors, including Microsoft, Salesforce, Google, AWS, Box, DropBox, and others; license and support; and maintenance services.

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