Top executive of $ESI sells 50,000 shares in insider transaction

Matthew Liebowitz, the Executive Vice President of the company traded 50,000 shares of $ESI on September 17, 2025, for approximately $1,327,500, representing 46.6% of their shares in this stock class. After the transaction, Liebowitz retains ownership of 57,353 shares of $ESI. This information was obtained from a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Looking at insider trading activity at $ESI, it is noted that insiders have engaged in 4 trades on the open market within the last 6 months, all of which were sales. Apart from Liebowitz, other executives who sold shares include Benjamin Gliklich, President and CEO, who sold 117,637 shares; John Edward Capps, EVP, General Counsel & Secretary, who sold 77,674 shares; and Carey J. Dorman, EVP, CFO, selling 40,725 shares.

In terms of hedge fund activity related to $ESI, there have been 202 institutional investors increasing their positions in the company’s stock and 234 decreasing their positions in the most recent quarter. Notable movements include Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC removing 4,386,755 shares from their portfolio, Clark Capital Management Group Inc. removing 2,440,141 shares, Millennium Management LLC adding 2,247,414 shares, UBS Group AG adding 1,928,305 shares, Wellington Management Group LLP removing 1,816,068 shares, Ilex Capital Partners (UK) LLP adding 1,777,265 shares, and Jain Global LLC adding 1,687,105 shares.

Analysts from Wall Street have issued recent reports on $ESI, with 8 firms giving buy ratings and none issuing sell ratings. Some of the analyst ratings include UBS with a “Buy” rating, Mizuho with an “Outperform” rating, Barclays with an “Overweight” rating, and BMO Capital with an “Outperform” rating, among others.

Furthermore, multiple analysts have set price targets for $ESI over the past 6 months, with a median target of $28.5. Some of the recent price targets include Frank Mitsch from Fermium Research setting a target price of $30.0, Aleksey Yefremov from Keybanc setting a target price of $30.0, and Joshua Spector from UBS also setting a target price of $30.0.

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