TLDR
- Archer Aviation (ACHR) rose 3.8% on Thursday, trading at $7.2350 with an intraday high of $7.27
- Analyst consensus is “Moderate Buy” with an average price target of $12.14, roughly 68% above current price
- CTO Thomas Paul Muniz sold 125,000 shares at $8.00 on January 2nd, reducing his stake by 8.95%
- Zacks rates ACHR a #3 (Hold), with the 2026 earnings estimate steady at -$0.74 per share
- Institutional investors hold 59.34% of the stock; beta sits at 3.11, flagging it as a volatile name
Archer Aviation (ACHR) climbed 3.8% on Thursday, closing at $7.2350 after touching an intraday high of $7.27. The stock had closed the prior session at $6.97.
Volume came in at around 36.97 million, about 9% below its average daily volume of 40.7 million.
The move brings some relief to investors who’ve watched ACHR trade well below both its 50-day moving average of $7.91 and its 200-day moving average of $8.99.
Ten analysts currently cover the stock. Six have issued Buy ratings, two Hold, and one Sell, giving ACHR an average brokerage recommendation of 2.00, which translates to a Buy.
The average price target sits at $12.14, with individual targets ranging from $8 to $13. That implies roughly 68% upside from Thursday’s close — if you believe the street.
Needham reaffirmed its Buy rating with a $10 target in January. Canaccord Genuity is the most bullish of the group, lifting its target to $13 in November. Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan are more cautious, both sitting at Neutral, with Goldman’s target at $11 and JPMorgan cutting theirs to $8 in November.
Weiss Ratings remains the lone outright bear, maintaining a Sell rating.
Zacks Says Hold
Despite the Buy consensus from Wall Street, Zacks rates ACHR a #3 (Hold). The firm’s consensus earnings estimate for 2026 has been unchanged over the past month at -$0.74 per share.
Zacks points out that analyst recommendations from brokerages tend to skew optimistic due to conflicts of interest. Their own model, based on earnings estimate revisions, leans more conservative here.
The company carries a negative P/E of -5.74, reflecting that it is not yet profitable. Market cap stands at $4.71 billion.
On the balance sheet side, ACHR looks comfortable in the short term. Its current ratio is 18.19 and its debt-to-equity ratio is just 0.05.
Insider and Institutional Activity
CTO Thomas Paul Muniz sold 125,000 shares at $8.00 on January 2nd, a transaction totaling $1 million. After the sale, he still holds 1,272,129 shares valued at around $10.2 million.
Insiders collectively own 7.65% of the company.
Institutional investors hold 59.34% of ACHR. Several funds added to positions in recent quarters, including Gould Capital, which raised its stake by 238.1% in Q4.
ACHR carries a beta of 3.11, meaning it moves considerably more than the broader market in either direction. That’s worth keeping in mind given Thursday’s bump.
The stock is currently trading about 40% below its 52-week high range implied by analyst targets, and Thursday’s move, while positive, still leaves it beneath key moving averages.
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