Based in Plano, Texas, Integer Holdings is a developer and manufacturer of medical devices and components, medical device contract development, and manufacturing organizations (CDMO). Its Medical business includes portable medical, cardio & vascular, and cardiac and neuromodulation products. ITGR shares are a component of the Russell 2000 Index. The company has approximately 11,000 employees.

After three days of solid upward movement, stocks are waffling at midday on Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average lower, the S&P 500 around breakeven, and the Nasdaq in the green, albeit by only 0.4% as of this writing. The Nasdaq is being helped by a generally good earnings report from Alphabet, offset a tad by a weak outlook from Intel. Still, tariff anxiety continues to loom in the background and the future of the U.S. economy appears to be very much on the mind of the average investor. The University of Michigan reported that its reading on consumer sentiment has improved to 52.2 from 50.8 earlier this month. But the final result is still among the weakest readings in almost three years and overall sentiment has fallen for four consecutive months.

Based in Plano, Texas, Integer Holdings is a developer and manufacturer of medical devices and components. medical device contract development and manufacturing organizations (CDMO) Its Medical business includes portable medical, cardio & vascular, and cardiac and neuromodulation products. ITGR shares are a component of the Russell 2000 Index. The company has approximately 11,000 employees.

Last week's calm in insider-sentiment data from Vickers Stock Research apparently was a one-week wonder, as stock indices and insider-sentiment readings are again moving in wild fashion. We started focusing on concerning insider-sentiment data back in mid-January, much of which was coming from companies that trade on the Nasdaq. That carried on for multiple weeks and, on occasion, the NYSE data would also sour. Last week, the data seemingly calmed -- but stocks did not respond in kind, and Friday capped a week in which the major indices dropped by as much as 2.5%. So how did insiders respond? Not so well. The sell/buy ratios from Vickers are bullish under 2.00, neutral from 2.00 to 6.00, and bearish over 6.00. The current one-week ratios are 9.00 for the NYSE (versus 5.03 last week) and 5.21 for the Nasdaq (4.19 last week). That results in eight-week ratios of 5.66 for the NYSE (versus 5.02 last week) and 6.54 for the Nasdaq (6.18 last week). So the data is neutral-to-bearish and trending in the wrong direction. Investors, insiders included, appear to be struggling with many issues in the early months of 2025. On a sector basis, selling was the greatest in Healthcare over the last week, with shares valued at $97 million sold versus $10 million bought, and followed by Industrial, Consumer Discretionary, Financial, and Energy. There were no sectors in which insider buying outpaced selling. This week, analysts at Vickers highlighted insider transactions of interest at Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE: RCL) and Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP).