Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for AORT in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
Oct 12 close
Artivion closed at $21.79 on 12 October 2026, +2.5% on the day. The price sits below both the 50-day ($25.31) and 200-day ($30.94) moving averages, inside a 52-week range of $19.16 to $48.25. The GekkoIndex reads 66, in the Accumulation zone, down 2.7 points over five sessions. Gekko Fair Value is $31.57, so the price is 31% below it.
The next earnings report is due on 5 November 2026, 24 days away (after close). Over the last 8 reports the company beat the earnings estimate 4 times, with an average move of 12.4% across the report. Smart-money activity over the last 90 days includes 3 Congress purchases and 0 sales. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days from this point averaged +4% over the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
6 firms rate the stock: 6 buy, 0 hold and 0 sell, with a consensus target of $42.15. A typical daily move is about 4.5%, and a typical 20-day move about 7.7%. On the swing-trade checklist, 4 items read supportive and 2 read as a headwind (trend, earnings risk).
A plain summary of the figures as of the Oct 12, 2026 close.
Artivion scores 4 supportive, 0 mixed and 2 headwinds across the 6 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
4 supportive0 mixed2 headwinds
Below 50 and 200-day
Close $21.79 is below the 50-day ($25.31) and 200-day ($30.94) averages, and the 50-day is below the 200-day.
See the chart66, Accumulation
Reading 66 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex31.0% below
Price is 31% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
See fair valueLeans bullish
Last 90 days: Congress 3 buys / 0 sales.
See smart moneyReports in 24 days
Reports on Nov 5, 2026, 24 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings+4.0% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +4% over 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
See seasonalityA description of current data, not a recommendation. How this page works
Artivion closed at $21.79 on Oct 12, 2026, −46.0% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $19.16 to $48.25.
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Artivion makes and supplies medical devices and preserved human tissue used mainly in heart and blood vessel surgery. Its best-known product is BioGlue, a surgical adhesive made from a bovine blood protein and a bonding agent, used in cardiac, vascular, neurological and pulmonary procedures. The company also provides tissue preservation services and valve repair patches, along with a line of stent graft systems built for different sections of the aorta and related arteries, plus heart valve devices sold under the On-X name.
Beyond its implants and grafts, Artivion sells hemostatic powders, synthetic vascular grafts, laser devices for angina treatment, specialty sutures and dissection stents, and it also performs carbon coating work for other device makers. Its customers are mainly physicians, hospitals and other care facilities, with particular use among cardiac, vascular, thoracic and general surgeons.
The company traces back to 1984 and took on the Artivion name in 2022, having previously been known as CryoLife. It is headquartered in Kennesaw, Georgia, and its shares are listed on the NYSE under the ticker AORT.
Artivion’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 66, in the Accumulation zone, down 2.7 points over five sessions.
Down 2.7 points over five sessions.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 49 | −1.4% | −2.3% | ||
| Accumulation (current zone) | 180 | −0.7% | +1.8% | ||
| Neutral | 393 | +1.1% | +2.7% | ||
| Distribution | 53 | +0.3% | −0.4% | ||
| Selling | 7 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average AORT share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →
Artivion trades 31.0% below Gekko Fair Value of $31.57, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Artivion shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$31.57
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026
31.0% Undervalued
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 25.8% below the estimate.
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Artivion, and members of Congress disclosed 3 purchases and 0 sales, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
No open-market insider purchases were filed for AORT in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
3trades disclosed: 3 purchases and 0 sales.
| Member | Amount | Disclosed |
|---|---|---|
| Gilbert Cisneros House, CA, purchase | $1,001 - $15,000 | Sep 11 traded Aug 20 |
| Gilbert Ray Cisneros House, CA, purchase | $1,001 - $15,000 | Sep 7 traded Jul 16 |
| Gilbert Ray Cisneros House, CA, purchase | $1,001 - $15,000 | Sep 7 traded Jul 15 |
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
Artivion has been buying back its own shares.
From company filings.
0of the funds Gekko tracks hold AORT.
Artivion reports on Nov 5, 2026, after the close (24 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 4 of its last 8 reports.
Nov 5, 2026
Expected after the close, 24 days away
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | −$0.28 est $0.00 | $125.8M est $120.0M | +3.6% |
| May 7, 2026 | $0.03 est $0.06 | $116.3M est $115.7M | −26.8% |
| Feb 12, 2026 | $0.17 est $0.06 | $116.0M est $116.5M | −8.7% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $0.16 est $0.14 | $113.4M est $116.4M | −3.5% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | $0.24 est $0.11 | $113.0M est $107.4M | +26.9% |
| May 5, 2025 | $0.06 est $0.12 | $98.98M est $108.5M | +17.5% |
| Feb 24, 2025 | −$0.39 est −$0.01 | $97.31M est $100.9M | −9.6% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $0.12 est $0.10 | $95.78M est $101.2M | −2.5% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Artivion is $42.15, +93.4% from the last close, from 6 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 6 firms.
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18 | Canaccord Genuity | $40 | +83.6% |
| Aug 13 | Canaccord Genuity | $39 | +79.0% |
| Aug 7 | Stifel Nicolaus | $45 | +106.5% |
| Aug 7 | Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. | $39.20 | +79.9% |
| Aug 7 | Lake Street | $45 | +106.5% |
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, Artivion averaged +4.0% across the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | −1.7% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | −2.8% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | −0.7% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +4.0% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +4.2% | 4 of 5 |
For scale, AORT’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 7.7%.
Artivion’s market cap is $1.06B and revenue of $471.5M over the last twelve months.
2 headlines about Artivion from the past week, newest first, each linking to the publisher.
Artivion’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| TMOThermo Fisher Scientific | Neutral | 18.2% above |
| ABTAbbott Laboratories | Neutral | 14.7% below |
| DHRDanaher | Neutral | 4.5% above |
| ISRGIntuitive Surgical | Neutral | 18.8% above |
| MDTMedtronic | Neutral | 22.9% below |
| SYKStryker | Accumulation | 12.6% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Artivion’s market cap is $1.06B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $21.79, with 48.76M shares outstanding.
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Artivion is $42.15, +93.4% from the last close. Of the 6 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 6 rate it a buy, 0 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
On Gekko’s estimate Artivion is undervalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $21.79 is 31.0% below Gekko Fair Value of $31.57. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
Artivion is expected to report on Nov 5, 2026, after the market closes (24 days away). Analysts expect earnings of −$0.06 per share on revenue of $120.9M. Artivion beat the earnings estimate in 4 of its last 8 reports, moving 12.4% on average across the report.
Artivion’s 52-week high is $48.25 and its 52-week low is $19.16; it closed at $21.79 on Oct 12, 2026, −46.0% over the past year.
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 4 of the 6 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, fair value, smart money and seasonality) and 2 as headwinds (trend and earnings risk). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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