GNL short interest surges, indicating growing pessimism among investors

Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Global Net Lease Inc shares valued at $52,805,123 were sold by SCHORSCH NICHOLAS S on Jun 12 ’25. At $7.43 per share, SCHORSCH NICHOLAS S sold 7,103,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 19,907,384 shares worth approximately $145.92 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, SCHORSCH NICHOLAS S sold 300,000 shares, netting a total of over 2,199,060 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $7.33 each, the insider now holds 19,607,384 shares.

Before that, SCHORSCH NICHOLAS S had sold 100,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $799,000, the 10% Owner traded Global Net Lease Inc shares for $7.99 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 100,000 shares, worth approximately $11.21 million.

Analysts at JMP Securities upgraded the stock from ‘”a Mkt perform”‘ to ‘”a Mkt outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in mid December. As of March 28, 2024, Truist has initiated its “Hold” rating for GNL. Earlier on March 08, 2024, BTIG Research downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Neutral” for GNL stock which previously was a “a Buy”.

Analyzing GNL Stock Performance

On last trading session,, Global Net Lease Inc [NYSE: GNL] plunged -2.40% to $7.33. The stock’s lowest price that day was $7.315, but it reached a high of $7.45 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 1.24%. Over the course of the year, Global Net Lease Inc shares have jumped approximately 2.95%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $8.32 on 03/05/25 and a 52-week low of $6.51 on 04/09/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Global Net Lease Inc (GNL)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 7.28, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 7.23. In the upper region, resistance lies at 7.41. The next price resistance is at 7.50. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 40.89 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Global Net Lease Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Global Net Lease Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-05-30 jumping by 1.41 million shares to 8.04 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-04-30 was 6.63 million shares. A jump of 17.56% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 5.38 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 5.38.

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In terms of Global Net Lease Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 11 in the next 12 months, up nearly 46.47% from the previous closing price of $7.51. Analysts anticipate Global Net Lease Inc stock to reach 21 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 8. In spite of this, 4 analysts ranked Global Net Lease Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On February 13, 2024, BMO Capital Markets assigned a price target of “an Outperform” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $11.

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