IOT’s short interest surges to 16.72 million shares

The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Samsara Inc shares valued at $4,422,185 were sold by Biswas Sanjit on Jul 08 ’25. At $38.70 per share, Biswas Sanjit sold 114,264 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 72,000 shares worth approximately $2.75 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Biswas Sanjit sold 45,736 shares, netting a total of over 1,791,822 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $39.18 each, the insider now holds 1,105,902 shares.

Before that, Bicket John had sold 113,887 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $4,407,547, the insider traded Samsara Inc shares for $38.70 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 113,887 shares, worth approximately $2.75 million.

As published in a research note from BMO Capital Markets on June 02, 2025, Samsara Inc [IOT] has been retained to an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $54. Analysts at Piper Sandler upgraded the stock from ‘”a Neutral”‘ to ‘”an Overweight”‘ outlook in a report released in early March. As of March 10, 2025, BMO Capital Markets has increased its “Market perform” rating to a “an Outperform” for IOT. Earlier on March 07, 2025, BMO Capital Markets resumed its rating. Their recommendation was “a Market perform” for IOT stock.

Analyzing IOT Stock Performance

On last trading session,, Samsara Inc [NYSE: IOT] rose 0.42% to $38.15. The stock’s lowest price that day was $37.73, but it reached a high of $38.48 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 1.22%. Over the course of the year, Samsara Inc shares have jumped approximately 1.33%.

Support And Resistance Levels for Samsara Inc (IOT)

RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 40.99 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Samsara Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Samsara Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-06-13 jumping by 1.37 million shares to 16.72 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-05-15 was 15.34 million shares. A jump of 8.22% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.25 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 3.25.

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In terms of Samsara Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 50.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 32.93% from the previous closing price of $37.99. Analysts anticipate Samsara Inc stock to reach 57 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 42. In spite of this, 10 analysts ranked Samsara Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025.

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