Days-to-cover ratio for CFLT surges to 3.79 due to rise in short interest

Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Confluent Inc shares valued at $2,654,502 were purchased by ERICA F SCHULTZ on Jul 23 ’25. At $26.47 per share, ERICA F SCHULTZ acquired 100,291 shares.

Also, MELANIE VINSON purchased 242,501 shares, netting a total of over 6,227,426 in proceeds.

Before that, Phan Kong had sold 3,575 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $83,970, the Chief Accounting Officer traded Confluent Inc shares for $23.49 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 3,575 shares, worth approximately $6.38 million.

As published in their initiating research note from Stephens on July 18, 2025, Confluent Inc [CFLT] has been an Overweight and the price target has been revised to $31. Analysts at Raymond James started covering the stock with ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in mid April. As of February 26, 2025, UBS has increased its “Neutral” rating to a “Buy” for CFLT. Earlier on January 16, 2025, Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Equal-weight” for CFLT stock which previously was a “an Overweight”.

Analyzing CFLT Stock Performance

On last trading session,, Confluent Inc [NASDAQ: CFLT] rose 0.95% to $26.6. The stock’s lowest price that day was $25.94, but it reached a high of $26.885 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 4.60%. Over the course of the year, Confluent Inc shares have jumped approximately 5.93%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $37.90 on 02/12/25 and a 52-week low of $18.26 on 04/07/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Confluent Inc (CFLT)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 26.07, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 25.53. In the upper region, resistance lies at 27.01. The next price resistance is at 27.42. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 66.73 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Confluent Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Confluent Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-06-30 jumping by 0.72 million shares to 19.86 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-05-30 was 19.14 million shares. A jump of 3.63% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.79 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 3.79.

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In terms of Confluent Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 30 in the next 12 months, up nearly 13.85% from the previous closing price of $26.35. Analysts anticipate Confluent Inc stock to reach 42 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 21. In spite of this, 11 analysts ranked Confluent Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On September 04, 2024, Robert W. Baird assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $23.

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