Performance Food Group Company [PFGC] short interest surges, jumping by 5.1 million million shares

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Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Performance Food Group Company shares valued at $633,500 were sold by KING A BRENT on Jul 17 ’25. At $100.00 per share, KING A BRENT sold 6,335 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 61,083 shares worth approximately $6.24 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, BRENT KING purchased 6,335 shares, netting a total of over 632,930 in proceeds.

Before that, Hatcher Hugh Patrick had sold 2,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $190,000, the insider traded Performance Food Group Company shares for $95.00 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 2,000 shares, worth approximately $3.6 million.

As published in their initiating research note from Citigroup on May 23, 2025, Performance Food Group Company [PFGC] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $121. Analysts at Piper Sandler downgraded the stock from ‘”an Overweight”‘ to ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in early February. As of December 18, 2024, Melius has initiated its “Hold” rating for PFGC.

Analyzing PFGC Stock Performance

On last trading session,, Performance Food Group Company [NYSE: PFGC] rose 1.92% to $102.08. The stock’s lowest price that day was $100.19, but it reached a high of $102.255 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 2.56%. Over the course of the year, Performance Food Group Company shares have jumped approximately 53.34%.

Support And Resistance Levels for Performance Food Group Company (PFGC)

RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 75.83 on the 14-day chart, showing overbought technical sentiment.

Is Performance Food Group Company subject to short interest?

Stocks of Performance Food Group Company saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-07-15 jumping by 0.81 million shares to 5.1 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 4.29 million shares. A jump of 15.82% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.56 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 3.56.

Which companies own the most shares of Performance Food Group Company (PFGC)?

In terms of Performance Food Group Company share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 112 in the next 12 months, up nearly 11.82% from the previous closing price of $100.16. Analysts anticipate Performance Food Group Company stock to reach 112 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 112. In spite of this, 9 analysts ranked Performance Food Group Company stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On November 21, 2023, Piper Sandler assigned a price target of “an Overweight” to the stock and resumed coverage with a $72.

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