Rise in OTIS’s short interest indicates Bearish sentiment

Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Otis Worldwide Corp shares valued at $701,287 were sold by de Montlivault Stephane on Mar 10 ’25. At $105.30 per share, de Montlivault Stephane sold 6,660 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 63,931 shares worth approximately $5.53 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Stephane De Montlivault purchased 6,660 shares, netting a total of over 701,497 in proceeds.

Before that, de Montlivault Stephane had sold 25,003 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $2,428,771, the President, Otis Asia Pacific traded Otis Worldwide Corp shares for $97.14 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 25,003 shares, worth approximately $5.79 million.

As published in a research note from Wolfe Research on July 25, 2025, Otis Worldwide Corp [OTIS] has been rated up from an Underperform to a Peer perform. Analysts at JP Morgan upgraded the stock from ‘”a Neutral”‘ to ‘”an Overweight”‘ outlook in a report released in mid July. As of July 14, 2025, Deutsche Bank has initiated its “Hold” rating for OTIS. Earlier on December 12, 2024, Wolfe Research downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Underperform” for OTIS stock which previously was a “a Peer perform”.

Analyzing OTIS Stock Performance

On last trading session,, Otis Worldwide Corp [NYSE: OTIS] plunged -1.00% to $86.43. The stock’s lowest price that day was $86.05, but it reached a high of $87.52 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -2.33%. Over the course of the year, Otis Worldwide Corp shares have dropped approximately -7.54%.

Support And Resistance Levels for Otis Worldwide Corp (OTIS)

RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 28.10 on the 14-day chart, showing oversold technical sentiment.

Is Otis Worldwide Corp subject to short interest?

Stocks of Otis Worldwide Corp saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-07-15 jumping by 0.62 million shares to 7.35 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 6.73 million shares. A jump of 8.44% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.41 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 3.41.

Which companies own the most shares of Otis Worldwide Corp (OTIS)?

In terms of Otis Worldwide Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 97 in the next 12 months, up nearly 11.11% from the previous closing price of $87.3. Analysts anticipate Otis Worldwide Corp stock to reach 119 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 80. In spite of this, 7 analysts ranked Otis Worldwide Corp stock as Hold at the end of 2025. On December 05, 2024, Barclays assigned a price target of “an Underweight” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $94.

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