Taking a look at what insiders are doing to gauge the Commercial Metals Co (CMC)’s direction

Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Commercial Metals Co shares valued at $515,200 were purchased by Simpson Stephen William on Jul 02 ’25. At $51.52 per share, Simpson Stephen William acquired 10,000 shares.

Also, McPherson John R purchased 2,475 shares, netting a total of over 100,040 in proceeds. Following the buying of shares at $40.42 each, the insider now holds 15,141 shares.

Before that, MATT PETER R had added 6,100 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $294,630, the President and CEO bought Commercial Metals Co shares for $48.30 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings increased to 6,100 shares, worth approximately $6.75 million.

As published in their initiating research note from JP Morgan on May 30, 2025, Commercial Metals Co [CMC] has been a Neutral and the price target has been revised to $52. Analysts at Wolfe Research upgraded the stock from ‘”a Peer perform”‘ to ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in late May. As of January 10, 2025, UBS has increased its “Sell” rating to a “Neutral” for CMC. Earlier on January 03, 2025, Exane BNP Paribas downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Neutral” for CMC stock which previously was a “an Outperform”.

Analyzing CMC Stock Performance

On last trading session,, Commercial Metals Co [NYSE: CMC] plunged -0.40% to $52.19. The stock’s lowest price that day was $51.76, but it reached a high of $53.29 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -3.76%. Over the course of the year, Commercial Metals Co shares have dropped approximately -13.52%.

Support And Resistance Levels for Commercial Metals Co (CMC)

RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 52.78 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Commercial Metals Co subject to short interest?

Stocks of Commercial Metals Co saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-07-15 dropping by -0.77 million shares to 3.59 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 4.36 million shares. A decline of -21.33% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.06 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 3.06.

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In terms of Commercial Metals Co share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 56.25 in the next 12 months, up nearly 7.35% from the previous closing price of $52.4. Analysts anticipate Commercial Metals Co stock to reach 57.5 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 55. In spite of this, 4 analysts ranked Commercial Metals Co stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On December 19, 2024, Morgan Stanley assigned a price target of “an Equal-weight” to the stock and resumed coverage with a $65.

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