Kearny Financial Corp’s recently made public that its Director Wong-Zaza Melvina acquired Company’s shares for reported $8988.0 on Aug 01 ’25. In the deal valued at $5.99 per share,1,500 shares were bought. As a result of this transaction, Wong-Zaza Melvina now holds 29,035 shares worth roughly $0.17 million.
Then, Joyce Patrick M sold 4,000 shares, generating $24,525 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $6.13, the EVP and CLO now owns 50,622 shares.
Before that, Joyce Patrick M bought 4,000 shares. Kearny Financial Corp shares valued at $24,640 were divested by the Officer at a price of $6.16 per share.
Piper Sandler upgraded its Kearny Financial Corp [KRNY] rating to an Overweight from a a Neutral in a research note published on January 06, 2025; the price target was decreased to $8.50 from $9. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Compass Point’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in early December from “a Neutral” to “a Buy”. Compass Point also remained covering KRNY and has decreased its forecast on October 28, 2022 with a “Neutral” recommendation from previously “Buy” rating. Piper Sandler revised its rating on January 06, 2022. It rated KRNY as “a Neutral” which previously was an “an Overweight”.
Price Performance Review of KRNY
On Tuesday, Kearny Financial Corp [NASDAQ:KRNY] saw its stock jump 0.51% to $5.92. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -3.43%. Kearny Financial Corp shares have fallen nearly -14.70% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -16.38% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Kearny Financial Corp?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Kearny Financial Corp stocks on 2025-07-15, dropping by 70930.0 shares to a total of 0.73 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-06-13 was 0.81 million shares. There was a decline of -9.65%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
