ARQ short interest surges, indicating growing pessimism among investors

Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Arq Inc shares valued at $15,870 were sold by Wong Joseph M on Aug 04 ’25. At $5.20 per share, Wong Joseph M sold 3,052 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 367,738 shares worth approximately $2.46 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Smith Claiborne Benson sold 2,591 shares, netting a total of over 13,473 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $5.20 each, the insider now holds 82,438 shares.

Before that, Hansen Stacia had sold 2,742 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $14,258, the Chief Accounting Officer traded Arq Inc shares for $5.20 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 2,742 shares, worth approximately $0.49 million.

As published in their initiating research note from Craig Hallum on July 15, 2025, Arq Inc [ARQ] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $10. Analysts at Canaccord Genuity started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in mid November. As of February 06, 2017, Rodman & Renshaw has initiated its “Buy” rating for ARQ.

Analyzing ARQ Stock Performance

On last trading session, Arq Inc [NASDAQ: ARQ] rose 23.66% to $6.69. The stock’s lowest price that day was $5.93, but it reached a high of $6.75 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 25.75%. Over the course of the year, Arq Inc shares have jumped approximately 14.75%.

Is Arq Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Arq Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-07-15 jumping by 0.2 million shares to 1.69 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 1.49 million shares. A jump of 11.81% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 7.69 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 7.69.

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