The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. SouthState Corporation shares valued at $230,750 were purchased by SMITH G STACY on Aug 01 ’25. At $92.30 per share, SMITH G STACY acquired 2,500 shares. The insider’s holdings grew to 39,546 shares worth approximately $3.68 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Froetscher Janet P purchased 3,338 shares, netting a total of over 324,821 in proceeds. Following the buying of shares at $97.31 each, the insider now holds 8,294 shares.
Before that, Froetscher Janet P had added 2,717 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $250,018, the Director bought SouthState Corporation shares for $92.02 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings increased to 2,717 shares, worth approximately $0.44 million.
As published in a research note from Hovde Group on July 25, 2025, SouthState Corporation [SSB] has been retained to a Market perform and the price target has been revised to $105. Analysts at Jefferies started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in late May. As of May 13, 2025, Truist has initiated its “Buy” rating for SSB. Earlier on April 02, 2025, Raymond James upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Strong buy” for SSB stock which previously was a “an Outperform”.
Analyzing SSB Stock Performance
On last trading session, SouthState Corporation [NYSE: SSB] plunged -1.12% to $93.07. The stock’s lowest price that day was $92.91, but it reached a high of $94.495 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -2.97%. Over the course of the year, SouthState Corporation shares have jumped approximately 2.41%.
Is SouthState Corporation subject to short interest?
Stocks of SouthState Corporation saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-07-15 dropping by -1.5 million shares to 3.54 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 5.04 million shares. A decline of -42.37% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.1 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.1.
Which companies own the most shares of SouthState Corporation (SSB)?
In terms of SouthState Corporation share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 110 in the next 12 months, up nearly 16.87% from the previous closing price of $94.12. Analysts anticipate SouthState Corporation stock to reach 110 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 110. In spite of this, 5 analysts ranked SouthState Corporation stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On April 01, 2025, Barclays assigned a price target of “an Overweight” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $120.
