Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Kodiak Gas Services Inc shares valued at $116,052,503 were sold by Frontier TopCo Partnership, L. on May 12 ’25. At $36.02 per share, Frontier TopCo Partnership, L. sold 3,222,338 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 31,548,985 shares worth approximately $1.01 billion following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Frontier TopCo Partnership, L. purchased 3,998,544 shares, netting a total of over 144,007,562 in proceeds.
Before that, Frontier TopCo Partnership, L. had sold 3,728,677 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $177,112,158, the 10% Owner traded Kodiak Gas Services Inc shares for $47.50 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 3,728,677 shares, worth approximately $1.11 billion.
As published in their initiating research note from Mizuho on October 02, 2024, Kodiak Gas Services Inc [KGS] has been an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $36. Analysts at Citigroup started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in late September. As of September 19, 2024, Redburn Atlantic has initiated its “Buy” rating for KGS.
Analyzing KGS Stock Performance
On last trading session, Kodiak Gas Services Inc [NYSE: KGS] rose 1.20% to $31.97. The stock’s lowest price that day was $31.36, but it reached a high of $32.28 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 0.38%. Over the course of the year, Kodiak Gas Services Inc shares have jumped approximately 18.94%.
Is Kodiak Gas Services Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Kodiak Gas Services Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-07-15 jumping by 1.04 million shares to 7.43 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 6.39 million shares. A jump of 14.05% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 6.82 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 6.82.
Which companies own the most shares of Kodiak Gas Services Inc (KGS)?
In terms of Kodiak Gas Services Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 46 in the next 12 months, up nearly 45.62% from the previous closing price of $31.59. Analysts anticipate Kodiak Gas Services Inc stock to reach 47 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 45. In spite of this, 1 analysts ranked Kodiak Gas Services Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025.
