Positive sentiment towards CMTG reflected by a fall of -21.94% in short interest

Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Claros Mortgage Trust Inc shares valued at $84,500 were purchased by Mack Richard on Mar 12 ’25. At $3.38 per share, Mack Richard acquired 25,000 shares. The insider’s holdings grew to 2,589,981 shares worth approximately $8.62 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Mack Richard purchased 10,000 shares, netting a total of over 36,559 in proceeds. Following the buying of shares at $3.66 each, the insider now holds 2,599,981 shares.

Before that, Richman Steven Leonard had added 5,000 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $17,000, the Director bought Claros Mortgage Trust Inc shares for $3.40 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings increased to 5,000 shares, worth approximately $61605.0.

As published in a research note from UBS on January 10, 2025, Claros Mortgage Trust Inc [CMTG] has been rated up from a Neutral to a Buy and the price target has been revised to $6. Analysts at Wells Fargo downgraded the stock from ‘”an Equal weight”‘ to ‘”an Underweight”‘ outlook in a report released in mid September.

Analyzing CMTG Stock Performance

On last trading session, Claros Mortgage Trust Inc [NYSE: CMTG] rose 16.43% to $3.33. The stock’s lowest price that day was $2.69, but it reached a high of $3.39 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 16.84%. Over the course of the year, Claros Mortgage Trust Inc shares have dropped approximately -61.56%.

Is Claros Mortgage Trust Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Claros Mortgage Trust Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-07-15 dropping by -0.72 million shares to 3.3 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 4.02 million shares. A decline of -21.94% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.56 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 3.56.

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In terms of Claros Mortgage Trust Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 18.25 in the next 12 months, up nearly 538.11% from the previous closing price of $2.86. Analysts anticipate Claros Mortgage Trust Inc stock to reach 19 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 17.5. In spite of this, 2 analysts ranked Claros Mortgage Trust Inc stock as Hold at the end of 2025. On August 03, 2023, Wells Fargo assigned a price target of “an Equal weight” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $11.

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