W’s short interest surges to 22.79 million shares

Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Wayfair Inc shares valued at $1,372,130 were purchased by Conine Steven on Aug 07 ’25. At $77.29 per share, Conine Steven acquired 17,752 shares.

Also, Shah Niraj purchased 17,742 shares, netting a total of over 1,371,283 in proceeds.

Before that, Shah Niraj had added 7,836 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $603,564, the Officer bought Wayfair Inc shares for $77.02 each.

As published in a research note from Citigroup on August 05, 2025, Wayfair Inc [W] has been rated up from a Neutral to a Buy and the price target has been revised to $93. Analysts at Loop Capital downgraded the stock from ‘”a Hold”‘ to ‘”a Sell”‘ outlook in a report released in mid May. As of May 12, 2025, Argus has increased its “Hold” rating to a “Buy” for W. Earlier on April 14, 2025, Deutsche Bank downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Hold” for W stock which previously was a “a Buy”.

Analyzing W Stock Performance

On last trading session, Wayfair Inc [NYSE: W] plunged -4.43% to $73.28. The stock’s lowest price that day was $71.9, but it reached a high of $78.05 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 11.64%. Over the course of the year, Wayfair Inc shares have jumped approximately 65.12%.

Is Wayfair Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Wayfair Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-07-15 jumping by 0.67 million shares to 22.79 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 22.12 million shares. A jump of 2.93% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 5.28 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 5.28.

Which companies own the most shares of Wayfair Inc (W)?

In terms of Wayfair Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 68 in the next 12 months, down nearly -11.32% from the previous closing price of $76.68. Analysts anticipate Wayfair Inc stock to reach 100 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 25. In spite of this, 30 analysts ranked Wayfair Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On April 10, 2025, Truist assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and reiterated coverage with a $36.

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