Decline in CFLT’s short interest indicates Bullish sentiment

Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Confluent Inc shares valued at $45,315 were sold by Phan Kong on Aug 20 ’25. At $17.01 per share, Phan Kong sold 2,664 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 237,078 shares worth approximately $4.47 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Sivaram Rohan sold 26,097 shares, netting a total of over 443,910 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $17.01 each, the insider now holds 636,596 shares.

Before that, Mac Ban Ryan Norris had sold 15,200 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $258,552, the Chief Revenue Officer traded Confluent Inc shares for $17.01 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 15,200 shares, worth approximately $7.49 million.

As published in a research note from TD Cowen on July 31, 2025, Confluent Inc [CFLT] has been rated down from a Buy to a Hold and the price target has been revised to $24. Analysts at Stifel downgraded the stock from ‘”a Buy”‘ to ‘”a Hold”‘ outlook in a report released in late July. As of July 18, 2025, Stephens has initiated its “an Overweight” rating for CFLT. Earlier on April 11, 2025, Raymond James initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “an Outperform” for CFLT stock.

Analyzing CFLT Stock Performance

On last trading session, Confluent Inc [NASDAQ: CFLT] rose 6.14% to $18.85. The stock’s lowest price that day was $18.0, but it reached a high of $18.9 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 10.11%. Over the course of the year, Confluent Inc shares have dropped approximately -11.75%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $37.90 on 02/12/25 and a 52-week low of $15.64 on 08/12/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Confluent Inc (CFLT)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 18.27, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 17.68. In the upper region, resistance lies at 19.17. The next price resistance is at 19.48. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 46.62 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Confluent Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Confluent Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-08-15 dropping by -1.8 million shares to 20.54 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-15 was 22.34 million shares. A decline of -8.76% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.93 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 1.93.

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In terms of Confluent Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 21 in the next 12 months, up nearly 18.24% from the previous closing price of $17.76. Analysts anticipate Confluent Inc stock to reach 21 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 21. In spite of this, 11 analysts ranked Confluent Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On February 26, 2025, UBS assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $38.

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