Sharp decrease in VNT’s short interest leads to decline in days-to-cover ratio

Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Vontier Corporation shares valued at $1,410,698 were purchased by Miller Andrew on Jul 31 ’25. At $41.91 per share, Miller Andrew acquired 33,660 shares.

Also, Miller Andrew purchased 4,710 shares, netting a total of over 171,067 in proceeds.

Before that, Rowen Kathryn K. had sold 7,344 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $266,874, the SVP, Chief Admin. Officer traded Vontier Corporation shares for $36.34 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 7,344 shares, worth approximately $3.83 million.

As published in their initiating research note from KeyBanc Capital Markets on August 21, 2025, Vontier Corporation [VNT] has been an Overweight and the price target has been revised to $50. Analysts at Argus upgraded the stock from ‘”a Hold”‘ to ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in early August. As of December 12, 2024, Wolfe Research has increased its “Peer perform” rating to a “an Outperform” for VNT.

Analyzing VNT Stock Performance

On last trading session, Vontier Corporation [NYSE: VNT] plunged -0.09% to $43.43. The stock’s lowest price that day was $43.32, but it reached a high of $43.78 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 2.72%. Over the course of the year, Vontier Corporation shares have jumped approximately 24.23%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $43.78 on 08/28/25 and a 52-week low of $27.22 on 04/07/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Vontier Corporation (VNT)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 43.24, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 43.05. In the upper region, resistance lies at 43.70. The next price resistance is at 43.97. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 64.40 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Vontier Corporation subject to short interest?

Stocks of Vontier Corporation saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-08-15 dropping by -0.4 million shares to 2.47 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-15 was 2.86 million shares. A decline of -16.11% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.07 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.07.

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In terms of Vontier Corporation share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 47 in the next 12 months, up nearly 8.12% from the previous closing price of $43.47. Analysts anticipate Vontier Corporation stock to reach 50 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 45. In spite of this, 4 analysts ranked Vontier Corporation stock as Buy at the end of 2025.

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