Sharp increase in APO’s short interest leads to surge in days-to-cover ratio

The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Apollo Global Management Inc shares valued at $2,249,230 were sold by Kelly Martin on Aug 12 ’25. At $145.11 per share, Kelly Martin sold 15,500 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 332,399 shares worth approximately $45.34 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, MARTIN B KELLY purchased 15,500 shares, netting a total of over 2,249,230 in proceeds.

Before that, Chatterjee Whitney had sold 4,500 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $657,149, the Chief Legal Officer traded Apollo Global Management Inc shares for $146.03 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 4,500 shares, worth approximately $11.35 million.

As published in their initiating research note from Raymond James on April 10, 2025, Apollo Global Management Inc [APO] has been a Strong buy and the price target has been revised to $173. Analysts at Piper Sandler started covering the stock with ‘”an Overweight”‘ outlook in a report released in mid November. As of September 25, 2024, Wolfe Research has initiated its “an Outperform” rating for APO. Earlier on September 12, 2024, Wells Fargo initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “an Overweight” for APO stock.

Analyzing APO Stock Performance

On last trading session, Apollo Global Management Inc [NYSE: APO] rose 0.49% to $136.39. The stock’s lowest price that day was $135.82, but it reached a high of $137.17 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 1.78%. Over the course of the year, Apollo Global Management Inc shares have jumped approximately 21.90%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $174.91 on 01/31/25 and a 52-week low of $102.58 on 04/07/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Apollo Global Management Inc (APO)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 135.75, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 135.11. In the upper region, resistance lies at 137.10. The next price resistance is at 137.81. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 41.70 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Apollo Global Management Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Apollo Global Management Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-08-15 jumping by 1.83 million shares to 30.32 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-15 was 28.48 million shares. A jump of 6.04% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 9.64 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 9.64.

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In terms of Apollo Global Management Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 134 in the next 12 months, down nearly -1.27% from the previous closing price of $135.72. Analysts anticipate Apollo Global Management Inc stock to reach 188 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 48. In spite of this, 22 analysts ranked Apollo Global Management Inc stock as Hold at the end of 2025. On August 27, 2024, Redburn Atlantic assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $153.

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