Short interest on NUVL sees a significant increase on 2025-08-15

Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Nuvalent Inc shares valued at $298,489 were sold by Noci Darlene on Aug 25 ’25. At $74.62 per share, Noci Darlene sold 4,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 48,034 shares worth approximately $3.65 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Porter James Richard sold 27,000 shares, netting a total of over 2,036,325 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $75.42 each, the insider now holds 249,062 shares.

Before that, Pelish Henry E. had sold 5,500 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $411,675, the Chief Scientific Officer traded Nuvalent Inc shares for $74.85 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 5,500 shares, worth approximately $4.63 million.

As published in their initiating research note from Piper Sandler on August 19, 2025, Nuvalent Inc [NUVL] has been an Overweight and the price target has been revised to $112. Analysts at UBS upgraded the stock from ‘”a Neutral”‘ to ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in mid March. As of December 30, 2024, H.C. Wainwright has initiated its “Buy” rating for NUVL. Earlier on October 24, 2024, UBS initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Neutral” for NUVL stock.

Analyzing NUVL Stock Performance

On last trading session, Nuvalent Inc [NASDAQ: NUVL] plunged -0.14% to $76.02. The stock’s lowest price that day was $74.58, but it reached a high of $76.245 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 3.22%. Over the course of the year, Nuvalent Inc shares have dropped approximately -9.65%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $91.50 on 02/06/25 and a 52-week low of $55.53 on 04/09/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Nuvalent Inc (NUVL)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 74.99, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 73.95. In the upper region, resistance lies at 76.65. The next price resistance is at 77.28. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 48.32 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Nuvalent Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Nuvalent Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-08-15 jumping by 53055.0 shares to 5.54 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-15 was 5.49 million shares. A jump of 0.96% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 11.1 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 11.1.

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In terms of Nuvalent Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 130 in the next 12 months, up nearly 70.76% from the previous closing price of $76.13. Analysts anticipate Nuvalent Inc stock to reach 130 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 130. In spite of this, 2 analysts ranked Nuvalent Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On August 29, 2024, Barclays assigned a price target of “an Overweight” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $100.

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