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

Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Voya Financial Inc shares valued at $1,037,400 were sold by Ogle Trevor on Aug 15 ’25. At $75.00 per share, Ogle Trevor sold 13,832 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 7,238 shares worth approximately $0.55 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, TREVOR OGLE purchased 13,832 shares, netting a total of over 1,037,400 in proceeds.

Before that, YVETTE BUTLER had added 1,700 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $112,506, the Director bought Voya Financial Inc shares for $66.18 each.

As published in a research note from BofA Securities on March 28, 2025, Voya Financial Inc [VOYA] has been rated down from a Neutral to an Underperform and the price target has been revised to $71 from $79. Analysts at Morgan Stanley upgraded the stock from ‘”an Equal-weight”‘ to ‘”an Overweight”‘ outlook in a report released in late February. As of February 06, 2025, Barclays has decreased its “an Overweight” rating to a “an Equal weight” for VOYA. Earlier on January 14, 2025, Wells Fargo downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Equal weight” for VOYA stock which previously was a “an Overweight”.

Analyzing VOYA Stock Performance

On last trading session, Voya Financial Inc [NYSE: VOYA] rose 1.40% to $75.46. The stock’s lowest price that day was $73.85, but it reached a high of $75.46 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -0.57%. Over the course of the year, Voya Financial Inc shares have jumped approximately 8.54%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $77.04 on 08/22/25 and a 52-week low of $52.43 on 04/07/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Voya Financial Inc (VOYA)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 74.39, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 73.31. In the upper region, resistance lies at 76.00. The next price resistance is at 76.53. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 58.88 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Voya Financial Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Voya Financial Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-08-15 jumping by 46118.0 shares to 2.13 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-15 was 2.08 million shares. A jump of 2.17% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.5 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 2.5.

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In terms of Voya Financial Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 89 in the next 12 months, up nearly 19.59% from the previous closing price of $74.42. Analysts anticipate Voya Financial Inc stock to reach 89 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 70. In spite of this, 20 analysts ranked Voya Financial Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On December 11, 2024, BofA Securities assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $83.

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