Negative sentiment towards PINC reflected in surge in short interest

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. Premier Inc shares valued at $168,177 were sold by Brailo Andy on Sep 03 ’25. At $25.79 per share, Brailo Andy sold 6,521 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 99,447 shares worth approximately $2.61 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Bigalke John T. sold 1,137 shares, netting a total of over 29,323 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $25.79 each, the insider now holds 27,536 shares.

Before that, Brailo Andy had added 6,521 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $168,177, the Officer bought Premier Inc shares for $25.79 each.

As published in a research note from The Benchmark Company on August 26, 2024, Premier Inc [PINC] has been rated down from a Buy to a Hold. Analysts at Canaccord Genuity downgraded the stock from ‘”a Buy”‘ to ‘”a Hold”‘ outlook in a report released in early May. As of February 26, 2024, Leerink Partners has initiated its “Market perform” rating for PINC. Earlier on January 03, 2024, Barclays initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “an Equal weight” for PINC stock.

Analyzing PINC Stock Performance

On last trading session, Premier Inc [NASDAQ: PINC] rose 2.70% to $26.28. The stock’s lowest price that day was $25.53, but it reached a high of $26.31 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 0.11%. Over the course of the year, Premier Inc shares have jumped approximately 29.01%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $27.26 on 08/19/25 and a 52-week low of $17.23 on 03/06/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Premier Inc (PINC)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 25.77, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 25.26. In the upper region, resistance lies at 26.55. The next price resistance is at 26.82. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 68.53 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Premier Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Premier Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-08-15 jumping by 0.82 million shares to 12.0 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-15 was 11.18 million shares. A jump of 6.8% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 7.8 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 7.8.

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In terms of Premier Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 28 in the next 12 months, up nearly 9.42% from the previous closing price of $25.59. Analysts anticipate Premier Inc stock to reach 28 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 28. In spite of this, 7 analysts ranked Premier Inc stock as Hold at the end of 2025. On August 23, 2023, Piper Sandler assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $25.

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