BKSY short interest surges, indicating growing pessimism among investors

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. BlackSky Technology Inc shares valued at $580,945 were sold by O’Toole Brian E on Sep 10 ’25. At $17.45 per share, O’Toole Brian E sold 33,292 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 750,164 shares worth approximately $14.58 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Dubois Henry Edward sold 31,646 shares, netting a total of over 552,223 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $17.45 each, the insider now holds 474,582 shares.

Before that, Lin Christiana L had sold 24,036 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $419,428, the General Counsel & CAO traded BlackSky Technology Inc shares for $17.45 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 24,036 shares, worth approximately $7.82 million.

As published in their initiating research note from Canaccord Genuity on April 10, 2025, BlackSky Technology Inc [BKSY] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $12. Analysts at Craig Hallum upgraded the stock from ‘”a Hold”‘ to ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in early October. As of October 02, 2024, Oppenheimer has initiated its “an Outperform” rating for BKSY. Earlier on April 03, 2024, H.C. Wainwright initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Buy” for BKSY stock.

Analyzing BKSY Stock Performance

On last trading session, BlackSky Technology Inc [NYSE: BKSY] rose 1.41% to $19.43. The stock’s lowest price that day was $19.11, but it reached a high of $20.0 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 11.73%. Over the course of the year, BlackSky Technology Inc shares have jumped approximately 237.33%.

Is BlackSky Technology Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of BlackSky Technology Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-08-29 jumping by 1.0 million shares to 6.02 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-31 was 5.02 million shares. A jump of 16.62% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.68 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 3.68.

Which companies own the most shares of BlackSky Technology Inc (BKSY)?

In terms of BlackSky Technology Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 11 in the next 12 months, down nearly -42.59% from the previous closing price of $19.16. Analysts anticipate BlackSky Technology Inc stock to reach 12 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 10. In spite of this, 1 analysts ranked BlackSky Technology Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On July 06, 2023, Craig Hallum assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $2.50.

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